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Y. Z. Kami<br />
Y.Z. Kami was born in Tehran, Iran in 1956. Kami has attended Holy Name College, Oakland, CA (1973) and<br />
University of California, Berkeley, CA (75–1974). He has a B.A. and M.A. from University of Paris-Sorbonne,<br />
Paris, France (81–1976) and has been to Conservatoire Libre, du Cinema, Paris, France (1982). His work has<br />
been collected and exhibited by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New<br />
York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Smithsonian<br />
Institution, Washington, D.C.; Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, and many<br />
other institutions worldwide. Solo museum exhibitions have been presented at Herbert F. Johnson Museum<br />
of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (2003); the 52nd Biennale di Venezia (2007); Arthur M.<br />
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA (2008); Parasol Unit Foundation for<br />
Contemporary Art, London, UK (2008); and National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece<br />
(10–2009). His work was included in the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007, curated by Robert Storr).