Sara Ludy
sara.ludy@gmail.com
Education
2003
School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA New Media
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Later Fields, Smart Objects; Los Angeles, CA
2024
Art Brussels, via Office Impart; Brussels, BE
2022
Swimmer’s Canyon, Art Mur; Montréal, QC
/home, Sara Ludy & Niko Princen, Panke Gallery; Berlin, DE
2021
Future Fair, via bitforms gallery; New York, NY
2020
Starmesh, 150 Media Stream; Chicago, IL
2019
Unearth, bitforms gallery; New York, NY
Remodel, Contemporary Arts Center/Strike Anywhere Gallery; Cincinnati, OH
Deeptimesurfacetime, http://www.linkcabinet.eu/; Online
2017
Climates, Lincoln Park Conservatory, ESS; Chicago, IL
2016
Irreality w/ Mark Dorf, CP Projects Space; New York, NY
Subsurface Hell, bitforms gallery; New York, NY
2015
Beyond the Trees: Wallpapers in Dialogue with Emily Carr, Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, BC
2014
Place, http://room.thecomposingrooms.com; Online
Dream House, Ditch Projects; Springfield, OR
2013
SPHERES 1-20, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery; New York, NY
2012
WALLPAPERS, The Sunday Painter; London UK
Sara Ludy + Nicolas Sassoon, Lossless Gallery; Calgary, Alberta
Rooms, klausgallery.net; Online
2011
Diaporamas, Hex Gallery; Kansas City, MO
WALLPAPERS, 319 Scholes; Brooklyn, NY
Walkthroughs, bubblebyte.org; Online
Group Exhibitions
2025
On the Trail of Media Arts: A Multi-layered Journey from Analog to Digital, Art Dubai via Sevil Dolmacı Gallery; Dubai, UAE
Fritz Family Digital Window, New Mexico Museum of Art - VLADEM Contemporary; Santa Fe, NM
2024
RGBMTL, 5tr4n0, Montreal, QC
Smashism, Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
Matter & Data, Digital Art Mile; Basel, CH
Health & Wellness, Night Lights Denver; Denver, CO
Close Reading, Office Impart; Berlin, DE
SMALL V0ICE, Honor Fraser; Los Angeles, CA
2023
Sandbox Mode, Office Impart; Berlin, DE
Chain Reaction, Feral File; Online
Code Chronicles, bitforms gallery; New York, NY
2022
Weather, Mirror Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Screen Strokes, Pequod Co.; CDMX
Freedom of the Form, Sevil Dolmacı Gallery; Istanbul, TR
Digital Baroque: History Meets Algorithm; 4ART
Digital Combines, Honor Fraser Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2021
Fragments of a Hologram Rose, Feral File; Online
Parfum Liquid, Galerie Galerie, Online
no holiday is forever, International Waters; Brooklyn, NY
Pieces of Me, Transfer Gallery; Online
Abstract Art in the Age of New Media, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art; Online
2020
The Tree of Life; bitforms.art/thetreeoflife/
Well Now WTF?; wellnow.wtf
Psychic Plumbing; Canary; Los Angeles, CA
2019
Topographic Resolutions II; Kuiper Projects; Brisbane, AU
STACKED; Artsakh Paseo; Glendale, CA
CHICAGO NEW MEDIA 1973 - 1992; Ars Electronica; POSTCITY Linz, Austria
Phantom Horizons; Galerie B, City Library; Stuttgart, DE
Between Clouds and Screensavers; Toy Returns; Fremantle, Western Australia
2018
CHICAGO NEW MEDIA 1973 - 1992; Gallery 400; Chicago, IL
JK - New Media; Max Frisch Bad; Zurich, CH
Otra visita a la escultura; Laboratorio Arte Alameda; Ciudad de México, MX
I Was Raised on the Internet; Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, IL
Memory Palace; Circle Contemporary; Chicago, IL
Portals_Thresholds; Reinberger Gallery - CIA; Cleveland, OH
Stream Capture; MCAD; Minneapolis, MN
2017
At the Mercy of; LVL3 Gallery; Chicago, IL
Wallpapers at New Forms Festival, Center for Digital Media; Vancouver, BC
bitforms Summer Show; bitforms gallery; New York, NY
2016
Dreamlands, Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, NY
The real-fake.org 2.0, Bronx Art Space; Bronx, NY
bitforms gallery 15 Year Anniversary Exhibition; Minnesota Street Project; San Francisco, CA
Robots Building Robots, Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University; Seattle, WA
An Honest Mimic, Field Contemporary; Vancouver, BC
The Domestic Promise Land, Atelier Clerici; Milan, IT
Geographically Indeterminate Fantasies: The Animated Gif as Place; http://pcgalleries.providence.edu/GIF/, Online
Speed Show LA: Manifesto; IPC Bang Internet Cafe; Los Angeles, CA
Low, Lyles & King; New York, NY
2015
Real Things About Real Things, American Medium; Brooklyn, NY
First Look: Brushes, Co-presented by Rhizome + New Museum; rhizome.org, Online
OXI MORE ON, Lyon Biennale, Espace Verney-Carron; Lyon, FR
Wallpapers for Facade Fest, Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, BC
NewNewspeak, C-Space; Beijing, CN
Memory Burn, bitforms gallery; New York, NY
Unhide, Smart Objects; Los Angeles, CA
WITCHCRAFT, Initial Gallery; Vancouver, BC
Les Nocturnes Du Mac, X + 1; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Prava Festival, Pike + Rose; Bethesda, MD
Three Rooms, Gabriel Rolt; Amsterdam, NL
2014
Premium Bundle, Bronx Art Space; Bronx, NY
Unoriginal Genius, Carroll Fletcher; London, UK
Sanssoucci Realty, http://www.sanssoucirealty.com/; Online
Women in Digital, The Hospital Club; London, UK
WALLPAPERS, Safe Space at Drake Hotel for Nuit Blanche; Toronto, ON
Net Trash, DLECTRICITY; Detroit, MI
WALLPAPERS, New Forms Festival; Vancouver, BC
Dream Home, Hackney Wicked Festival via Arebyte; London, UK
ULO: Part 1, Interstate Projects; Brooklyn, NY
Synthetische Vernünftig, LEAP; Berlin, DE
The New Romantics, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center; New York, NY
Internet Aware, The Gallery at Ace Hotel (via Rhizome); New York, NY
Networks, White Box (via Appendix Space); Portland, OR
Full Screen, Xpo Gallery; Paris, FR
Mutations, http://mutations.gallery; Online
Liquid Crystal Palace: Recent Works with Jeremy Blake, Honor Fraser; Los Angeles, CA
Anne Eastman, Sara Ludy, Yuri Masnyj, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery; New York, NY
2013
PostPictures, bitforms gallery; New York, NY
Different Domain, The Royal Standard; Liverpool, UK
The 5th Dimension, Ricou Gallery; Brussels, BE
Museum of Internet - Selfie; Online
Salient, Twelve Around One at The Dye House, London, UK
:::ZIP THE BRIGHT:::, Kenderdine Art Gallery; Saskatoon, SK
Notes on a New Nature, Arti et Amicitiae; Amsterdam, NL
Rigid Bodies, rigidbod.tumblr.com; Online
#SVAES, Postmasters Gallery; New York, NY
Decenter Armory, decenterarmory.com/network; Online
Involution, Otras Obras; Tijuana, MX
DVD DEAD DROP Vol. 5, Museum of Moving Image; New York, NY
:::ZIP THE BRIGHT:::, Trinity Square Video; Toronto, ON
2012
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 45 N. 5th Street; Brooklyn, NY
The Black Lodge, Interstate Projects; Brooklyn, NY
Space|Place, womanorial.com; Online
IRL, Western Front; Vancouver BC
WALLPAPERS, New Forms Festival; Vancouver, BC
Visual Rhythm, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder, CO
BY_YOU_BY_ME_BY_WE, Twelve Around One; London, UK
#D, Bronx Art Space; Bronx, NY
Body Manipulations, The LAB; San Francisco, CA
Oslo 10, Bcc 9: DAS EI OHNE SCHALE; Basel, Switzerland
Someone singing like calling your name, Saamlung Karaoke Lounge; Wanchai, HK
Apocalyptic Shift, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center; New York, NY
Swoon Magazine Release Party, Secret Project Robot; Brooklyn, NY
GIFS 4 LIFE, Internet Cafe; Galway, Ireland
Responsive Eyes, Jacob's Island; London, UK
PRIMO ANNIVERSARIO, The Sunday Painter; London, UK
DESKTOP VIEWS, desktop-views.com/; Online
To Point Oh, littlepaperplanes.com; Online
2011
Notes on a New Nature, 319 Scholes; Brooklyn, NY
BYOB São Paulo, Cinemateca Brasileira; São Paulo, Brazil
Random Rotations, The Berkeley Art Museum; Berkeley, CA
Format, The Luminary Center for the Arts; Saint Louis, MO
BYOB Linz, Underpass; Linz, AT
Repetition is a Form of Change, Artisphere; Arlington, VA
The Armory Show, Rhizome at The New Museum; New York, NY
Getting Closer, Fe Arts Gallery; Pittsburgh, PA
BYOB LA, Gayle & Ed Roski MFA Gallery at USC; Los Angeles, CA
2010
Dream Machine, Fabrien Fryns Fine Art; Los Angeles, CA
2003
Anti-Spacesuit - The Dirty Future, Gallery 2; Chicago, IL
Screenings
2025
Puppet Protocol, Ithakis 28, Athens, GR
2021
Rebirth and Resolution; The Holden Gallery; Manchester, UK
2020
Portals; Online; Gallery 400 - UIC
2019
Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation; REDCAT; Los Angeles, CA / The Block Museum of Art; Evanston, IL / Pioneer Works; Brooklyn, NY
2018
Ungrund Video Screening; Coaxial; Los Angeles, CA
Spirit Ground; Secret Project Robot; Brooklyn, NY
2017
Edge of Frame: After Nature; Close-Up Film Center; London, UK
PLAY; Blindside Gallery; Melbourne, AU
2015
Rooms/Phantom Horizons, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien; Berlin, DE
2014
Just Jam, Barbican Centre; London, UK
2013
Calculated Movements, Pacific Cinémathèque; Vancouver, BC
Video Snack, 56 Bogart Studios; Brooklyn, NY
The World is !Flat, Denver Theatre District; Denver, CO
New Aesthetics: Constancy of the Internal Principle, National Centre for Contemporary Arts; Yekaterinburg, RU
INTERNET VIDEOS, presented by Fach + Asendorf Gallery @ PAF Festival; Olomouc, CZ
Net Artist Music Videos, 7 Days of Sound Festival; London, UK
My First 3D, Microscope Gallery; New York, NY
Short Visits to Different Worlds, Frame Arts Warehouse; Winnepeg, MB
2012
COMPRESSION, Trinity Square Video; Toronto, ON
Exciting Virtuals, Melina; Dráma, Greece
Dinca Vision Quest, Thalia Hall; Chicago, IL
Video Violence, Kunsthaus Dresden; Dresden, DE
2011
Action! Part 2, Ghost Gallery; Seattle, WA.
Stations Balnéaires, by Sabrina Ratté; Montréal, QC
Action! International Film Club, Dazed Live Festival; London, UK
2004
Game Video, Heaven Gallery; Chicago, IL
2002
Reconfiguring Pop, Gallery 2; Chicago, IL
Discount Cinema; Chicago, IL
Performance
2021
Canyon Composition, ESS Chicago; Online
2018
O3, AV Performance, Rooftop Institute; Wan Chai, Hong Kong
2016
Desert Rose, AV Performance, Lampo @ The Graham Foundation; Chicago, IL
O2, AV Performance, Public Functionary; Minneapolis, MN
2015
O1, AV Performance, Dinca Vision Quest, Co-Prosperity Sphere; Chicago, IL
2014
Live visuals for Nullsleep, LWLVL Festival; Brooklyn, NY
2010
AV Performance w/ Shazzula, Show Cave; Los Angeles, CA
AV Performance, Choate/Becklin Residence; Los Angeles, CA
AV Performance w/ Suzy Poling + Jimi Cabeza de Vaca, Hyperion Tavern; Los Angeles, CA.
AV Performance, Bohemian Society; Los Angeles, CA.
Bitch Swamp, Mastodon Mesa; Los Angeles, CA
2003
AVSD Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, IL
Thin Skin Exhibition - AVSD, Chicago Cultural Center; Chicago, IL
Artist Lectures + Workshops
2023
D+M Visiting Lecture Series, Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, RI
2022
Talking Galleries, The Digital Future: How Can New Technology Move Art Forward?; New York, NY
2021
NFT Aesthetics, Rhizome; Online
2019
Frieze Talks w/ Rachel Rossin + Daniel Birnbaum, Frieze NYC; New York, NY
2018
DIALOGUE, Rooftop Institute; Wan Chai, Hong Kong
2015
Virtual Experiments in the Real World, Art Association of Jackson Hole; Jackson, WY
2014
Visiting Artist Talk, University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder, CO
2013
Visiting Artist Talk, University of Oregon Eugene; Eugene, OR
2012
Pro-Am: Art and Culture on the Internet, Western Front; Vancouver, BC
Visiting Artist Talk, Alberta College of Art and Design; Calgary, Alberta
Conversations at the Edge: A Space In-Between, Gene Siskel Film Center; Chicago, IL
Residencies
2023
Wildxyz; Online
2018
Wavefront Artist Exchange, via ESS + Soundpocket; Hong Kong
2016
FD13; Minneapolis, MN
Awards
2019
Nina Frenkel Award for Faculty Excellence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lecturer
2016 - 2020
Experimental 3D and VR Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Commissions
2024
Late Fragment, Music Video; Dialect
Blue, Music Video; Kass Richards
2023
Night Web, Public Video Installation; 1090 W Pender St. Vancouver, BC.
2022
Tumbleweeds, Sunrise/Sunset series; Whitney Museum of American Art
2021
Astral Garden, Digital Animation; Maison Valentino
Under~Between, Music Video; Dialect
2020
Atlantis, Music Video; Kass Richards
2019
Art Through Technology; Lifewtr Series 7
2018
Fire Mountain + Sky Ruby, Niio
2017
Time We Have, Music Video; Steve Hauschildt
2016
Flora Powers, TNJ Bouquet; Berlin Biennale
Glass Dragons 1 + 2; Daata Editions
2015
Vapors; New Hive
2013
House on Fire, Music Video; Outfit
Blue Dither Square, Website + Textile Design; Sidian, Ersatz + Vanes
2012
Stelle Negli Occhi, Sound piece; Website intervention for Art Licks, curated by bubblebyte.org
Another Day, Another Time (w/ Austin Meredith), Music Video; Plink Flojd
2011
nobelprize.no
Parallelograms.info
Selected Publications + Press
2023
Exploring Sara Ludy’s Virtual And Metaphysical Worlds Through Her Art by Leah Kogen-Elimeliah; Fiction Magazine
Field Guide to AI; Spike Magazine, Issue 77
Digital Art by Christiane Paul, 4th Edition: ISBN-13: 9780500204801
2022
Lucid Dreamer by Joe Noland: Outland
2021
Suspension; Santa Fe Moment, Volume 3
Exploring Consciousness and Materiality: Conversation with Sara Ludy; Danae
What is NFT Art; Chicago Tribune
Beeple Brings Crypto to Christie’s; The New York Times
How Crypto-art Might Offer Artists Increased Autonomy; Hyperallergic
2020
Bubble Orchestra; Precog Magazine, Volume 5
Artist Sara Ludy on Lucid Dreaming, VR and the Digital Sublime; Taupe Magazine
2019
Mad Science; MAKE Literary Magazine, Issue #18
Sara Ludy extends her apartment into a VR that will continue to expand indefinitely; It’s Nice That
Critics’ Picks; Artforum
2018
50 Contemporary Women Artists: Groundbreaking Art from 1960 to Now, ISBN13: 9780764356537
Dreams and Virtual Reality are Ideal Collaborators: An Interview with Artist Sara Ludy; Niio
2017
Like Art: 7 Masterpieces of Social Media that will make it into the History Books; Artnet
Climates by Alex Jen; Experimental Sound Studio
2016
Leaders of the New Media Pack, Cultured Magazine, Feb/Mar
Be Magazine #23, Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH
Imaginative Flowers, Designed by Artists – and Available to Order; The New York Times, T Magazine
Artist of the Week: Sara Ludy; Artslant
Turning the Digital into the Material, with Feng Shui; Hyperallergic
Critics’ Picks; Artforum
Enter a “Subsurface Hell' in Sara Ludy's New Show; The Creator’s Project
2015
Sara Ludy's abstractions probe the psychic charge of Photoshop; Rhizome
Interview with Intelligentsia Gallery 智先画廊; Intelligentsia Gallery
Just Beyond the Trees; Vandocument
Artist and Curator Ajay Kurian's NADA New York 2015 Picks; Artspace
WITCHCRAFT: Craftsmanship, personal mythologies and spiritual queries in the digital realm; Rhizome
2014
Pre > Post-Internet; 02 n70 Magazine
Tour Digital Real Estate Inspired by Lucid Dreams; The Creator’s Project
Pan Gifs; Tom Moody
2013
PostPictures: A New Generation of Pictorial Structuralists is Introduced by New York's bitforms gallery; Huffington Post
The New Romantics, Metaverse Creativity, Vol 3 Number 1 + 2, ISSN 2040-3550