Rachel Khedoori

Rachel Khedoori (born 1964 in Sydney, Australia) is a contemporary artist of Iraqi Jewish[1] heritage based in Los Angeles and known primarily for her mixed use of sculpture, film and architecture.[2][3]

Rachel Khedoori
Born1964 (age 55–56)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityUS, Australian
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
Spouse(s)Jason Rhoades
(1965-2006, his death)
ChildrenRubi Roads
RelativesToba Khedoori
(twin sister)

Biography

Khedoori was born in Sydney and raised in Australia. She is the identical twin sister of the artist Toba Khedoori,[4] and the sister of David Khedoori. She is also the widow of artist Jason Rhoades.[5]

Khedoori received her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 1988.[6] She received her MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1994.[7] She was a visiting professor at the Academy of Art, Malmö, Sweden in 1996.[8] Khedoori began exhibiting in 1994, a joint debut show with her sister, Toba Khedoori.[9] Her first complete solo show gained international attention at Kunsthalle Basel and Kunstverein Braunschweig in 2001.[10] Her exhibition in Basel focused on film projected onto 2-D and 3-D objects.[11] Rachel's work blends life and the abstract use of film, sculpture and installation.[11]

Khedoori has lived and worked in Los Angeles, California since 1990.[7]

Exhibitons
  • Untitled (Blue Room), David Zwirner Gallery, New York City, New York (1999)[12]
  • Rachel Khedoori, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2001) [13]
  • Untitled (Iraq Book Project), Hauser & Wirth, London, England (2008)[14]
  • Untitled (Iraq Book Project), The Box, Los Angeles, California (2009) [15]
  • Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Part 2, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California (2011)[16]
  • Untitled, Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (2011) [17]
  • Rachel Khedoori, Hauser & Wirth New York, New York City, New York (2015)[18]
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See also

References
  1. "An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment".
  2. "Toba Khedoori". www.lacan.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. Roberta Smith (March 05, 1999) "Art in Review; Rachel Khedoori", The New York Times.
  5. Haithman, Diane (3 August 2006). "OBITUARIES: Jason Rhoades, 41; Artist Combined Humor, Poignancy: [HOME EDITION]". Los Angeles Times: B.13.
  6. "Rachel Khedoori (1964) biography". Artprice. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. Smith, Elizabeth; Wagner, Anne (6 September 2016). Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016. Paul Schimmel, Jenni Sorkin (eds.). Milano: Skira. ISBN 978-88-572-3065-8.
  8. Hauser & Wirth Gallery. "Biography". Hauser & Wirth.
  9. Smith, Roberta (5 March 1999). "ART IN REVIEW; Rachel Khedoori". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  10. "Exhibitions — Rachel Khedoori — Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  11. "Rachel Khedoori • Kunsthalle Basel". Kunsthalle Basel. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. "Rachel Khedoori | David Zwirner". David Zwirner. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  13. "Rachel Khedoori • Kunsthalle Basel". Kunsthalle Basel. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  14. "London - Rachel Khedoori •Mousse Magazine". moussemagazine.it (in Italian). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  15. "Rachel Khedoori - Art in America". Art in America. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  16. "Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 2 | CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts". archive.wattis.org. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  17. Köln, Studio Orange. "Galerie Gisela Capitain - Exhibitions". www.galeriecapitain.de (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  18. "Exhibitions — Rachel Khedoori — Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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