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Toba Khedoori

Australian visual artist (born )

Toba Khedoori (born ), is an Australian-born artist, of Iraqi–Jewish heritage. She is known for highly detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper.[1][2] She moved to the United States in for university, and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

Khedoori was born in , in Sydney, Australia,[3][4][5] of Iraqi–Jewish parentage and raised in Australia. She is the identical twin sister of artist Rachel Khedoori.[6]

She received a BFA degree (), from San Francisco Art Institute; and a MFA degree (), from University of California, Los Angeles.[7][8]

Artwork

Characteristically, Khedoori's works have comprised intricate details, models or architectural renderings set within the broad expanses of waxed paper or linen. This delicate combination frequently necessitates close viewing which results, then, in the works filling the spectator's entire field of vision. In recent years, Khedoori's works have introduced inversions of the more usual black detail on white expanse, incorporated natural imagery and landscape, and also taken the form of dramatically smaller-scale works than those hitherto produced.[9] Her most recent output has also moved from wax-on-paper into oil and canvas, with subject matter drawing influence from geometric sequences.[10][11]

Exhibitions

Khedoori began exhibiting in , and was shown early in her career at the Whitney Biennial exhibition.[12] Khedoori has since had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (); the St. Louis Art Museum; the Whitechapel Art Gallery () in London; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and the Hirshhorn Museum () in Washington D.C., among others.[3][4]

Khedoori's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art,[13] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[14] the Whitney Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Awards

Khedoori was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in , with USD $, awarded.

See also

References

  1. ^Relyea, Lane (1 June ). "Toba Khedoori". Artforum. Retrieved 5 April
  2. ^Bosch, Julika (17 January ). "Time and Transformation in the Art of Toba Khedoori". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 5 April
  3. ^ abBecker, Ilka (). Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Taschen. p.&#; ISBN&#; &#; via Google Books.
  4. ^ abHoptman, Laura J. (). Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. Museum of Modern Art. p.&#; ISBN&#; &#; via Google Books.
  5. ^Kirker, Anne (20 October ). "Khedoori, Toba". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi/gao/article.t Retrieved 5 April
  6. ^Smith, Roberta (5 March ). "Art In Review; Rachel Khedoori". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved 5 April
  7. ^"Toba Khedoori". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 5 April
  8. ^Müller–Schareck, Maria (). Fresh Widow: The Window in Art Since Matisse and Duchamp. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein–Westfalen. p.&#; ISBN&#; &#; via Google Books.
  9. ^Johnson, Ken (25 June ). "Art in Review; Toba Khedoori". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved 5 April
  10. ^Corwin, William (October ). "Toba Khedoori". The Brooklyn Rail.
  11. ^Yau, John (16 September ). "Neither Here Nor There". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 5 April
  12. ^Peterson, Thane (30 December ). "A Beautiful Market for Art". Business Week. Archived from the original on 18 January Retrieved 18 January
  13. ^"Toba Khedoori, Australian, born ". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
  14. ^"Khedoori, Toba". SFMOMA.

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