Curriculum Vitae:

Born: 27 Sept 1977, Port Elizabeth, South Africa


Education:

2009: Laureate, Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium

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

Selected Solo exhibitions:

2010: Double-sided Accumulated, Extraspazio, Rome, Italy

2010: False Friends, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, Netherlands (book launch)

2008: 3 Years, with Nomusa Makhubu, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

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)

Selected group exhibitions:

2011: The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe,
Germany (curated by Peter Weibel and Andrea Buddensieg) (cat)

2011: Malleability Revisited (locatie: Kanaleneiland), Expodium, Utrecht, the Netherlands (cat)

2011: DON'T/PANIC, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa (curated by Gabi Ncobo) (cat)

2011: Anonymously Yours, Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium (cat)

2011: Oh My, Oh My: From the Annals of a Great Telepathic Affair, Convocation House, Johannesburg,
South Africa (curated by Sober and Lonely Institute for Contemporary Art)

2011: Alptraum, Deutscher Kuenstlerbund - Projektraum, Berlin, Germany; The Company, LA, USA;
blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa

2010: FIT Chapter H, Maison Gregoire, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Emmanuel Lambion)

2010: Flat Characters, Die Kelder, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium

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
and Roger Van Wyk)

2009: Futur, Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France (curated by Marie Canet)

2009: La Conquete de l'Espace, HISK, Ghent, Belgium (curated by Oscar Van Den Boogaard) (cat)

2009: Polyphonie, Grenslandhal, Watou, Belgium (curated by Hans Martins) (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
Gabi Ncobo)

2008: . ZA giovane arte dal Sudafrica, Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena,Italy (curated by Lorenzo Fusi) (cat)

2007: Luanda Pop_Check List, Biennale di Venezia 2007, Italy (curated by Fernando Alvim and Simon Njami)

2007: Summer in the City, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

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
by Antonio Zaya) (cat)

Book Works:

An Extended Alphabet, 2011, Expodium, design by CLEVER*FRANKE
ISBN: 978-94-90474-02-7

False Friends, 2010, Kunstverein Publishing, design by Jaan Evart, Marc Hollenstein and Stephan Serrato,
ISBN: 978-94-90629-02-1

Selected Bibliography:

Mecugni, A. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks': Art in America International Review 2010. p. 84

Iaceolla, A. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks': Exibart. Year XIX no 64. p. 65

Fiacco, D. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks at Gallery Extraspazzio, Rome': Art Key [online]
Available: http://www.teknemedia.net/magazine_detail.html?mId=7671

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.
pp. 90 - 1

Vincent, C. 2007. 'Cabinet de lecture': Art 21. Numero 13. p. 42