Born in Miami, Florida (b. 1986)

Ilana Savdie

The Enablers (an adaptation), 2021

Oil, acrylic, and beeswax on canvas over wood panel
© Ilana Savdie. Photo by Ian Reeves.

Ilana Savdie in her studio. Photo by Keenan MacWilliam.

“I root it back to growing up surrounded by the Colombian Carnaval. Queer spaces tend to be extremely colorful. There’s just something about the excess of color that feels like seductive subversion. I think about color as this way of getting to seduce.”

—Ilana Savdie