Chohreh Feyzdjou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Iranian artist (1955-1996)
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Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
About Chohreh Feyzdjou
- Chohreh Feyzdjou (Persian: ???? ???????, September 5, 1955 – February 17, 1996) was an Iranian artist.She was born into a Jewish family in Tehran.
- Her father had changed the family name from Cohen to Feyzdjou, a more common surname for Persian people, in an attempt to blend in.
- She moved to Paris in 1975, where she studied fine art at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
- In France, she was told that her surname was unpronounceable and that she should change it.As of 1989, she began labelling her work with "Product of Chohreh Feyzdjou", each identified with a letter, a serial number and the year.
- Her pieces are generally coated in black.Feyzdjou had her work included in exhibitions at the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux and the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume.
- Her work was also included in Documenta11 in 2002.She died in Paris from a genetic illness at the age of 40.
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