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| alumni of goldsmiths, university of london | |
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Taylor-Wood's parents divorced when she was a teenager, and she moved with her mother and step-father to a new-age commune in Surrey . Her mother abandoned the family when her daughter was sixteen and she moved into a bed-sit to live alone. Having fared poorly in exams, it took Taylor-Wood several years to gain the required qualification for entry into art school. After a year at a North London Polytechnic, she transferred to Goldsmiths College to complete a Fine Art degree in 1990 . Following University, Taylor-Wood held jobs at the was included in a large photo-work, and commissioned Taylor-Wood to make a promotional video starring Robert Downey Jr. for one of his records. In 2002 , Taylor-Wood was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to make a video portrait of David Beckham sleeping. She is also a long-time collaborator with Pet Shop Boys having produced films for their ''Somewhere'' concerts at the Savoy Theatre , London. She has also been guest vocalist on two Pet Shop Boys produced songs - cover versions of Serge Gainsbourg 's " Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus " and Donna Summer 's " Love To Love You Baby ". For the latter of these two releases, she used the pseudonym Kiki Kokova . In 1995 Taylor-Wood married Jay Jopling, and their first child was born in 1997 . Shortly after, she was diagnosed with Colon Cancer , which was successfully treated. In 1999 , she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer , which resulted in a Mastectomy . Taylor-Wood was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997. SEE ALSO
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