Savannah Imani Wade (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and artist organizer.

Their practice creates an understanding of self, exploring dance, puppetry, theater, painting, and illustration. In their work, Wade expresses a pantheon of hand-made masks created through dream analysis, ancestral histories, reverence for the mother archetypes, and an intuition led artistic practice. Their work functions as an oracle of what has been, what is, and what is to come. Wade creates prophetic and playful images that remind the viewer of the power in story telling as a means to teach, empower, and offer truth.

Savannah is the Creative Director of Our Art Room (OAR), an artist collective for artists in their early careers. The collective meets monthly for critique sessions and community workshops where participating artists network, share resources, and provide accountability in their practices. In addition to a culminating annual group show the collective offers the concrete material and social means needed for an emerging artist.

OAR was created to function as an antidote to the extractive, exclusive, and exploitative nature of large art galleries, institutions, and organizations. Our approach is based on the intersectional understanding of how race, class, and gender informs one’s access to the privileges and levels of mobility in the art world. We aim to bypass this. OAR is a space that intends to pour into people who are seeking to expand their professional practices, while not having to sacrifice their personhood regardless of their positionality.