Ilana is a curator, researcher and producer, living and working on Wadawurrung Country in Geelong. Her practice explores forms of public exchange and dialogue between people working across expanded spatial fields.
From 2018-2025 Ilana was the Artistic Director & CEO of Platform Arts, a contemporary art space in Geelong, where she initiated the Platform Lab national residency program from 2020-2024.
Ilana holds an MA (Art in Public Space from RMIT), and is a sessional academic in the school of art at RMIT, a peer reviewer for Creative Australia, and a PhD candidate in the school of art, design, and architecture at Monash University.
ilanamarierussell[at]gmail.com