Tom Sachs

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Biography

Tom Sachs (American, born 1966 in New York City, New York) currently lives and works in New York City. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in 1987 and received his BA from Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont, in 1989.

Sachs’s recent solo exhibitions and projects include American Handmade Paintings at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (2014); Space Program: Mars at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City (2012); Nautical Challenge and Other Voodoo at the Baldwin Gallery, Aspen (2012); and WORK at Sperone Westwater, New York City (2011). In 2010, Sachs participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale and has since participated in the 2013 Lyon Biennale. Sachs was the recipient of the Aspen Award for Art in 2012.

The artist’s work has been collected by numerous museums and is included in private and public collections worldwide, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; the Jewish Museum, New York City; the Citigroup Art Collection, New York City; the NASA Permanent Collection, Washington, D.C.; the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; the Jumex Collection, Mexico City; and Fondazione Prada, Milan.

Artist Talk: Tom Sachs—The Origins of the Boombox

Artist Tom Sachs speaks on the origins of his functional boombox and sound system sculptures, on view at The Contemporary Austin in Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective 1999–2015, January 24 – April 19, 2015. From the snow cone stand and the street to the gallery space, learn how Sachs's boomboxes have evolved alongside this emblem of hip-hop and pop culture.

Artist Talk: Tom Sachs took place at the Stateside at the Paramount, Austin, Texas, September 15, 2014. Presented by The Contemporary Austin. Video Editor: Mikhaela Locklear.

Artist Talk: Tom Sachs—Why Hello Kitty?

Artist Tom Sachs discusses how this iconic figure entered his sculptural world, beginning with a Barneys department store Hello Kitty nativity scene and later appearing as large-scale models in bronze, foamcore, and other materials, joined by friends Miffy and My Melody. Some of these signature works can be seen in Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective 1999–2015, on view at The Contemporary Austin from January 24 – April 19, 2015.

Artist Talk: Tom Sachs took place at the Stateside at the Paramount, Austin, Texas, September 15, 2014. Presented by The Contemporary Austin. Video Editor: Mikhaela Locklear.