Ruth Sacks

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruth Sacks
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Sep 27, 1977(1977-09-27)
Age	47
Birthplace	Port Elizabeth
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Eastern Cape
Horoscope	Virgo

Ruth Sacks Biography

Ruth Sacks is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on September 27, 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ruth Sacks, a South African artist, was born in 1977. She lives and works here. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the South African Research Chair Initiative for Social Change (SARChI). Sacks is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand with a PhD in Arts. She was also a fellow at the Wits institute for social and economic research (WiSER). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Seas was her third book of artist books. She was a laureate at the HISK in Ghent. She was one of the facilitators of Parking Gallery, an artist-run space hosted by Visual Arts Network of South Africa in Johannesburg.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Seas was her third artist book and will be launched at the Musee Jules Verne, Amiens, France. The previous books she has published are False Friends (the Netherlands), Kunstverein Press, Amsterdam (2010) and An Extended Alphabet (the Netherlands), Expodium, Utrecht (2011).

Sacks’ work examines historical moments in art, architecture and the applied arts in order to comment on contemporary environments. She works with fictional narratives as a tool for encouraging multiple interpretations of dominant viewpoints. Sacks creates new fictions by revising and adapting existing texts and motifs, alongside developing new ones. Throughout her practice, emphasis is placed on the use of typography, design and language systems. She mainly works with installation, text pieces and performance.

Sacks’ solo exhibitions include Matterings at TPO (Johannesburg, 2017), Open Endings at TTTT (Ghent, 2015), 2,000 Meters Above the Sea at CHR (Johannesburg, 2012), Double-Sided Accumulated at Extraspazio (Rome, 2010), False Friends at Kunstverein (Amsterdam, 2010) and Open Studio at Cortex Athletico (Bourdeaux, 2007). International group exhibitions include: Future Africa: Visions in Time at the National Museums of Kenya (Nairobi, 2017) and Iwalewa-Haus (Bayreuth, 2015), The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds after 1989 at ZKM |Centre for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, 2011), Performa 09, facilitated by the Museum for African Art (New York, 2009), the African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (Venice, 2007) and the 1st Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennale of the Canaries (Tenerife, 2006).

In 2007, she received her MFA at the University of Cape Town. Sacks is a laureate at the Higher Institute for Fine Art, Ghent (Belgium), in 2007.

Ruth Sacks Net Worth

Ruth Sacks is one of the richest Artist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruth Sacks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Centre for Art and Media (Germany, 2011), Performa 09, facilitated by the Museum for African Art New York (USA, 2009), Luanda_Pop Checklist at the 52nd Venice Biennale (Italy, 2007) and the 1st Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries (Spain, 2006). Recent solo shows include 2,000 Meters Above The Sea at the Center for Historical Reenactments (SA, 2012), and Double-sided Accumulated At Extraspazio, Rome (Italy 2010, 2010).

BFA, Michaelis School of Fine Art University of Cape Town 1999, MFA Michaelis School of Fine Art University of Cape Town 2007 and PhD (Arts) University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2017.

“Sacks’ practice is research-based and usually takes the form of book works, installations and text pieces.” – Gabi Ngcobo

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Ruth Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Ruth Sacks celebrates birthday on September 27 of every year.