David Bates bio

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david bates

Born in Dallas, Texas, 1952
Lives and works in Dallas, Texas
Studied at Southern Methodist University (B.F.A., 1975; M.F.A., 1978)

Artist's statement:
Most of my paintings and sculptures are worked out through a series of drawings. The work often retains the evidence of these beginnings. Colored pencil drawing always seems a fresh start for a new image. In my recent efforts at Tamarind, I tried to use a method of building the prints as if they were this kind of drawing. Collage and paint were also used in one edition (Apple Blossom) which altered it dramatically. These ways of working make the process as direct and fresh as possible.
-David Bates

Bates is represented by the Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas and Santa Fe; Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans; D.C. Moore Gallery, New York; and the John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. An exhibition of Bates's work opened at D.C. Moore on November 4, 1999.

Selected Public Collections
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.