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

Solo exhibitions:

2010: Double-sided Accumulated, Extraspazio, Rome Italy

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 2666, Cape Town, South Africa (cat)

2005: When the Inside Stays Inside, João Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa (cat)

Selected group exhibitions:

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: Human Animal Project, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, USA (curated by Paul Roux)

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)

2006: inHERITAGE, University of Cape Town, South Africa (curated by Myer Taub) (cat)

2006: Evolution de l'Art, SPACE, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (curated by SPACE and Cesare Pietroiusti)

Selected Bibliography:

Iaceolla, A. 2010. 'Ruth Sacks': Exibart. Year XIX no 64. pp. 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. pp 262-3

Arnaudet, D. 2007. 'Open Studio': Art Press. No. 339. pp. 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

Williamson, S. 2006. 'Ruth Sacks, Artbio': Artthrob.co.za [online]
Available: http://www.artthrob.co.za/06oct/artbio.html

Maggs, C. 2005. 'Panic on the Streets of Cape Town': Artthrob.co.za. [online]
Available: http://www.artthrob.co.za/05apr/ news/panic.htm

Public Collections:

Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sindika Dokolo Collection, Luanda, Angola

SMS Contemporanea, Sienna, Italy

SMAK (Stedelijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten), Gent, Belgium

Residencies and Workshops:

Murcia Workshop, Blanca, Spain, 2009

Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France, 2007