Ilka Scobie

Ilka Scobie is an American poet, art and writing critic, and art curator who lives in New York City and Soncino, Italy.[1] Her work as an art critic and poet has been published widely in magazines and in her books of poetry There for the Taking (Zoas Press, 1979) and Any Island (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2021). With her husband, photographer Luigi Cazzaniga, she has worked to connect Italian and American artists. This work has included the co-curation of multiple exhibitions in the ART AM series in the Soncino Bienalles.

Biography

Ilka Scobie was born in New York, where she has taught in the public school system. [2] Scobie and her husband artist Luigi Cazzaniga live in New York City and spend summers in Soncino, Italy.[3]

Critic

As a critic Scobie has penned pieces for Whitehot Magazine,[4] Artlyst,[5] Artnet,[6] Artcritical,[7] La Stampa, Marie Claire Italia, Brooklyn Rail.,[8] the International Association of Art Critics Magazine[9] and the American Book Review.[10]

Curator

Since 2000, Scobie and her husband, the photographer Luigi Cazzaniga, have worked with Marie Claire Italia to interview New York artists.[11] In 2010, they began working with the Soncino Biennale in Soncino, Lombardy[12] to broaden the exchange between Italian and American artists. Scobie and Cazzaniga have curated multiple exhibitions in the ART AM series in the Soncino Bienalles, including ART AM 4 Artisti Americani e Non (2023), at the Sala Ciminiera, Soncino, Italy.[13][14][12][15] This also led to a 2024 symposium she participated in at the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in New York which included Soncino Biennal artists Uman and Chris Martin.[16]

Poet

Scobie has published the books of poetry There for the Taking (Zoas Press, 1979)[5] and Any Island (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2021).[17] Lynn McGee in writing on Any Island in the American Book Review remarks:

"Native New Yorker Ilka Scobie is not infatuated with the city of her birth. Her regard for the urban puzzle known as New York City is a mature love recognizing its flaws with unapologetic nostalgia. She pulls this off with aplomb..."[18]

Scobie is a deputy editor of the poetry and art magazine LiveMag![19] Her poetry has been published in their pages[20] and in an other periodicals such as Urban Grafitti, Vanitas Magazine, Poetry in Performance,[2][21] Long Shot, New Observations, and Phatitude.[5]

Awards

  • 2023, New York Acker Award[22]

References

  1. ↑ Kogen Elimeliah, Leah (2024-05-15). "Leah Kogen Elimeliah Interviews Poet and Art Critic Ilka Scobie". Art World for Israel.
  2. 1 2 "Radical Poetry Reading with Ben Keating | The Brooklyn Rail". Brooklyn Rail. March 10, 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Exuberant Dialogue: Italian and American artists presented by Spazio Soncino". artdaily. August 24, 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ilka Scobie". whitehotmagazine.com.
  5. 1 2 3 "About". Artlyst. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Ilka Scobie, Author at Artnet News |". Artnet News. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ilka Scobie, Author at artcritical". Artcritical. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Ilka Scobie | The Brooklyn Rail". brooklynrail.org.
  9. ↑ Scobie, Ilka (March 28, 2020). "Corona Time in SoHo". AICA-USA. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Scobie, Ilka (December 2022). "Boneyarn by David Mills". American Book Review. 43 (4): 116–119. doi:10.1353/abr.2022.0151.
  11. ↑ "Luigi Cazzaniga - The Film-Makers' Cooperative". The Filmakers Coop. 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Filanda: ART AM 4 Artisti Americani e Non". Artribune (in Italian). 24 August 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Ruggeri, Pier Giorgio (7 July 2023). "All'ombra di Manzoni, artisti in mostra". Crema News (in Italian). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  14. ↑ McTigue, Joelle (27 July 2023). "Lombardy's Art & Culture Scene: Discover Italy's Hidden Gems". Joelle McTigue's Blog. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Exhibitions". New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Uman in Conversation". Hauser & Wirth. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Ilka Scobie: ANY ISLAND". Howl! Arts. September 29, 2021.
  18. ↑ McGee, Lynn (Winter 2022). "Any Island by Ilka Scobie (review)". American Book Review. 43 (4). University of Nebraska Press: 133–136. doi:10.1353/abr.2022.0155. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Interactive presentation: A Downtown State of Mind PART II". New York Public Library. March 20, 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "LiveMag17! | Ilka Scobie". LiveMag art and poetry journal. 2020.
  21. ↑ "Vanitas Magazine". www.vanitasmagazine.net. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  22. ↑ Patterson, Clayton (2025). The 10th New York Acker Awards 2025 (PDF). p. 193.
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