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ruth sacks
Born in 1977 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Lives and works in Brussels. È nata nel 1977 a Port
Elizabeth, Sudafrica. Vive e lavora a Bruxelles.
solo exhibitions | mostre personali
2010
Double-sided Accumulated, e x t r a s p a z i o, Rome
2008
3 Years (with Nomusa Makhubu), ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
2007
Open Studio (Cortex Athletico), Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux
Open Studio (Commercial Street), Studio 2666, Cape Town
2005
When the Inside Stays Inside, João Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town
selected group exhibitions | mostre collettive selezionate
2013
Back and Forth (film screening), South London Gallery, London, UK (curated by Marie Canet)
2012
DON'T/PANIC, Center for Historical Reenactments, Johannesburg, South Africa (curated by Gabi
Ngcobo)
Evolution de l’Art, Kunstverein Milano, Milan, Italy (curated by Katia Anguelova and Valerio Del Baglivo)
Alptraum, GoetheonMain, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011
The Global Contemporary. Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM - Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Anonymously Yours, Maison Gregoire, Brussels
Malleability Revisited (locatie: Kanaleneiland), Expodium, Utrecht
Oh My, Oh My: From the Annals of a Great Telepathic Affair, Convocation House, Johannesburg
Alptraum, Deutscher Kuenstlerbund - Projektraum, Berlin|The Company, Los Angeles |blank projects,
Cape Town
2010
FIT Chapter H, Maison Gregoire, Brussels
Flat Characters, Die Kelder, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
Dada South? (cur. K. Smith, R. Van Wyk), Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Performa 09 (cur. L. Binder), New York
Futur (cur. M. Canet), Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Polyphony (cur H. Martins), Grenslandhal, Watou, Belgium
Urban Scenographies (cur. J. Do), Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
First Things First, CCNOA, Brussels
Test Patterns (cur.L. Illion), San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco
2008
Human Animal Project (cur.P. Roux), Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston
False Friends, Conflict Room, Antwerp, Belgium
Scratching the Surface Vol. I (cur.G. Ncobo), Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town. ZA giovane arte dal
Sudafrica (cur. L. Fusi), Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena
2007
Summer in the City, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Fresh II (cur.J. Pather), Grahamstown, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
Luanda Pop_Check List (cur. F. Alvim, S. Njami), 52. Biennale di Venezia
GIMBERG / NERF / SACKS / YOUNG, Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery, South Africa
Come, KZNA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
2006
1st Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries (cur. A. Zaya),Los Lavaderos, Tenerife
ABSA L'Atellier Exhibition , ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
inHERITAGE (cur. M. Taub), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Evolution de l'Art (cur. SPACE, C. Pietroiusti), SPACE, Bratislava
Black and White Poster Project, Dirt Contemporary Art Space, Cape Town
2005
Printtttt (cur. A. Lamprecht), Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
education | formazione
2009
2008
2007
1999
Laureate at HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
Murcia Workshop with F. Torres, Murcia, Spain
Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, sponsored by Absa L'Atelier 2006
Master of Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town