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Artist Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

b. 27 Sept 1977, Port Elizabeth, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/em><\/strong>EDUCATION<\/b><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2017: PhD (Visual Culture)
Faculty of Humanities, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research & Wits School of Arts,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Masters of Fine Art
Faculty of Humanities, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999: Bachelor of Fine Art
Faculty of Humanities, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PUBLISHED ARTIST BOOKS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The Remaindering, <\/em>2022, Garamond Press<\/a> (Johannesburg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Seas<\/em>, 2013, Garamon<\/a>d<\/a> Press<\/a> (Bayreuth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Extended Alphabet<\/em>, 2011, Expodium<\/a> (Utrecht)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

False Friends<\/em>, 2010, Kunstverein Publishing<\/a> (1st edition: Amsterdam; 2nd edition: Antwerp)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025 (with Stacey Ravvero<\/a>): Slow Monuments<\/em>, Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022: Concrete Ecologies<\/i>, Pulp Paperworks<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Matterings<\/em>, The Point of Order<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Open Endings<\/em>, TTTT<\/a>, Ghent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Seas<\/em>, Musee Jules Verne<\/a>, Amiens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: 2,000 Meters Above the Sea<\/em>, Center for Historical Reenactments<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: <\/b>Double-sided Accumulated<\/em>, Extraspazio<\/a>, Rome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: False Friends<\/em>, Kunstverein<\/a>, Amsterdam (book launch)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Open Studio<\/em>, Cortex Athletico<\/a>, Bordeaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005: When the Inside Stays Inside<\/em>, Jo\u00e3o Ferreira Fine Art<\/a>, Cape Town (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2023: Style Congo: Heritage and Heresy<\/em><\/a>, CIVA<\/a>, Brussels (curated by Sammy Baloji, Silvia Franceschini, Nikolaus Hirsch, Estelle Lecaille) (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023: Overwhelmed<\/em>, UJ Gallery<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022: Situated Makings<\/em>, FADA Gallery<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: Response-ability, <\/em>Greenhouse Project<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021: Power of 35!<\/i> ABSA Gallery<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Here Comes Summer<\/i>, <\/span>Museum Cultuur Strombeek<\/a>, Brussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Alptraum, <\/em>Torrance Art Museum<\/a>, Torrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Rally<\/i>, Melpark Sports Centre<\/a>, Johannesburg (Johannesburg Lasts)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019:  AMBERES – Robert Bola\u00f1o’s Antwerp, <\/em>M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a>, Antwerp (curated by Nav Haq)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-9: Future Africa: Visions in Time<\/em>, Makerere Art Gallery<\/a>, Kampala, Uganda; National Museum of Zimbabwe, Harare; National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi & Goethe-Institut S\u00fcd Afrika, Johannesburg (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017: Booknesses<\/em>, FADA Gallery,<\/a> Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016: African Art Book Fair<\/em> (featured artist), Dakar (curated by Katja Gentric)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: A New Spirit in Booking<\/em>, Museum Cultuur Strombeek<\/a>, Brussels (curated by Luc Derycke)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: You Love Me, You Love Me Not<\/em>, Galeria Municipal do Porto<\/a>, Porto (curated by Suzana Sousa & Bruno Leit\u00e3o)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Future Africa: Visions in Time<\/em>, Bayreuth Academy Exhibition<\/a>, Bayreuth (curated by Nadine Siegert & Storm Janse Van Rensburg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Monologues, <\/em>Aardklop Festival, Potchefstroom (curated by Meredith Randall)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Book arts: Artist\u2019s books<\/em>, Gallery AOP<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Nesting Narratives<\/em>, GoetheonMain<\/a>, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Shop Front and Centre<\/em> (Infecting the City<\/a>), St George\u2019s Mall, Cape Town<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Regions A-G<\/a><\/em>, Johannesburg City Library, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013-4: Suspicious Minds<\/a><\/em>, Michaelis Gallery<\/a>, Iziko Annexe<\/a>, Cape Town (curated by Fabian Saptouw)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: IKAURU<\/em>, Pretoria Art Museum<\/a>, Pretoria,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: NOPX<\/em>|artbook|2012|2013, NOPX|limitededitionpics<\/a>, Turin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013: Back and Forth<\/em>, South London Gallery<\/a>, London (curated by Marie Canet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012: Evolution de l\u2019Art<\/em>, Kunstverein Milano<\/a>, Milan (curated by Katia Anguelova and Valerio  Del Baglivo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds After 1989<\/em>, ZKM | Centre for Art and Media<\/a>, Karlsruhe (curated by Peter Weibel and Andrea Buddensieg) (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: Malleability Revisited<\/em> (locatie: Kanaleneiland), Expodium<\/a>, Utrecht (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011-2: DON\u2019T\/PANIC<\/em>, Durba<\/a>n Art Gallery<\/a>, Durban, <\/a>Cent<\/a>er for Historical Reenactments<\/a>, Johannesburg (curated by Gabi Ngcobo) (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011: Anonymously Yours<\/em>, Maison<\/a> Gregoire<\/a>, Brussels (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011-2: Alptraum<\/em>, Deutscher Kuenstlerbund \u2013 <\/a>Projek<\/a>traum<\/a>, Berlin, The <\/a>Company<\/a>, LA, USA; blank pr<\/a>ojects<\/a>, Cape Town, South Africa, Goetheo<\/a>nMain<\/a>, Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010: FIT Chapter H<\/em>, Maiso<\/a>n Gregoire<\/a>, Brussels (curated by Emmanuel Lambion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Perform<\/a>a 09<\/a><\/em>, Produced by the <\/a>Museum<\/a> for African Art<\/a>, New York (curated by Roselee Golderg) (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Dada South?<\/em>, Iziko So<\/a>uth African National Gallery<\/a>, Cape Town (curated by Kathryn Smith and Roger Van Wyk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Futur<\/em>, <\/a>Frac Aquit<\/a>aine<\/a>, Bordeaux (curated by Marie Canet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Polyphonie<\/em>, Grensla<\/a>ndhal, Watou<\/a> (curated by Hans Martens)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: First Things First<\/em>, CCN<\/a>OA<\/a>, Brussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009: Test Patterns<\/em>, San F<\/a>rancisco Camerawork<\/a>, San Francisco (curated by Leigh Illion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008: False Friends<\/em>, Conflic<\/a>t Room<\/a>, Antwerp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008: Scratching the Surface Vol. I<\/em>, Associ<\/a>ation for Visual Arts<\/a>, Cape Town (curated by Gabi Ngcobo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008: . ZA, giovane arte dal Sudafrica<\/em>, Palazz<\/a>o Delle Papesse<\/a>, Siena (curated by Lorenzo Fusi) (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Luanda Pop_Check List<\/em>, Biennale di <\/a>Venezia 2007<\/a> (curated by Fernando Alvim and Simon Njami)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007: Fresh II<\/em> (National Arts Festival), Grahamstown (curated by Jay Pather)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006: 1st Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries<\/a><\/em>, Los Lavaderos, Tenerife, Spain (curated by Antonio Zaya)<\/a> (cat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004: Negotiate, <\/em>Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACADEMIC POSTS & TEACHING <\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2024 -: Associate Professor (Art History & Theory)
Visual Art Department, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), University of Johannesburg (UJ), Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023: Senior Lecturer (Art History & Theory)
Visual Art Department, FADA, UJ, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021-2: Lecturer (Art History & Theory)
Visual Art Department, FADA, UJ, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Senior Tutor (Architectural History and Theory)
Graduate School of Architecture, FADA, UJ, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 – 2019: Part-time Lecturer (Visual Art)
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, History and Theory of Architecture, Graduate School of
Faculty of Humanities, Visual Arts, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 19: Part-time Trainer (Visual Literacy)
Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FELLOWSHIPS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2018 \u2013 2020: Postdoctoral Fellow
South African Research Chair for Social Change, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities,
History Department, University of Fort Hare, East London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 \u2013 16: Doctoral Fellow
Faculty of Humanities, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACADEMIC BOARDS AND ASSOCIATESHIPS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025 -: African Critical Inquiry Program (ACIP) Committee Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-: SAcan Dept of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Creative Outputs Sub-panel Member <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024-2026: Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA), Board Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-: Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), Research Associate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORGANISATION OF COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECTS & ACADEMIC CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2020-21: Co-Director, Response-Ability, Greenhouse Project, Johannesburg, South Africa
Funded by the Prince Claus Fund, the Netherlands, & the Goethe-Institut, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020: Co-organizer, Rethinking Resilience, hosted by Rhodes University and the African Critical
Inquiries Program [online]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019: Co-organizer, Johannesburg Lasts workshop for Ellipses Journal, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015: Co-organizer, M\u00e9diation pass\u00e9e, pr\u00e9sente et future, l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux Arts de
Kinshasa, DR Congo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 13: Project Coordinator
Parking Gallery, hosted by the Visual Arts Network of South Africa, Johannesburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FUNDED ARTIST RESIDENCIES<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

2025: Nirox Foundation Residency, Cradle of Humankind, SA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014: Pro Helvetia SADC residency, Kinshasa, DRC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014:  Osthang Project<\/a>, Darmstadt, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013:  International Resi<\/a>dency at Recollets<\/a>, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008-9: Hoger Instituut van Schone Kunsten<\/a> (HISK), Ghent, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007:  Cit\u00e9 des Arts<\/a>, Paris, France (awarded for winning first prize in the 2006 ABSA L’Atelier Competition<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (SOLO PROJECTS) <\/b><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Munnik, G. 2022. ‘Monstrous Elasticity: Ruth Sacks ‘The Remaindering’ Artthrob.co.za<\/a> <\/a>[online].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mecugni, A. 2010. \u2018Ruth Sacks’: Art in America<\/a> International Review 2010. p. 84  [pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iaceolla, A. 2010. \u2018Ruth Sacks’: Exibart<\/a>. Year XIX no 64. p. 65  [pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiacco, D. 2010. \u2018Ruth Sacks at Gallery Extraspazzio, Rome’: Arskey<\/a> [online]
Available: <\/a>http:\/\/www.teknemedia.net\/magazine_detail.html?mId=7671<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williamson, S. 2009. \u2018Ruth Sacks’: South African Art Now. Collins Design<\/a>. p. 262-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arnaudet, D. 2007. \u2018Open Studio’: Art Press.<\/a> No. 339. p. 87  [pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vincent, C. 2007. \u2018Ruth Sacks Cortex Athletico’: Art South Africa<\/a> . Vol 6 Issue 2.
pp. 90 \u2013 1   [pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vincent, C. 2007. \u2018Cabinet de lecture’: Art 21<\/a>.<\/a> Numero 13. p. 42   [pdf]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Toole, S. 2007. \u2018So What Does Ruth Do Again?\u2019: Art South Africa<\/a>. Vol. 5. Issue 4. p. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williamson, S. 2006. \u2018Ruth Sacks Artbio’: Artthrob [online]. Available: https:\/\/www.artthrob.co.za\/06oct\/artbio.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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