Born in Sydney, Australia, 1964.
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
Education: BFA San Francisco Art Institute, 1985-88
MFA UCLA, 1994
Solo Exhibitions:
2007
"Toba Khedoori," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY, February 15 – March 17, 2007
2006
"Toba Khedoori," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, September 8 – October 14, 2006
2003
"Toba Khedoori," St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, September 12 – November 30, 2003
2002
Royal Hibernian Society, Dublin, Ireland
David Zwirner Gallery, New York, October 16 - November 16, 2002
2001
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland, curated by Theodora Vischer, May 19 - July 29, 2001; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, September 6 - October 21, 2001; Royal Hibernian Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, January 17 - February 24, 2002; catalogue
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, September 6 – October 21, 2001
1999
David Zwirner, New York, May 27 - July 9, 1999
1998
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, curated by Olga Viso, November 20, 1998 – February 15, 1999
1997
"Toba Khedoori," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, curated by Elizabeth Smith, April 6 - July 13, 1997; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, August 10 - November 2, 1997; catalogue
"Directions," Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., November 20, 1997 – February 22, 1998
1996
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, curated by Bruce Hartman, March 10 - April 17, 1996
David Zwirner Gallery, NY, May 4 - June 15, 1996
1995
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, January 14 - February 18, 1995
Group Exhibitions:
2011
"The House Without the Door," David Zwirner, New York, NY, July 7 – August 5, 2011
"Wander, Labyrinthine Variations," Centre Pompidou-Metz, Paris, September 12 – March 5, 2012
2010
"The Artist's Museum," Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 2010-January 31, 2011
2009
"Elles@CentrePompidou," Centre Pompidou, Paris France, May 25, 2009 – May 2010
"Making Worlds: 53rd International Art Exhibition," Venice Biennial, Venice Italy, June 7 – November 22, 2009
"Holbein to Tillmans," Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland, April 4 – October 4, 2009
2008
"Passageworks: Contemporary Art from the Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, October 25, 2008 – January 19, 2009
"The Gallery," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, July 3 – August 8, 2008
2007
"The Third Mind," Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, September 27, 2007 – January 3, 2008
"Size Matters: XXL – recent large-scale paintings," Hudson Valley Center for
Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, September 16, 2007 –
2006
Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Italy, October 26, 2006 – January 15, 2007
Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, London, England, September 16 – November 26, 2006
"The Grande Promenade," curated by Anna Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, July 17 – September 29, 2006
"Work Zones: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from San Francisco Art Institute," San Francisco Art Institute, May 11 – July 29, 2006
2005
"Almost Invisible: Minimalist Work from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im
Hamburger Brahnhof," Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2005 – April 23, 2006
"Drawing from the Modern , 1975 - 2005," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, September 14, 2005 – January 9, 2006
2004
"26th Sao Paulo Biennial," curated by Alfons Hug, Pavilhao Ciccillo Matarazzo, Parque
do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 25 – December 19, 2004
"Reinstallation of the Collection," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, November 20, 2004
2003
"Inaugural Exhibition," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, January 25 - March 8, 2003
"Matisse ans Beyond: A Century of Modernism," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA, ongoing exhibition
"For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life," Vancover Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 28 – September 28, 2003
2002
"Drawing Now: Eight Propositions," Museum of Modern Art Queens, New York, October 17 - January 6, 2003
"Exile on Main Street. Jef Geys, Guy Mees, Jason Rhoades, Toba Khedoori, Gabriel Kuri, Urs Fischer," NICC, Antwerp, Belgium, June 22 – September 15, 2002
"Selections from the Permanent Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2001
"I § New York," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, October 19 - November 3, 2001
"Form Follows Fiction," Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy, October 17, 2001 – January 27, 2002
"Drawings," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, May 26 - July 21, 2001
"The Mystery of Painting," Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany, October 29-April 5, 2002
"Public Offerings," curated by Paul Schimmel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, March 31 - July 29, 2001; catalogue
"Recent Acquisitions," Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
2000
"Open Ends: 11 Exhibtions of Contemporary Art from 1960 to Now: Architecture Hot and
Cold," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, September 28, 2000 – March 4, 2001
1999
"The American Century: Art & Culture 1950 - 2000," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, September 26, 1999 – February 13, 2000
"Examining Pictures," White Chapel Art Gallery, London, England, July 5 - August 6; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, August 24 - September 9, 1999; The Armand Hammer Museum/UCLA, February 2 - April 6, 2000, cat.
"Toba Khedoori," David Zwirner, New York, NY, May 28 – July 10, 1999
1998
"Hindsight: 56 Recent Acquisitions,"Whitney Museum of American Art, December 17, 1998 to February 21, 1999
"Five Years," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY January 31-March 14, 1998
"Recent Acquisitions 1996-97," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
1997
"Eli Broad Permanent Collection," Eli Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, December 10-March 1999
"Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 5, 1997 - November 14, 1999, 1997
"A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquistions in Contemporary Drawing," Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 8, 1997 – January 20, 1998
"Architecture as Metaphor," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY April 10-June 3, 1997
1996
Some Recent Acquisitions," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, November 15 - January 2, 1996
"Just Past: The Contemporary in the Permanent Collection, 1975-96," curated by Ann Goldstein, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, September 28 - January 7, 1996
"Everything That's Interesting Is New," The Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation and Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece, January 20 - April 20, 1996; catalogue
1995
"1995 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, March 23 - June 4, 1995; catalogue
1994
"Toba Khedoori/Rachel Khedoori," David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY, April 30 – June 4, 1994
1993
"Invitational 93," Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, October 7 – 30, 1993
Awards and Grants:
2002
John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation Grant
1995
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award
Public & Private Collections:
Collection Dakis Joannou, Athens, Greece
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN