Ilana Savdie (b. Miami, FL 1986) was raised between Barranquilla, Colombia and Miami, FL. Savdie lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2018 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2008 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Solo Exhibition
2025 Glottal Stop, White Cube, New York, NY.
2024 Ectopia, White Cube, Paris, FR
2023 Radical Contractions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2022 In Jest, White Cube, London, UK
2021 Entrañadas, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Swimming in Contaminated Waters, Deli Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Loose Bodies, ltd Los Angeles @ VACATION, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibition
2025
Jessica Silverman (forthcoming)
White Cube (forthcoming)
Search for Tomorrow, Bernheim Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Toward the Light: Artists for the Ali Forney Center, David Zwirner, New York, NY
New Acquisitions, Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Faktura / Tektonika, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Identity, Culture, and Community, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2024
Alchemists, Pond Society, Shanghai, CN
In an effort to be held, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
Rupture and Connection, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic Figuration,The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
NON Objectified, KinoSaito, Verplanck, NY
When You See Me: Visibility in Contemporary Art/History, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023
The Big Chill, Bernheim Gallery, London, UK
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AU
The Rejectionists, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Chopped and Screwed, White Cube, New York, NY
Perhaps the Truth, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Inside/Outside, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Something or Other, Bernheim Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
Bodyland, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, DE
Vaster than Empires, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
Abstract Vocabularies: Selections From The Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), San Diego, CA
THIS IS AMERICA, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, curated by Albertz Benda in collaboration with Arndt Art Agency
Dancing in Dark Times, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
NXTHVN: Un/Common Proximity, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
On the other side of something, We Buy Gold, New York, NY, curated by Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels and Diana Nawi
2020
Common Expression, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY, curated by Jesse Greenberg
2019
But my heart was awake, Golestani Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
ec.dy.sis II,ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
ec.dy.sis, Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, Belgium
ec.dy.sis, CASSTLE, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
If I go there, I won’t stay there, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Hot, Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Labyrinths, Nui Galway, Galway, Ireland
Way Out Now, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wild Seed, Yale University Green Gallery, New Haven, CT
2017
The Sands, B3 Bienale, Frankfurt, Germany
Reconstruir, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
The Sands, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2016
I’d Rather Be Here Than Almighty, Jack Barrett Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Authority Figure, Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
2025
Creative Capital Awardee
JFK Terminal 1 Public Art Commission Awardee, curated by Culture Corps
Hirshorn Museum Artist X Artist Benefit Honoree
2024
Hirshorn 50th Anniversary Gala Honoree
2022
Horizon Art Foundation Residency , Los Angeles, CA
2020
NXTHVN Fellowship, New Haven, CT
2018
HP Blended Reality Grant Recipient, Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts, New Haven, CT
2017
HP Blended Reality Grant Recipient, Yale University Center for Collaborative Arts, New Haven, CT
2015
Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT
Artist Talks, Panels, and Podcasts
2025
In Conversation: Ilana Savdie, Ariana Reines, Jasmine Wahi, White Cube, NY
Artist Talk: Ilana Savdie, Fine Arts Work Center
2024
Artist Talk: Ilana Savdie, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Critical Dialogue: Ilana Savdie, Tyler Art + Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Podcast: Ilana Savdie, Talk Art, Season 9 - Episode 17
Ilana Savdie: On Her Work, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Ilana Savdie in Conversation With Carmen Maria Machado, Whitney Museum of American Art
In Conversation: Ilana Savdie with María Elena Ortiz, Horizon Artist Residency
2022
In Conversation: Louise Giovanelli, Danica Lundy, Ilana Savdie with Hettie Judah, White Cube, London, UK
Podcast: Artist Ilana Savdie: Episode 61, Art Sense Podcast
Podcast: Ilana Savdie at White Cube, Maeve Doyle’s Private View
2019
What is present: A panel discussion, Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting artist, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Visiting artist (guest speaker and visiting critic), Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Visiting artist, Fordham University, New York, NY
Artists in Conversation: Convergence & Crash, LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC
Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (Promised Gift)
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Danjuma Collection, London, UK
Press
2024
Wychowanok, Thibaut, “La sensation de la peinture Ilana Savdie enflamme la galerie White Cube de Paris,” Numéro, July 9.
Rabb, Maxwell, “Ilana Savdie’s Fluorescent Paintings Conjure a Carnival Chaos,” Artsy, June 27.
2023
Aton, Francesca, “Like an ‘Exposed Nervous System,’ Ilana Savdie’s Whitney Show Captures Collective Dread”, Artnews, July 16.
Glass, Josh, “Artist Ilana Savdie’s Whitney Museum Show Is a Vibrant Response to Dark Times”, W Magazine, July 12.
2022
Cheale, Matthew, “Ilana Savdie: ‘In Jest” Review”, Artforum, September 11.
Eckardt, Stephanie, “In the Studio With Ilana Savdie, the Artist Testing the Body’s Limit,” W Magazine, July 7.
Westall, Mark, “Louise Giovanelli, Danica Lundy, and Ilana Savdie at White Cube Bermondsey,” FAD Magazine, June 30.
2021
Wahi, Jasmine, “‘Euphoric and Grotesque’ : Ilana Savdie on Painting Parasites,” Interview Magazine, December 22.
“Surface: Art: Illana Savdie: Entreñadas,” Surface Magazine, November 6.
Kyermeh, Trey, “Ilana Savdie - Making Your Own Gods,” Metal Magazine, December 1.
Dambrot, Shana Nys, “LAWEEKLY: Pictures of You: Arts Calendar: November 4-10,” LAWEEKLY, November 3.
Selvin, Claire; Solomon, Tessa, “ARTnews in Brief: François Ghebaly To Open New York Space—and More from April 29, 2021,” Artnews, April 29.
Brito, Daniella, “In Thrilling Palettes, Ilana Savdie Maps Electrifying Geographies,” Hyperallergic, March 28.
Budds, Diana, “Murals on 9 City Buildings Will Help You Process Your Pandemic
Feelings,” Curbed, February 8.
2020
Smith, Melissa, “5 Things to Do This Weekend”, The New York Times, February 4.
Espinosa, Fernanda, “Oral history interview with Ilana Savdie,” Smithsonian Archives of American Art, August 20.
Roach, Amanda, “Artist of the Week: Ilana Savdie,” LVL 3, November 25.
2018
“If I go there, I won’t stay there at ltd los angeles,” Blouin Art Info, October 1.
Kracke, Bernd & Ries, Marc, “On Desire: Positions of time-based and immersive arts,” Transcript Verlag, March 29.
2017
Panko, Ben, “Reach Out and Touch This Virtual Reality Art Installation,” Smithsonian Magazine, August 18.
Sutton, Benjamin, “A VR Exhibition Pays Tribute to a Long-Gone Vegas Casino,” Hyperallergic, August 9.
Johnson, Paddy, “The Backyard Biennial: A Biennial Done on Zero Dollars,” Art F City, September 22.
2016
Butler, Sharon, “Examining Queer at Yale University,” 2 Coats of Paint, October 21.
Sargent, Antwaun, “A Look Inside the First Queer Show at Yale,” Vice, October 27.
Sherman, Elizabeth, “MFA Annual,” New American Paintings, Issue #129, May Garcia, Adriana Chica, “Savdie Expone Su Arte Conceptual En Miami,” El Heraldo,
December 3.
“Mossless 4: Public/Private/Portrait,” Mossless, May 2.
Eckhardt, Stephanie, “Inside Authority Figure,” W Magazine, May 22.
Herriman, Kat, “A Mysterious Performance Art Show Where the Audience Plays Along,” The New York Times, May 18.
Walker, John, “This Dance Performance About Data, Surveillance, and Obedience F-ed Me Up,” Splinter, May 20.
Kirsch, Laura June, “‘Authority Figure’ Experiments With Choreo-Politics at Knockdown Center,” Village Voice, May 23.
2015
Taylor, Inny, “Ilana Savdie: Exploring Depth of Self,” Metal Magazine
2014
“Artist Collaboration: Ilana Savdie,” Print All Over Me
Czarny, Alejandra, “Art and Technology: An Interview with Ilana Savdie,” Letra Urbana “An Interview with Ilana Savdie,” Bullett Media
Foronda, Macey J.,“A Powerful Film About Artists Defining Feminism,” Buzzfeed, September 22.
“Ilana Savdie, Artist and Creative Director,” The Coven Magazine, July 1.
2013
“Bib + Tuck Re-invents The Wheel,” Bullett Media “Paintings by Ilana Savdie,” Recaps Magazine
“Ilana Savdie,” The Coven Magazine, Issue I
Publications
2025
Contributed text: “Fake Drips”, Mary Heilmann, Works on Paper 1973 - 2019, Hauser and Wirth.
Giladi, Maia. Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence, Duke University Press.
Luard, Honey and ML Tam, Elaine, Companion (2025), White Cube. September.
2024
Sheleg, Moran. Ilana Savdie’s Shadow Body. White Cube.
Luard, Honey; ML Tam, Elaine, and Bennet, Alex. Companion (2024), White Cube. October.
2023
Godfrey, Mark. Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection. Gregory R.
Miller & Co., May 2.
Murib, Zein. Terms of Exclusion: Rightful Citizenship Claims and the Construction of LGBT Political Identity. Oxford University Press, August 4.
2022
Ilana Savdie: Entrañadas, Kohn Gallery, 2022.
2021
Battista, Kathy, and Gay, Roxane, THIS IS AMERICA, Kunstraum Potsdam and DISTANZ