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| Date | Type | Title | Donor |
| 2008 | Honour | Honourary Staff Member | Art Centre at Central Technical School |
| 2008 | Grant | Emerging Visual Artist Grant | Ontario Arts Council |
| 2007 | Award | 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize (A 500 square foot studio for a year) |
Ontario College of Art & Design & Margaret Zeidler |
| 2007 | Award | Ron Shuebrook Award, (excellence in painting) | Ontario College of Art & Design & Ron Shuebrook |
| 2007 | Scholarship | Edmund Morris Scholarship (academic achievement) | Ontario College of Art & Design |
| 2006 | Award | George A. Reid Award (art writing) | Ontario College of Art & Design |
| 2005 | Award | Outstanding Student in the 3 Year Art Program | Art Centre at Central Technical School |
| 2004 | Award | Outstanding Student in the 3-Year Art Program | Art Centre at Central Technical School |
| 2003 | Award | Scott Gwilliams Award for Illustration | Art Centre at Central Technical School & Scott Gwilliams |
| 2001 | Scholarship | University Entrance Scholarship | University of Ottawa |
| 2000 | Award | Halton District Overall Student Excellence Award | T. A. Blakelock High School |
| 2000 | Scholarship | The Art Scholarship | T. A. Blakelock High School |
| Date | Institution | Credential | Program | City |
| 2005-2007 | Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction | Drawing & Painting Thesis | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2002-2005 | The Art Centre at Central Technical School |
Diploma | 3 Year Post-Secondary Adult Art Program |
Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 | Ontario Federation of Labour/ Canadian Labour Congress |
Certificate & Co-Op | SolidarityWORKS! Youth Action Project |
Toronto, Ontario |
| 2002 | Ryerson University School of Image Arts |
Courses | Continued Education | Toronto, Ontario |
| 2000-2001 | University of Ottawa, Faculty of Visual Arts |
First Year | Bachelor of Fine Arts | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2000-2001 | House of Commons Page Program | Certificate | Political Education | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1995-2000 | T. A. Blakelock High School | OSSD Diploma | Oakville, Ontario | |
| 1997-1998 | Rotary International Youth Exchange | Certificate | Exchange Program (learned French) |
Lycee Marie Curie, Grenoble, France |
| Date | Venue | Exhibition | City | Curator / Jury |
| Dec. 2009 | Monument National Theatre | Corps Intérieur (Inner Body) Visual Artist /Set Designer with David Pressault Danse |
Montreal, Québec | |
| Jan. 2009 | Monument National Theatre | Corps Intérieur (Inner Body) Visual Artist /Set Designer with David Pressault Dance |
Montreal, Québec | |
| Oct. 2008
- Jan. 2009 |
Canadian Heritage Office Gallery | Winter Lament Paintings | Toronto, Ontario | Kendra Sartorelli |
| Oct. 2008 | Galerie Glendon Gallery, Glendon Campus of York University |
Penance & Devotion (Paintings & Video) |
Toronto, Ontario | Colette Laliberté |
| Sept. - Nov. 2008 |
Public Health Canada Office | Plastic Paintings: Hanlan's Point | Toronto, Ontario | Kendra Sartorelli |
| May 2008 | Gallery 260 at 401 Richmond Street West | "Lament" and Penance | Toronto, Ontario | Award Exhibition |
| 2007 | Yorkville Public Library | Urban Portraits | Toronto, Ontario | Curated |
| Date | Venue | Exhibition | City | Curator / Jury |
| May 15, 2010 | Royal Conservatory of Music |
Arts for Social and Environmental Justice Symposium (ASEJ) (Featuring Penance) | Toronto, Ontario | Catherine Mellinger |
| Feb 3 - Feb 14. 2010 | Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts | The One I Love The Most | Toronto, Ontario | Kendra Sartorelli |
| Sept. 24 - Oct. 4, 2009 | The Gallery, Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning | Threads That Bind: World of Threads Festival Contemporary Fibre Art, (Featuring Plastic Paintings Self-Portraist) |
Oakville, Ontario | Dawne Rudman |
| Sept 18. - Oct. 4, 2009 | b42GALLERY | Common Thread Exhibition Venue 3: World of Threads Festival, Contemporary Fiber Art (Featuring Penance) | Oakville, Ontario | Curator: Dawne Rudman; Jury: Carol Goddu, Dorie Millerson, Judith Tinkl |
| Sept. 2009 | The Arts Project London | Beecause: Fundraising Auction for the Canadian Bee Research Fund | London, Ontario | Jury: Michael Gibson, Brian Meehan, Robin Honey |
| July 2009 | Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects | Between Reality & Fantasy (Featuring Hanlan's Point: Plastic Paintings Series) |
Toronto, Ontario | Deborah Wang |
| July 2008 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition | "Lament" (Paintings) | Toronto, Ontario | Juried |
| Nov. 2008 - Jan. 2009 | Gladstone Hotel | Hard Twist: Gladstone's third annual juried show of textile-based art (Featuring Penance) | Toronto, Ontario | Juried. Curated by Chris Mitchell & Helena Frei |
| Nov. -Dec. 2008 | Deleon White Gallery | Bigger, Bigger and More Desperate (Featuring honey installation "Colony Collapse" |
Toronto, Ontario | Colin Kent & Joanna Sheridan. |
| Dec. 2008 | Lonsdale Gallery | Art Market | Toronto, Ontario | Stanzie Tooth |
| Sept/ 2008 | The Gladstone Hotel /Queen West Art Crawl, | Art 401, Artists from 401 Richmond | Toronto, Ontario | Erin MacKeen. |
| 2007 | Central Gallery, Central Technical School | Central Tech Alumni Show (featuring Plastic Paintings Series) |
Toronto, Ontario | Michael Amar |
| Sept. 2007 | Bau-Xi Gallery / Nuit Blanche. | City at Night: In Memory of Brian Kipping: | Toronto, Ontario | Curated |
| Oct. 2007 | Urbanspace Gallery/ Nuit Blanche / Queen West Art Crawl, | Art in the Fall at 401 Richmond St. West | Toronto, Ontario | Alice Dixon |
| May 2007 | Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto | Plastic Paintings: Tour de Force: Graduate Exhibition (Featuring Plastic Paintings Series) |
Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2007 | Sheridan Institute/ | Guilded Threads: World of Threads Festival | Oakville, Ontario | Juried |
| Jan. 2006 | OCAD Student Gallery | Surroundings | Toronto, Ontario | Christine Swiderski & Lisa Deanne-Smith |
| 2006 | Arcadia Gallery | fiVe @ Arcadia, | Toronto, Ontario | Collective |
| 2006 | Great Hall Gallery: Ontario College of Art and Design | The 9th Annual Figure Show | Toronto, Ontario | Juried by Faculty of Art, Campbell, Gabankova, Toews |
| 2005 | Queen West Art Crawl / Cinnamon Girls Cafe | Toronto Street Posters | Toronto, Ontario | Collective |
| 2005 | Arcadia Gallery | Friends of Arcadia, | Toronto, Ontario | Invitational |
| 2005 | Arcadia Gallery, | Central Tech Adult Program Graduate Show | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2003,2004,2005 | The Art Centre at Central Technical School | Annual Student & Staff Exhibitions | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2005 | Contact Toronto Photography Festival / Toronto District School Board | Photography | North York, Ontario | Juried |
| 2005 | MayWorks Festival / Metro Hall Rotunda Gallery | Working Images: 20 Years of Art, Labour and Politics | Toronto, Ontario | Hon-Yee Chow |
| 2005 | Central Gallery, Central Technical School | A Tribute In Bronze, 20th Century Sculptors: Medallion Show | Toronto, Ontario | Richard McNeil |
| 2005 | Gallery 44 | Consumption: Cameralinks 2005 | Toronto, Ontario | Juried |
| 2003 -2004 | The Art Gallery of Ontario Free Space | Art Acts Out: Young Artist/Activist Show | Toronto, Ontario | Juried |
| Date | Venue | Performance | City |
| Jan. 2009 | Monument National Theatre | Corps Intérieur (Inner Body) Visual Artist /Set Designer with David Pressault Danse |
Montreal, Québec |
| Nov. 2007 | Queen Street West & cornfield | Penance Performance | Toronto & Whitevale, Ontario |
| 2007 | Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche | Listening Choir Collaborative performance with artist Ann Hamilton, (participant and documentor) |
Toronto, Ontario |
| 2007 | OCAD Sharp Centre for Design | Beginner's Mind | Toronto, Ontario |
| Date | Media Source | Writer | Article Title | Info |
| Jan. 5, 2009 | The Toronto Star, Toronto | Bruce DeMara | "Gareth Bate: Caught Between a Job and a Cold Place." | Profile and cover of Entertainment section, Represented emerging artists in 3 Part Series "Stages: Artists in Real Life: Up and Comers" |
| Jan. 2009 | Hour.ca, Montreal | Philip Szporer | "Depth psychology" | Featuring set design installation for Corps intérieur |
| Jan. 2009 | La Presse, Montreal | Aline Apostolka | "Corps Intérieur: expérience troublante et voyeuriste" | Featuring the set design installation for Corps intérieur |
| Jan. 2009 | Dfdanse: Le Magazine de la danse actuelle a Montreal. | "Le corps sur le divan" | Featuring set design installation for Corps intérieur | |
| Dec. 2008 | The Toronto Star, Toronto | Naomi Carniol | "The City's A Green Canvas" | Environmental art article featuring Penance on YouTube |
| Dec. 2008 | Commentaries Online Blog, Halton | Garth Turner | "Penance" | Political writer and former MP's Blog, check out the great comments section! |
| Nov. 2008 | Globe & Mail, Toronto | "Penance debuts on YouTube" | ||
| Oct. 2008 | Checkerpot Magazine: Canadian Wildlife Federation | "The Art of Climate Change" | Feature about artist's responses to climate change featuring Penance | |
| Oct. 2008 | Glendon Campus Press, Toronto | Marika Kemeny | "Opens Glendon Gallery’s Current Season, Penance and Devotion" | Feature, York University. Exhibition Review |
| Oct. 2008 | Things of Desire online magazine, Toronto | Mike Landry | "Penance & Devotion" | Interview |
| Oct. 2008 | L'Express: L'Hebdo Des Francophones Du Grand Toronto | Khadija Chatar | "La passion de Gareth" | Review: French Language Exhibition Review of Penance & Devotion |
| Oct. 2008 | Glendon Campus Life Newspaper, Toronto | Anna Fitzpatrick | "Glendon Gallery Exhibit Makes a Statement: Current art exhibit takes a look at environmental issues" | Review of Penance & Devotion |
| Oct. 2008 | Le Métropolitain, Toronto | Françoise Simon | "Pénitence et Devotion: Un act de foi pour l’environnement" | French in French of Penance & Devotion |
| Oct. 2008 | Xtra Magazine, Toronto | "Arts Section .Penance & Devotion Exhibition" | Large photograph of Penance | |
| Oct. 2008 | Excalibur: York University's Community Newspaper, Toronto | Alex Ross | "New Exhibit Opens At Glendon Gallery" |
Penance & Devotion |
| Oct. 2008 | L'Express: L'Hebdo Des Francophones Du Grand Toronto, | "C'est le monde à l'envers" | Penance & Devotion | |
| July, 2008 | SNAP Toronto Magazine, Toronto | Lorenzo Malowane, | "Gareth Bate" | Featuring photos of Penance & Gareth with "Lament" paintings |
| June 8, 2008 | The Oakville Beaver, Oakville | Joanna Phillips | "Local Artist Comes of Age Garners Award" | Feature Article and follow up to 2000 article. |
| June 2008 | Liberty Gleaner, Toronto | Arts Section, Photograph of Penance | ||
| 2007 | Lyte.Arts Magazine: Toronto's On-line Art Community | Ngqabutho Zondo | "Gareth Bate" | Interview in Issue One, (10 images.) www.lytearts.com |
| 2006 | The Annex Gleaner Newspaper, Toronto | Robyn White | "One Year Out: Group of Adult Art Graduates Reunites For Exhibit" | Review / Interview |
| Aug. 24 2004 | Now Magazine, Toronto | Kevin Temple | “Grand Central” | Review: Special mention among group show members, Loop Gallery, Toronto |
| Jan. 2004 | The Annex Guardian: Toronto Community News, Toronto, | "A Work in Progress" | Front Cover picture | |
| Feb. 2000 | The Oakville Beaver, Oakville | Carol Baldwin, (Entertainment Editor) | “Blakelock Student Brightens Up School With Colourful Murals.” Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 | Feature Interview: Front Cover and 2 additional photos all colour |
| May 20, 2000 | The Oakville Beaver, Oakville | Public School Board Celebrates "Student Excellence" | Halton District Overall Student Excellence Award) | |
| 1997 | Gene-Rations Magazine, Grenoble, France | Radu | Interview, Front Cover, feature story and photography |
| Date | Position | Times | Employer | City | Duties |
| Jan. 2008
- Present |
Web Designer | 9 | Nicole Collins, Colette Laliberte, Jane LowBeer, World of Threads Festival, Carolyn Dinsmore, Elizabeth Pomes, Kendra Sartorelli. | Toronto, Ontario | Website conception and execution. |
| July - Aug. 2009 | Graphic Designer | 1 | World of Threads Festival | Oakville, Ontario | Promotion, posters, brochures, signs, banners, maps. |
| 2008 - present |
Teacher: Night School | 6 | The Art Centre at Central Technical School |
Toronto, Ontario | Creating & Teaching Course "Paint The City!" |
| 2007- 2009 | Faculty of Arts Teaching Assistant |
2 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | Third Yea:r Painting Professional Practice courses with Profs Lisa Deanne-Smith & Jess Dobkin. |
| 2008 - 2009 | Faculty of Arts Class Assistant |
4 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | First Year: Time-Based Media courses with Prof. Jacky Sawatsky |
| Oct 2008 - Jan. 2009 |
Visual Artist / Set Designer | 1 | Monumental National Theatre | Montreal, Quebec | Installation for Corps Intérieur with David Pressault Danse |
| 2008 | Faculty of Arts Class Assistant |
1 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | First Year: Time-Based Media course with Prof. Wrik Mead |
| 2008 | Faculty of Arts Class Assistant |
1 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | First Year: Site & Intervention with Prof. Lyla Rye |
| 2008 | Faculty of Arts Class Assistant |
1 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | First Year: Time-Based Media course with Prof. June Pak |
| 2008 | Faculty of Arts Class Assistant |
1 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Toronto, Ontario | First Year: Painting & Film with Prof. Oliver Hussein |
| Date | Organization / Institution | Activity | City | Info |
| 2008 - present | World of Threads Festival | Web Master, Web Promotion, Graphic Design. | Oakville, Ontario | Web Design, updating, promotion of the festival online & facebook group. |
| 2004 - present | Art Centre at Central Technical School | Central Tech Alumni Network | Toronto, Ontario | Founded and run alumni network. Organize bar nights & reunions. |
| 2007 | Central Gallery, Central Technical School. | Central Tech Alumni Show catalogue & invitation card design with Carolyn Dinsmore | Toronto, Ontario | Graphic Designer |
| 2005-2006 | Central Tech Alumni | Arcadia Gallery Exhibitions | Toronto, Ontario | Lead & helped coordinated 3 group art shows at Arcadia Gallery. |
| 2004-2005 | Art Centre at Central Technical School | Leader for 3 years during the fight to save Central Tech Program | Toronto, Ontario | Lead & coordinated 1st Graduate Exhibition at Arcadia Gallery, & Central Tech. |
| Date | Publication | Author | Title | Publisher |
| Dec. 2007 | Canvas Magazine | Article by Gareth Bate | "Art Needs To Ask Bigger Questions": Ann Hamilton's Nomadic Residency at OCAD | Ontario College of Art & Design |
| 2007 | Central Tech Alumni Show Catalogue | Michael Amar | Central Gallery, Central Technical School, Toronto. Catalogue designed by Gareth Bate & Carolyn Dinsmore. | |
| May 2007 | Line Break: George A. Reid Award: Winning Liberal Studies Essays 2006/2007 | Essay by Gareth Bate | "The American Tribe Has Spoken: The Cultural Imperialism of Survivor" | Ontario College of Art & Design |
| April 2004 | MayWorks Art Show Catalogue, Toronto | Hon-Yee Chow | "Working Images: 20 Years of Art, Labour and Politics" | MayWorks Festival |
| Date | Event/ Location | Organizer | Title / Topic | Speakers |
| Mar. 2010 | The Art Centre at Central Tech | Frank Meyer | Panel Discussion: Begining your career as an emerging artist. | Gareth Bate, Stanzie Tooth, Carolyn Dinsmore, Cassie. |
| Feb. 2010 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Scott Sawtell | Visiting Artist Lecture | Gareth Bate |
| Sept. 2009 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Jessica Barr | Visiting Artist Lecture | Gareth Bate |
| March 2009 | Ontario College of Art & Design | Jessica Barr | Visiting Artist Lecture | Gareth Bate |
| June 2009 | Art 09 Art Fair: Metro Toronto Convention Centre |
Stanzie Tooth & Li Koo | Panel Discussion: Communication, Identity and the Internet as it relates to Art & Culture. | Stanzie Tooth (Moderator), Li Koo (Moderator), Gareth Bate, Ella Cooper, Jim Hake |
| Jan 2009 | Corps Intérieur Dance Production | Danse-Cite | Two Public Question and Answer Sessions | David Pressault, Gareth Bate, Angie Cheng, David Flewelling, Karsten Krall. |
| June 2008 | Central Technical School, Annual Exhibition | Michael Porco | Guest Speaker: Honourary Staff Member | Gareth Bate |
| 2004 | Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, Toronto | Speech: Advocacy for Public Adult Art Education, Forum in Support of Adult Education, | Gareth Bate, Jerry Lee Miller | |
| Oct. 2002 | Central Technical School | Paula Letkhi | Lecture: The Art of Hiroshima | Gareth Bate |
| Oct. 2008 | University of Waterloo | Rotary District 7080 | Former Rotary Exchange Students Discuss Their Experiences Abroad | Gareth Bate and other former Rotary Exchange students |
| Sept. 1998 | Oakville Trafalgar Rotary Club | Oakville Trafalgar Rotary Club | Speech about Exchange in France | Gareth Bate |
| May 1998 | Grenoble Ouest Rotary Club, France | Grenoble Ouest Rotary Club | Speech about Canada | Gareth Bate |