Gareth Bate

For Immediate Release

Gareth Bate, Deep Field Solo Exhibition

The Deep Field painting exhibition marks the official launch of Gareth Bate Art Projects a new Studio/Exhibition venue located at 401 Richmond.

This series of Cosmos paintings explores our ultimate scale in the universe. It was inspired by the photograph known as the "Hubble Ultra Deep Field," which revealed the existence of millions of other galaxies. See artist statement below...

Opening Reception: Friday December 10, 6:00 - 10:00 pm
The opening corresponds with the 401 Richmond Artists Open Studio which is organized by Gareth Bate.

Show Runs: Dec. 10 - 18, Mon - Saturday 12 - 6 pm.
Media Preview: Thursday, December 9, 12 - 6 pm.

About Gareth Bate Art Projects
This 600 square-foot space will periodically house new exhibitions of painting, installations and video work.

Location:
Gareth Bate Art Projects
Studio S17 (Basement Orange Section)
401 Richmond St. West. Toronto. (at Spadina)

Media Contact: Gareth Bate
Email: contact@garethbate.com
Phone: 416-530-0057 (H)

Artist Statement

You are a grain of sand.

The Deep Field painting series is a meditation on our ultimate scale in the universe. It is about vanity and perspective. We are miniscule in an incomprehensibly large and lonely universe, yet we consider ourselves supremely important.

Deep Field is inspired by the photograph known as the "Hubble Ultra Deep Field" taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. For 18 days it shot a long exposure of a section of sky that appeared completely empty. The result was astonishing. At first the image appears to be filled with stars. On closer inspection one realizes that these are in fact thousands of GALAXIES! Every galaxy contains millions of stars, many of which are just like our sun and could have orbiting planets.

The exhibition features paintings of the vastness of space as if viewed from the earth. Essentially they are landscapes of the cosmos. The parallel subjects meld together, our world and the other. Rather than epic scale works, these paintings are intimate, yet they depict vastness and infinity.

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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.