Gareth Bate

For Immediate Release

Ann Hamilton at OCAD, photo Gareth Bate, 2007

Gareth Bate participates in Ann Hamilton's Listening Choir performance during Toronto's Nuit Blanche 2007.

Read Gareth's Review of the Listening Choir.

OCAD Nomadic Residency
Ann Hamilton visited OCAD from September 24 to 28, 2007, and presented a sold-out public lecture on September 26.  During her residency, Hamilton conducted a workshop for a new sound installation with OCAD Faculty of Art students. The workshop resulted in a public performance composed of a student and public “listening choir,” which was presented as part of OCAD’s contribution to Nuit Blanche on September 29 and which coincided with the “closing” of Rirkrit’s exhibition at the Professional Gallery.

Ann Hamilton’s work with textile media explores connections between visual art forms and language, including the spoken and written word, and human presence. Her work includes installations, photography, video, architecture, and performance. Hamilton’s installations are often of such magnitude that they require the assistance of many volunteers or sometimes even the expertise of engineers. A case in point is her 1999 installation whitecloth at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut, in which she altered the architectural structure of the space. In many instances, the assemblage of the work is an essential part of the piece itself.

Hamilton earned an MFA in sculpture from the Yale University School of Art in 1985. In 1993, she was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and in 1999 she was chosen to represent the United States at the 48th Venice Biennale.

Hamilton’s lecture was a part of the Material Witness series, developed by the Textile Museum of Canada.

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Upcoming

Apr. 21 - May 6, 2012

July 1 - 31, 2012

Oakville: Nov. 2-18

Toronto: Nov. 9-25

"Where the Wild Things Aren't":
Group Show

Wall Space Gallery,: Ottawa

Artist in Residence and Instructor in Antalya, Turkey

Festival Curator:
World of Threads Festival

Gareth is curating the festival as a whole and 3 exhibitions.

Festival Curator:
World of Threads Festival

Gareth is curating the festival as a whole and 3 exhibitions.

Recent

Past

FROLIC: 401 Richmond Artists Open Studio

Gareth Bate Art Projects, 401 Richmond, St. W., Toronto

"Weather"
Juried Exhibition

Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1, Toronto

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Gareth's Yearly Newsletter Update 2010

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

Gareth Bate Art Projects Official Launch

Gareth Bate Art Projects
Studio S-17, 401 Richmond St. W. Toronto

"Where They Are Now: OCADU Alumni Exhibition"

Art Square Gallery, Toronto

"Moments" Solo Painting Exhibition

Gareth Bate Art Projects, Toronto

For The Infinite, Book Cover.

Ryerson Poetry Chapbook, Toronto

Gareth's Yearly Newsletter Update 2009

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

"Common Thread International Exhibition" at World of Threads Festival

B42 Gallery, Oakville.

"The Winter LamentPaintings," Solo Exhibition

Canadian Heritage Office Gallery, Toronto

"BeeCause," Fundraising Auction for the Canadian Bee Research Fund

The Arts Project London,London.

"Between Reality & Fantasy"

Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto

"Corps Intérieur"
Set Design Installation

David Pressault Danse at the Monument National Theatre, Montreal.

Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

For Corps Intérieur Set Design Installation

"Hard Twist: 3rd Annual Juried Textile Art Exhibition"

The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.

"Bigger, Bigger and More Desperate"

Deleon White Gallery, Toronto

"Art 401: A group exhibition of 401 Richmond Artists"

The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.

"Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition": Lament Paintings

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

"Lament": 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize Solo Exhibition

Studio 260, 401 Richmond St. West, Toronto

"Penance Performance"

Queen Street West, Toronto

"Plastic Paintings" Solo Exhibition.

Public Health Canada Office, Toronto

"Residual Landscapes" Photography Exhibition

Arcadia Gallery, Toronto

"Nuit Blanche: Ann Hamilton's Listening Choir," Performance

Varius Locations, Toronto

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"Central Tech Alumni Show"

The Library Gallery, Central Technical School, Toronto

"Nuit Blanche: In Memory of Brian Kipping"

Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

Gareth Bate wins 2007
401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize

Ontario College of Art & Design & Margaret Zeidler.