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BATES, Patricia Martin
- Born
- St. John, New Brunswick, 1927
- Biography synopsis
- After art studies at Mount Allison University, Pat Martin Bates attended the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and received scholarships for the Institut National Superieur des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp, the Sorbonne in Paris, and the Pratt Graphic Centre. Her printmaking was influenced by mysticism which she explored through studies at the Institute for Cultural Studies in London. Additionally, she studied sacred geometry in music and architecture. In 1962, Bates moved to Victoria, where she was invited to exhibit her prints at the Art Gallery of Victoria. She also began teaching at University of Victoria. Her experimental approach intersected with multi-media; she was the first to use light boxes to illuminate pinpoints of light in the 1960s. In 1971 a retrospective exhibition was held at the gallery of the University of Victoria, in 1985 the Pat Martin Bates Scholarship in Visual Arts was created, and she later received an Honorary Doctorate from the university in 1994. She participated in numerous international print exhibitions including the International Biennale of Prints in Fredrikstad, Norway (1992-2002). In 2008 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts. In 2019, a 50-year survey exhibition titled Inscape Golden Timeless Threads - Points of Starlight Silence was shown at the Victoria Arts Council. Over the years she has received many other distinctive awards in Canada and abroad; they include the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, the Zachenta medal from Poland, and the International Print Art of Norway Gold Medal, as well as various awards from the Canada Council. Bates has exhibited in China, Chile, Yugoslavia, Poland, Great Britain, Norway, Japan, France, tArgentina, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, among others. Her works are held at the Art Gallery of Victoria, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in New York as well as major collections throughout the world.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Printmaking
- Watercolour
- Education
- Mount Allison University
- Memberships
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Limners Society, 1971-2008
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
- London Public Library, ON
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- University of Manitoba - Architecture and Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Vancouver Public Library, BC - Fine Arts and History Department
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Amos, Robert. Artists in Their Studios: Where Artists are Born. Touchwood Editions, 2007
- Belton, Robert J. Sights of Resistance: Approaches to Canadian Visual Culture, Volume 1 Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, 2001
- Bovey, Patricia. Pat Martin Bates : Balancing on a Thread Okotoks, Al.: Frontenac House, 2013
- Bovey, Patricia. Western Voices in Canadian Art Winnipeg, Man: University of Manitoba Press, 2023
- Cochran, Bente Roed. Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985 Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989
- de Chantal, Alma. “Pat Martin Bates : Le Rouge, Le Blanc et Le Noir.” Vie Des Arts vol. 20, no. 78, 1975, pp. 38–39
- Heller, Jules. Imprint '76 Toronto, Ontario: The Print and Drawing Council of Canada, 1976
- Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century New York: Garland, 1995
- Hopkins Center, et al. Eleven Canadian Printmakers. 1967
- Hughes, Mary Jo, et al. Vision into Reality : Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Early Years, 1951-1973. Victoria, B.C.: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2009
- Lefebvre, Germain, Landori, Eva and Elie, Robert. Salon international de la Gravure : Montréal 1971/ International Exhibition of Graphics : Montréal 1971 Montreal, QC: Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1971
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
- Rogers, Linda, and Barbara Pedrick.. The Broad Canvas: Portraits of Women by Women. Victoria, B.C.: Sono Nis Press, 1999
