Ilana Savdie (b. 1986) was raised in Barranquilla, Colombia and Miami, FL and is now based in New York.
For more information, please contact isavdie@gmail.com
Education
Yale University MFA Painting / Printmaking, New Haven, CT 2018
Rhode Island School of Design B.F.A, Providence, RI 2004 - 2008
Grants & Residencies
NXTHVN 2020 Fellowship New Haven, CT (ongoing)
Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts HP Blended Reality Grant Recipient New Haven, CT 2017-2018
Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence Johnson, VT 2015
Solo Projects
2021 Title TBD Deli Gallery Brooklyn, NY (upcoming)
2018 Loose Bodies ltd Los Angeles @ VACATION New York, NY
2015 GWP (Gift with Purchase) Stream Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Select Exhibitions
2020 Drawer Envelope curated by Essex Flowers New York, NY
2020 Unity fundraiser
2019 Golestani Gallery But my heart was awake Dusseldorf, Germany
2019 ltd los angeles ec.dy.sis II Los Angeles, CA
2019 Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) ec.dy.sis Antwerp, Belgium
2019 CASSTLE ec.dy.sis Antwerp, Belgium
2018 ltd los angeles If I go there, I won’t stay there Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artsy Topical Cream Benefit Auction
2018 Next to Nothing Gallery Tails New York, NY
2018 Fredrick Snitzer Gallery Summer Hot Miami, FL
2018 Nui Galway Labyrinths Galway, Ireland
2018 The Border Project Data Spell Brooklyn, NY
2018 Diane Rosenstein Gallery Way Out Now Los Angeles, CA
2018 Yale Center for Collaborative Arts Blended Reality Showcase New Haven, CT
2018 Yale University Green Gallery Wild Seed New Haven, CT
2018 Castor Gallery Stranger in a Strange Land New York, NY
2017 B3 Bienale The Sands Frankfurt, Germany
2017 Cooper Union School of Art Reconstruir New York, NY
2017 Essex Flowers The Sands New York, NY
2017 VSOP Projects Languaging the Body Greenport, NY
2017 Backyard Biennial Brooklyn, NY
2017 Yale University E.I.K Gallery All Is Written New Haven, CT
2016 Alt Esc No Vacancy Brooklyn, NY
2016 Rubber Factory New Flesh New York, NY
2016 Good Work Gallery Vital Enhancements Brooklyn, NY
2016 Jack Barrett Gallery I'd Rather Be Here Than Almighty Brooklyn, NY
2016 Knockdown Center Authority Figure Brooklyn, NY
2015 Homeostasis Lab The Wrong Digital Art Biennale
2015 NEWD Art Show NEWD Booth Brooklyn, NY
2014 Art Basel | Mukwonago Bahamas Biennale Mukwonago, WI
2013 100 NYC Artists Pop Up Show Barranquilla, Colombia
Teaching, Guest speaking, Panels
2020 Komuna Global Arts Club Interview, in conversation with curator Tiffany Ward
2019 Deli Gallery What is present: A panel discussion as part of Of This World Rather (panel) Brooklyn, NY
2019 Yale University Visiting artist (guest speaker) New Haven, CT
2019 Middlebury College Visiting artist (guest speaker and visiting critic) Middlebury, VT
2019 Fordham University Visiting artist (guest speaker) New York, NY
2019 LaCa Projects Artists in Conversation: Convergence & Crash (panel) Charlotte, NC
2018 Yale University Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Drawing New Haven, CT
2014 Mana Contemporary On Identifications (panel) Miami, FL
Press & Publications
2018 Blouin Art Info If I go there, I won’t stay there at ltd los angeles (review)
2018 Kracke, Bernd & Ries, Marc On Desire: Positionen zeitbasierter und immersiver Künste / Positions of
2017 Smithsonian Magazine Reach Out and Touch This Virtual Reality Art Installation (review)
2017 Hyperallergic A VR Exhibition Pays Tribute to a Long-Gone Vegas Casino (review)
2017 Art F City The Backyard Biennial: A Biennial Done on Zero Dollars (review)
2016 2 Coats of Paint Examining Queer at Yale (review)
2016 Creator's Project A Look Inside the First Queer Show at Yale (review)
2016 New American Painting Issue #129 (feature)
2016 El Heraldo Savdie Expone Su Arte Conceptual En Miami (review)
2016 Mossless, Mossless 4: Public/Private/Portrait
2016 W Magazine, Inside Authority Figure (review)
2016 New York Times, A Mysterious Performance Art Show Where the Audience Plays Along (review)
2016 Fusion, This Dance Performance About Data, Surveillance, and Obedience F-ed Me Up (review)
2016 Village Voice, 'Authority Figure' Experiments With Choreo-Politics at Knockdown Center (review)
2015 Metal Magazine, Ilana Savdie | Exploring Depth of Self (interview)
2014 Print All Over Me, Artist Collaboration: Ilana Savdie (Interview)
2014 Letra Urbana, Art and Technology: An Interview with Ilana Savdie (interview)
2014 Bullett Media, An Interview with Ilana Savdie (interview)
2014 Buzzfeed, A Powerful Film About Artists Defining Feminism (film)
2014 The Coven Magazine, Ilana Savdie, Artist and Creative Director (interview)
2013 Bullett Media, Bib + Tuck Re-invents The Wheel (interview)
2013 Recaps Magazine, Paintings by Ilana Savdie (work feature)
2013 The Coven Magazine Issue I, Cover art