Rachel Khedoori (born 1964 in Sydney, Australia) is a

contemporary artist Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...

Iraqi Jewish The history of the Jews in Iraq ( he, יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, ', ; ar, اليهود العراقيون, ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BC. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and mos ...

heritage based in Los Angeles and known primarily for her mixed use of sculpture, film and architecture.

Biography

Khedoori was born in Sydney and raised in Australia. She is the

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sister of the artist Toba Khedoori, and the sister of David Khedoori. She is also the widow of artist Jason Rhoades. Khedoori received her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1988. She received her MFA from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

, in 1994. She was a visiting professor at the Academy of Art,

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

, Sweden in 1996. Khedoori began exhibiting in 1994, a joint debut show with her sister, Toba Khedoori. Her first complete solo show gained international attention at

Kunsthalle Basel Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art gallery in Basel, Switzerland. As Switzerland's oldest and still most active institution for contemporary art, Kunsthalle Basel forms a vital part of Basel's cultural centre and is located next to the city's ...

and Kunstverein Braunschweig in 2001. Her exhibition in Basel focused on film projected onto 2-D and 3-D objects. Rachel's work blends life and the abstract use of film, sculpture and installation. Khedoori has lived and worked in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

since 1990.

Exhibitions

* ''Untitled (Blue Room),'' David Zwirner Gallery, New York City, New York (1999) * ''Rachel Khedoori,''

, Basel, Switzerland (2001) * ''Untitled (Iraq Book Project)'',

Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth is a Swiss contemporary and modern art gallery. History Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by co-president Marc Payot. In 2020, Ewan Venters was ap ...

, London, England (2008) * ''Untitled (Iraq Book Project),'' The Box, Los Angeles, California (2009) * ''Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 2,'' CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California (2011) * ''Untitled,'' Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (2011) * ''Rachel Khedoori'', Hauser & Wirth New York, New York City, New York (2015) *

References

External links

Rachel Khedoori - First solo project

Rachel Khedoori - Hauser & Wirth

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Biography

Exhibitions

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