Ilana Savdie (born 1986) is a visual artist working primarily as a painter. Savdie was raised between Barranquilla, Colombia and Miami, Florida. Her solo exhibition Ilava Savdie: Radical Contradictions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in 2023, presented an expansive view of her pictorial interests and artistic practice. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2]
Ilana Savdie | |
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| Born | 1986 |
| Education | Yale School of Art, MFA Rhode Island School of Design, BFA |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing |
| Awards | NXTHVN Fellowship, 2020 |
Early life and education
editIlana Savdie grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia, in the South American country, and Miami, United States. She received a BFA (2008) from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, and an MFA (2018) from Yale School of Art at Yale University, New Haven.[3][4]
Work
editSavdie's colorful large-scale paintings and drawings depict abstract visual investigations and distinct techniques. From visible brushstrokes to blurred patterns, she uses acrylic, oil, and beeswax to bring her compositions to life. In her canvases, themes of identity, the body, beauty, individual and collective expressions, and regional manifestations such as Barranquilla Carnaval celebrations are mixed into the pictorial space.[5][6][7][8]
In 2017, she was shortlisted by New American Paintings magazine.[9] In 2019, she was participated in a group show at CASSTL, Antwerp, with artists Rafa Sparza, Skip Arnold, Ron Athey, among others. Savdie received NXTHVN Fellowship and was an artist-in-residence in New Haven, alongside artists Vincent Valdez and Esteban Ramón Pérez, in 2020.[10] Her first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom was presented at White Cube gallery, London, in 2022.[11]
In 2023, her work on paper was included in the artists' list for the Drawing Center's benefit auction in New York.[12] Savdie's work on canvas was included in the National Gallery of Victoria's 2023 NGV Triennial, in Australia.[3][13]
The solo show Ilava Savdie: Radical Contradictions (2023) at the Whitney Museum of American Art displayed a set of newly created works that investigate the physical body, collective experiences, and traditional approaches to abstract painting.[1][5][6]
She was a visiting lecturer at New York Studio School in 2023 and at Tyler School of Art and Architecture from Temple University, Pennsylvania, in 2024.[14][15] For her solo show Extopia, her first in France taking stage at White Cube gallery, Ilana Savdie, is expanding on her investigation about abstraction and the body.[16]
Collections (selection)
editIlana Savdie's work is included in international public and private collections. Her artworks can be found at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida; Green Family Art Foundation;[17] Burger Collection, Hong Kong;[18] the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[19] California; the Hammer Museum,[20] Los Angeles, California; the Jewish Museum, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[21] Massachusetts; the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,[22] California; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California, among others.[23][14]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ilana Savdie: Radical Contractions". whitney.org. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie | English". Metal Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ilana Savdie | Triennial | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie". Horizon. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ilana Savdie's Whitney Museum Show Is a Vibrant Response to Dark Times". W Magazine. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b Aton, Francesca (14 July 2023). "Like an 'Exposed Nervous System,' Ilana Savdie's Whitney Show Captures Collective Dread". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie talks to Christopher Y. Lew, Chief Artistic Director, Horizon". Horizon. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Veitch, Mara (17 December 2021). ""Euphoric and Grotesque" : Ilana Savdie on Painting Parasites". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie | New American Paintings". www.newamericanpaintings.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie – NXTHVN". Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Cheale, Matthew (11 August 2022). "Ilana Savdie". Artforum. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie, "I used to do this, the self I was", 2023". auction.drawingcenter.org. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Jefferson, Dee (2 December 2023). "NGV Triennial 2023 review: plenty of showstoppers – and cheek – in another blockbuster show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ilana Savdie". New York Studio School. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Critical Dialogue: Ilana Savdie". Tyler School of Art. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie, Paris (2024)". White Cube. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie, Anquilosis, 2023". Green Family Art Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Ilana Savdie". BURGER Collection. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "SFMOMA Announces Acquisition of More Than 100 Objects, Including Works by Pacita Abad, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Barbara Chase-Riboud, An-My Lê, Tau Lewis, Ilana Savdie, William T. Williams and Haegue Yang, Among Many Others". SFMOMA. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "New Contemporary Acquisitions: An Evening at the MFA in Company with Artists and Their Work". Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Inside/Outside | Santa Barbara Museum of Art". www.sbma.net. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Savdie". MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.