Location: USA

Website: www.sadiewoodsllc.com

Sadie Woods (American) is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist, independent curator, and deejay whose work explores media at the intersections of social movements, liberatory practices, cultural memory and preservation, and interactive, immersive experiences. Through a range of mediums—including visual art, sonic art, performing arts, immersive installations, and ephemeral happenings—she creates thought-provoking works that engage with the critical temporal themes, affects and struggles of the American experience, while celebrating the richness of diasporic arts and culture. Sadie’s deejay sets focus on the music and cultural expressions of the Americas and the Global South bringing a deep appreciation for sound and its connection to history, identity, and collective memory. She uses music to create community and cultural connection through electronic and symphonic performances, such as her Afrodjia Social Club orchestral deejay sets. Sadie has participated in national and international artist and curatorial residencies, including: Arts + Public Life; August Wilson African American Cultural Center, PA; Bemis Center for the Arts; Comfort Station #pertodela, US/BR; Ecole du Magasin-Centre d’Art Contemporain, FR; High Concept Labs; Independent Curators International, NY/SN; Ragdale Foundation; Wave Farm, NY. She has exhibited and featured her work at Berkeley University, CA; Busan Biennale, KR; Chicago Cultural Center; Elmhurst Art Museum; Experimental Sound Studio; EXPO Chicago; FotoFest Biennial, Houston TX; Hyde Park Art Center; Hyde Park Jazz Festival; IMAGinAction Festival, Milano, IT; International Conference on Arts & Culture, Jakarta, ID; Krasl Art Center, MI; Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, DE; Lit & Luz Festival, US/MX; Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; New Gallery of Modern Art, NC; Rebuild Foundation, Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts, Frankfurt, DE; United Nations SDG Festival, Bonn, DE; The Vinyl Factory, London, UK; Washington Project for the Arts, DC; Weinberg/Newton Gallery. Publications include Harald Szeemann Méthodologie Individuelle published by JRP Editions with Le Magasin—Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, in collaboration with the Department of Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London. Sadie has played with notable deejays, including Derrick Carter, Maurice "Ice" Culpepper, Dimitri from Paris, Jesse De La Peña, Dixon, The Juan Maclean, Miguel Migs, Gilles Peterson, and many more. Clients include 3Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Artist Communities Alliance, Alliance Français, AMFM Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago Pride, City of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Free Street Theater, French-American Chamber of Commerce, Harpo Productions, House of Blues, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Jenn-Air, Kimpton Hotels, Lambda Legal, Magasin Centre d'Art Contemporain (FR), Marwen, Montauk, Museum of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Mexican Art, Navy Pier, Project Interiors, Ragdale Foundation, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, School of the Art Institute Chicago, The Silver Room, and many more. Recent vinyl and digital releases include Savories, Sweets, Sips & Sounds (produced by Kimpton Hotels); Word is Bond (produced by the Social Justice Institute); Party as Protest (produced by Official Unofficial Voting Station); Mini Stimulus Mixtape (produced by The Hoodoisie); Gimme Shelter Mixtape (produced by Chicago Sinfonietta, Urban Gateways, Black Madonna Press and The Vinyl Factory UK). Sadie holds a BA from Columbia College and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She serves as a Resident Deejay at Lumpen Radio 105.5FM (Chicago) and Wave Farm 90.7FM (Acra, NY). Her diverse practice continues to expand the boundaries of art, culture, and sound, establishing her as a significant voice in contemporary art and music.