About Sadie Ruben:
Born in Roskilde, Denmark 1965. Autodidact. Does art and have a little business where I sell flower girl dresses, headbands and jewelry too. Live and work in Copenhagen.
I
started making clothes, and have been working a lot with especially
making theater-costumes. But that was never really what I wanted to do, I
was much more into colours, structure, weird materials, stuff like
that…
Three different things put me on the track:
An
old technique I was told about where you sew several layers of fabric
together in a special pattern, and then cut them up and wash them, which
makes them open up like flowers so that you can see the different
layers, the different structures and colours. That really got me
started.
Next
thing was a Peter Greenaway exhibition in Malmö, Sweden in 2000: Flying
Over water. I had to leave the exhibition several times when going
through it because he made such a strong impression on me that I had to
take time outside to breathe….
He
taught me something, which has been very important to me: that simple
materials are okay, it doesn´t have to be difficult, expensive,
distinguished materials to bear a message and touch people.
And this whole thing underlining the exhibition: about human beings and their fragility, made a strong impression on me too.
The
third thing was a music-cd, Joakim Thåströms cd from 1999: Det är ni
som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal (You´re the one being weird,
I´m the one being normal). It made, like Peter Greenaways exhibition,
so strong an impression on me that I almost couldn´t take it. It had
some amazing lyrics and filled my head with pictures, that I had to do
something with… which ended up being: making sculptures.
I´m
very fascinated over things being fragile, transparent, organic, soft,
innocent. When I work I try to be faithfull to the picture that
originally emerged in my head, but I´m also fascinated about the process
of making it real, the whole work in finding out how to actually create
it… it´s a both exciting, frustrating and – when I succed – amazing
process…
I started making clothes, and have been working a lot with especially
making theater-costumes. But that was never really what I wanted to do,
I was much more into colours, structure, weird materials, stuff like
that…Three different things put me on the track:
An old technique I was told about where you sew several layers of fabric together in a special pattern, and then cut them up and wash them, which makes them open up like flowers so that you can see the different layers, the different structures and colours. That really got me started.
Next thing was a Peter Greenaway exhibition in Malmö, Sweden in 2000: Flying Over water. I had to leave the exhibition several times when going through it because he made such a strong impression on me that I had to take time outside to breathe….
He taught me something, which has been very important to me: that simple materials are okay, it doesn´t have to be difficult, expensive, distinguished materials to bear a message and touch people.
And this whole thing underlining the exhibition: about human beings and their fragility, made a strong impression on me too.
The third thing was a music-cd, Joakim Thåströms cd from 1999: Det är ni som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal (You´re the one being weird, I´m the one being normal). It made, like Peter Greenaways exhibition, so strong an impression on me that I almost couldn´t take it. It had some amazing lyrics and filled my head with pictures, that I had to do something with… which ended up being: making sculptures.
I´m very fascinated over things being fragile, transparent, organic, soft, innocent. When I work I try to be faithfull to the picture that originally emerged in my head, but I´m also fascinated about the process of making it real, the whole work in finding out how to actually create it… it´s a both exciting, frustrating and – when I succed – amazing process…
I´m part of Galleri24.dk, which organizes exhibits around the Copenhagen area.
Selected past exhibits
TAKE CARE at Austin Peay State Universitys Trahern Gallery January 17 until February 15/ Soloexhibit at Vordingborg Library February 2012
TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the Twenty-first Century exhibits at Austin Peay State Universitys Trahern Gallery. The exhibition opens with a lecture at 5 p.m. and reception to follow at 6 p.m. on Jan. 17 and runs through Feb. 5. The show is free and open to the public.
The artists featured in this exhibit include Outlaw, Annette Gates, Kristina Arnold, Sher Fick, Lindsay Obermeyer, Monica Bock, Sadie Ruben, Jeanette May and Libby Rowe.
Vordingborg Library February 2012
I´ll exhibit at the entrance at Vordingborg Library in February 2012.Vordingborg Library
Sydhavnsvej 6
4760 Vordingborg
http://www.vordingborgbibliotek.dk/cms/site.aspx?p=4477
TAKE CARE at Sarratt Art Gallery, Vanderbilt University, November 1-30 2011
TAKE CARE Bioethichs in the 21 Century will exhibit at Sarratt Art Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee November 1-30 2011.
TAKE CARE will exhibit at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN Jan 14-Feb. 5, 2011
The group exhibit TAKE CARE wil exhibit at The Renaissance Center, 855 Highway 46 South
Dickson, TN 37055 Jan 14 – February 5, 2011.
TAKE CARE will exhibit at Sarratt Art Gallery,Vanderbilt University November 1-30 2011.
TAKE CARE will exhibit at Sarratt Art Gallery, Vanderbilt University, November 1-30 2011.http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sarrattgallery/events/take-care-biomedical-ethics-in-the-twenty-first-century#
Exhibiting TAKE CARE at Pool Art Fair, Miami Dec. 3-5, 2010
The groupexhibit TAKE CARE: Biomedical Ethics in the Twenty-First Century participates at Pool Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach December 3-5. The exhibit takes place at Carlton Arms Hotel, 1433 Colins Ave., Miami Beach FL 33139.
You can read more about Pool Art Fair here.
And more about TAKE CARE here.
The exhibit will be in suite 119. Unfortunately I won´t be there myself (thanks a lot to all those, who decided NOT to give me a grant;-)), but stop by anyway to see the faboulous show and meet Adrienne and Sher!
One day exhibit, Panuminstituttet, Copenhagen May 20 2010.
I participate in a joint exhibit at Faculty Of Health Sciences, 3B Blegdamsvej, 2200 Copenhagen N.More information will follow when I know weather there will be public acess.
Exhibit at Cafe Sonja in Saxogade 86-88, Copenhagen May 8-30 2010
I exhibit prints and photomanipulations. Open when the cafe is open. Look here for more information about the cafe: www.sidegaden.dk.One day exhibit in Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen May 27 2010.
I paticipate in an event going on all day in Copenhagen City Hall. My contribution will be the bed sized installation “Mikkel”.TAKE CARE, the Art, Science and Bioetics of Motherhood exhibited in Grand Rapids 2009
TAKE CARE, the Art, Science and Bioetics of Motherhood exhibited in Grand Rapids, Michigan during ArtPrize 2009 september 23 – oktober 8. The exhibit was located at Kendall College of Art.2009: April 5 – May 3: The Artists Easter Exhibit
juried exhibit, Århus Kunstbygning, 8000 århus C.
2007 : 1- 15 September: “Art that liberates”
joint exhibition, Copenhagen City Hall2007: May Culture Centre Vanlose
the Café together with Lykke Lindborg, textile sculpture.Frode Jakobsens Plads 4,1., 2720 Vanlose.
2007: 17+18 March "Charlottenborg without censorship"
Proevehallen, Porcelainstorvet 4, 2500 Valby.Open both days 11-20. Free admittance.
2007: 2 March Culture Centre Bispebjerg
Dortheavej 61, 2400 Copenhagen NV“Theater-concert” with Cumulus Theatre & Oslo String Quartet
2006 August Husum Public Library
Frederikssundsvej 290, 2700 Broenshoej
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