Khuzami is a New York based artist whose paintings often use vintage kitsch objects to explore themes of obsession, repression, voyeurism, and eroticism.
Recent Work
Vicki’s work combines a satiric edge with playful sensuality while challenging taboos and social conventions. Telenovela Suburbia follows the melodramatic exploits of Monica, a housewife lost in suburban purgatory; Female Gaze celebrates and objectifies male beauty; I Am the Octopus explores the theme of obsessive collecting; Pinocchio and the Seven Deadly Sins series was inspired by anthropomorphism and her love of objects; Legends of Greenwich Village: Bohemorama was New York City’s most recognizable and beloved murals, evoking Greenwich Village’s past as the cultural vanguard of America, synonymous with artistic and sexual freedom. The Vortex series is about sex and chaos.
Dollhouse
Female Gaze
I Am The Octopus
Pinocchio and the Seven Deadly Sins
Legends of Greenwich Village
Vortex
Her Story
Khuzami was born in Brooklyn. She studied art and filmmaking at SUNY New Paltz, then spent two years traveling throughout India, where she worked on a documentary film, and Japan, where she had the first one-woman show of her work. In the early 1980’s she moved back to New York City to pursue a career as an artist. Khuzami illustrated the covers for Harlequin romance novels, and by the 1990’s had established herself as a sought-after muralist. She was commissioned to paint murals all over America and Japan, from Tokyo Disneyland to the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. In 1996 she established her own successful mural-painting studio, and still receives commissions today. In the early 2000’s, after over two decades as a commercial and mural artist, Khuzami decided to venture back into the world of fine art.