Ruth Sacks is a South African artist currently based in Johannesburg: Biography
2013: Doctoral Fellow, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), Johannesburg, South Africa 2007: Master of Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa 1999: Bachelor of Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2013: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Seas, Musee Jules Verne, Amiens, France (upcoming) 2012: 2,000 Meters Above the Sea, Center for Historical Reenactments, Johannesburg, South Africa 2010: Double-sided Accumulated, Extraspazio, Rome, Italy 2010: False Friends, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, Netherlands (book launch) 2007: Open Studio (Cortex Athletico), Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux, France 2007: Open Studio (Commercial Street), Studio 266, Cape Town, South Africa (cat) 2005: When the Inside Stays Inside, João Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa (cat)
2013: IKAURU, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa 2013: NOPX|artbook|2012|2013, NOPX|limitededitionpics, Turin, Italy 2013: Back and Forth, South London Gallery, London, UK (curated by Marie Canet) (film screening) 2012: DON'T/PANIC, Center for Historical Reenactments, Johannesburg, South Africa (curated by Gabi Ngcobo) 2012: Evolution de l’Art, Kunstverein Milano, Milan, Italy (curated by Katia Anguelova and Valerio Del Baglivo)
2011: Malleability Revisited (locatie: Kanaleneiland), Expodium, Utrecht, the Netherlands (cat) 2011: DON'T/PANIC, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa (curated by Gabi Ngcobo) (cat) 2011: Anonymously Yours, Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium (cat) 2011-2: Alptraum, Deutscher Kuenstlerbund - Projektraum, Berlin, Germany; The Company, LA, USA; 2010: FIT Chapter H, Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Emmanuel Lambion) 2009: Performa 09, sponsored by the Museum for African Art, New York, USA (curated by Lisa Binder) (cat) 2009: Dada South?, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (curated by Kathryn Smith 2009: Futur, Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France (curated by Marie Canet) (film screening) 2009: Polyphonie, Grenslandhal, Watou, Belgium (curated by Hans Martens) (cat) 2009: First Things First, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium 2009: Test Patterns, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, USA (curated by Leigh Illion) 2008: False Friends, Conflict Room, Antwerp, Belgium 2008: Scratching the Surface Vol. I, Association
for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa (curated by 2008: . ZA giovane arte dal Sudafrica, Palazzo
Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (curated by Lorenzo Fusi) (cat) 2007: Fresh II , Grahamstown, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa (curated by Jay Pather) 2007: GIMBERG / NERF / SACKS / YOUNG, Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, South Africa (cat) 2007: Come, KZNA Gallery, Durban, South Africa (cat) 2006: 1st Architecture,
Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Los
Lavaderos, Tenerife, Spain (curated
An Extended Alphabet, 2011, Expodium, design by CLEVER*FRANKE
2013: International Residency at Recollets, Paris, France (3 months) 2008-9: Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten (HISK), Ghent, Belgium (2 yrs) 2007: Cite des Arts, Paris, France (6 months)
Iaceolla, A. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks': Exibart. Year XIX no 64. p. 65 Fiacco, D. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks at Gallery Extraspazzio, Rome': Arskey [online] Williamson, S. 2009. 'Ruth Sacks': South African Art Now. Collins Design. p. 262-3 Arnaudet, D. 2007. 'Open Studio': Art Press. No. 339. p. 87 Vincent, C. 2007. 'Ruth Sacks Cortex Athletico': Art South Africa .
Vol 6 Issue 2. Vincent, C. 2007. 'Cabinet de lecture': Art 21. Numero 13. p. 42 O’Toole, S. 2007. ‘So What Does Ruth Do Again?’: Art South Africa. Vol. 5. Issue 4. p. 18.
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