Ilana Harris-Babou

Ilana Harris Babou is a sculptor and installation artist. She received her MFA in New Genres from Columbia University in 2016 and her BA in Art from Yale University in 2013. She is an exhibiting artist at the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

Exhibitions:

Forthcoming Solo Exhibition: February 2020

Hope Floats

Eating Your Heart Out

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Selected press:

Emily Gallagher, “An Artist Infiltrates the Hamptons’ Cult of Wellness,” Document, July 29, 2019

Zachary Small, “Initial Thoughts and Highlights from the 2019 Whitney Biennial,” Hyperallergic, May 13, 2019.

Ilana Harris-Babou to be included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial organized by Jane Panetta, associate curator, and Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator

Cassandra da Costa, "An Artist's Searing Parody of Restoration Hardware Highlights the Racial Implications of Luxury Design," The New Yorker, February 20th, 2018.

Rebecca Schultz, “Aspiration and the Deferral of Pleasure: Ilana Harris-Babou Interviewed,” BOMB, November 2018.

Em Gallagher, “Ilana Harris-Babou and the Narrative of the Anomaly” Cultured Magazine, November 2018.

Drew Zeiba, "Reparation Hardware: Ilana Harris-Babou's Take on the American Dream,” PIN-UP, February 2018.

Emerson Rosenthal, “The Artist Turning Interior Decor into ‘Reparation Hardware’,” Vice, February 24th, 2018.

Kristina Wilson, "Advice, Aspiration, and Control" Recess, July 2018.

“8 Artists to Watch in February 2018” Artspace, February 2018.

Works