Toba Khedoori

Toba Khedoori
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Sydney, Australia
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute (BFA),
University of California, Los Angeles (MFA)
Known forMixed-media Painting
RelativesRachel Khedoori (twin sister)

Toba Khedoori (born 1964), 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 1988 for university, and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Biography

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Khedoori was born in 1964, 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 (1988), from San Francisco Art Institute; and a MFA degree (1994), from University of California, Los Angeles.[7][8]

Artwork

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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

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Khedoori began exhibiting in 1993, and was shown early in her career at the 1995 Whitney Biennial exhibition.[12] Khedoori has since had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2001); the St. Louis Art Museum; the Whitechapel Art Gallery (2001) in London; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and the Hirshhorn Museum (1997) 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

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Khedoori was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, with USD $500,000 awarded.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Relyea, Lane (1 June 1997). "Toba Khedoori". Artforum. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Bosch, Julika (17 January 2022). "Time and Transformation in the Art of Toba Khedoori". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Becker, Ilka (2001). Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century. Taschen. p. 258. ISBN 978-3-8228-5854-7 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Hoptman, Laura J. (2002). Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. Museum of Modern Art. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-87070-362-1 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Kirker, Anne (20 October 2006). "Khedoori, Toba". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t2021763. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^ Smith, Roberta (5 March 1999). "Art In Review; Rachel Khedoori". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Toba Khedoori". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  8. ^ Müller–Schareck, Maria (2012). Fresh Widow: The Window in Art Since Matisse and Duchamp. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein–Westfalen. p. 280. ISBN 978-3-7757-3293-2 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Johnson, Ken (25 June 1999). "Art in Review; Toba Khedoori". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  10. ^ Corwin, William (October 2012). "Toba Khedoori". The Brooklyn Rail.
  11. ^ Yau, John (16 September 2012). "Neither Here Nor There". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  12. ^ Peterson, Thane (30 December 1996). "A Beautiful Market for Art". Business Week. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Toba Khedoori, Australian, born 1964". Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
  14. ^ "Khedoori, Toba". SFMOMA.
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