Rita Sabo was born in the North Caucasus and grew up multilingual in Jerusalem, Israel, and later in Switzerland. She first attended art schools in Zurich and Basel before moving to the Invers School of Design in Olten, Switzerland. In addition to her strong focus on painting, she later completed further training in jewelry design at the renowned Central Saint Martin´s College of Art and Design in London. In her visual language, the multilingual artist explores the meaning of ancient symbols in the context of our present, creating space for reinterpretation. The result is a modern encyclopedia of symbols that bears Rita Sabo’s signature, transforming the mystical and religious symbols of the past into the present and transcending them into the future. Sabo artistically reworks many of the symbols now considered obsolete, making their symbolic value accessible again for the 21st century.

The centerpiece of her work is the “Sacred Planet”, a symbol of the deep interweaving of human destiny in the cosmic fabric. It reflects the harmony and connection inherent in the eternal flow of life. In collaboration with #Art4GlobalGoals and the YOU Foundation (an initiative of UNESCO Special Ambassador Dr. h. c. Ute-Henriette Ohoven for Education for Children in Need), Rita Sabo created a visual symphony of 17 (+1) sculptures of her “Sacred Planet”, which represent the global sustainability goals (SDGs). Following the launch at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, further dates in the exhibition series followed, including at the Ludwig Museum Koblenz and the MAXXI Museum in Rome, and most recently at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich.

Rita Sabo has been married to Thomas Sabo since 2020. The couple currently lives in Vienna (AT) with their daughter Venezia.