Ilana Halperin (born New York 1973) studied at Glasgow School of Art and Brown University. Recent exhibitions include Physical Geology, Manchester Museum; Estratos, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Murcia, Spain; Conspire; transmediale 08, House of World Cultures, Berlin and Towards Heilprin Land, doggerfisher, Edinburgh (2008). It Starts From Here, De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea; Sharjah Biennial 8. Sharjah, U.A.E; and Enlightenment; Collecting for the Future. Hunterian Art Museum, Glasgow (2007). Where the Wild Things Are, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Drawing Links, The Drawing Room, London and touring (2006). In 2006 Ilana was Artist-in-Residence with Oceanwide Expeditions/Tiffin Projects, Greenland and in 2005 did a Research Residency at Camden Arts Centre, London. She was recently awarded the Esmee Fairbairn Residency at Cove Park, Argyll and Bute and was an Alchemy Fellow at Manchester Museum from 2006 - 2008.
