Ilana Savdie (b. 1986, Miami, FL) was raised in Barranquilla, Colombia and Miami, FL and is now based in New York.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
Education & Residencies
Yale University MFA Painting / Printmaking, New Haven, CT 2018
Rhode Island School of Design B.F.A, Providence, RI 2004 - 2008
Columbia University, Advanced Painting Intensive, Post Baccalaureate, NY, NY 2015
Grants & Residencies
HP Blended Reality Grant Fellow Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts New Haven, CT 2017-2018
Artist in Residence Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT 2015
Select Exhibitions
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 315 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 Bushwick Gone Basel Miami, FL
2014 Art Basel | Mukwonago Bahamas Biennale Mukwonago, WI
2014 Thaw Pop Up Show Brooklyn, NY
2013 Nicopanda Popup Two Hustlers New York, NY
2013 Bushwick Gone Basel Popup Show Miami, FL
2013 100 NYC Artists Pop Up Show Barranquilla, Colombia
2013 La Propia Ars Antiqua Galería Barranquilla, Colombia
2010 Eros en el Arte Cinemateca del Caribe Barranquilla, Colombia
2009 Juried Speos Gallery Paris, France
2008 Flux RISD Illustration Gallery Providence, RI
2007 A Queer Show Carr Hous Gallery Providence, RI
2006 Barranquilla Arts Festival Barranquilla, Colombia
2014 Print All Over Me, Artist collaboration, New York, NY
Solo
2015 GWP (Gift with Purchase) Stream Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2015 Readi.ly International Playground New York, NY
Press, Publications & Panels
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 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 Mana Contemporary, Panel on Identifications: A discussion about non- conformism, labeling, and forms of identity (panel) Miami, FL
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
2008 Apartment Therapy, Artwork By RISD Graduates (work featured)