Gabrielle Bates - Born Sydney, Australia

Qualifications

1999 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honors Class 1
1995 University of Sydney, Bachelor of Visual Arts
1992 Northern Institute of Technical & Further Education, Sydney, Associate Diploma of Fine Art

Solo exhibitions

2008 Mouth of Flowers, Rimbun Dahan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007 Guns n Brownies, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Growth Theory .101, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2006 Flight Path, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Growing-up series, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Points of Conflict, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2000 Arcadia Battery (in collaboration with Patrick Hobbs), First Draft, Sydney
1999 Sick Club, Newspace, Sydney (in collaboration with Patrick Hobbs)
1998 The Scent of Carmen Miranda, Linden Contemporary Art Centre, Melbourne
         & 151 Regent Street Gallery (in collaboration with Robyn Webster)
1997 Sounding the Abyss, Arthaus Gallery, Sydney

Selected group exhibitions

2007 Postcards, Apostrophe Arts Platform, Kuala Lumpur
2007 .1500 Superstar, curator Laura Fan, Rimbun Dahan, Kuala Lumpur
2007 Mandorla Art Award, curator Jeanette Lewis-Hill ,New Norcia Gallery, Perth
2006 Portia Geach Memorial Award 2006, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2006 Art Melbourne, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Open & Shut Case, curated by Marianne Little, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Spring Collection, curator Tor Roxburgh, Omnibus Art, Ballan
2005 Melbourne Show, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2005 About Face, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Willoughby City Art Prize, Sydney
1999 Honors Graduate Show, Sydney College of the Arts
1998 Mythopoeia ii, curators Torben Tilly & Gary Kent, Bega Hospital, New South Wales
1998 Overview, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Alumni, curators Brad Buckley & Geoffrey Weary, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
1997 Surge, curator Lisa Havilah, Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong,
1996 White Wall Fever, Particle Gallery, Sydney
1995 Audio Tours, curator Dr Nigel Helyer, Artspace, Sydney
1995 Flippant, Kinesis Gallery, Sydney
1995 Group Loop, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1994 Women in Film, Tap Gallery, Sydney
1994 Love & Fascination, curator Su Baker, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
1993 Homeshow, curator Ildiko Kovacs, Airspace, Sydney

Scholarships, grants, awards, residencies

2007 Rimbun Dahan Residency, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007 Mandorla Art Award, WA, finalist
2006 Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW, selected
2006 Willoughby Art Prize, NSW, selected
2005 Artholes Self Portraiture Prize, Vic, selected
2003 Willoughby Civic Council Residents Art Prize, NSW, First prize
2002 Willoughby Civic Council Arts Development Grant
2001 NAVA Pat Corrigan Grant
2000 Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW - Hill End Residency
2000 Tropicana Film Festival National Finalist
1999 University of Sydney Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement
1994 Sydney College of the Arts Scholarship
1993 William Fletcher Trust Award, NSW

Publication history

2006 Upwardly mobile art, Melbourne MX Citybeat, June 29, p26
2006 A Growing Identity, Inner Western Courier, No 17, vol 22. p38
2006 Chrissie Cotter enrols in Growth Theory .101, Samantha Webb, RMIT University
2005 Under Scrutiny, John Mateer, Arts+Medicine Magazine, Issue 1
2005 Facing the Abyss, Caroline Webb, The Age Newspaper, Dec
2005 Artists reflect vision in the mirror, Melbourne Times, Dec  
2004 Death Inspires Award Winner’s Life, Mary Powis, North Shore\Times, August
2003 Art Prize Winners on Show, Mary Powis, NS Times, August
2001 Opinion, Partners in Print Website, www.pnp.org.au
1997 Surge 1, 2, 3…It’s…, Glenn Barkely, “This is not hip this is not groovy”, catalogue essay
1995 Limbo, Sydney College of the Arts catalogue essay
1995 Love & Fascination, Su Baker, catalogue essay

Public Collections

Creative Media Productions, London, UK
Dattner Dispoto, Los Angeles, USA
Hijjas Kasturi Collection Malaysia
Mitrakis, Savas & Partners, Australia
Peter Mac Collection, Australia
St Philip Neri School, Australia
Private collections in Australia, United Kingdom, USA and Malaysia