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David Bates (American, 1952)

Timeline

1952: Born: in Dallas, TX
1975: BFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
1977: Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
1978: MFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Exhibitions

2010: Themes and Variations, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
David Bates: The Katrina Paintings, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO : Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (solo)
2009: David Bates: Woodcuts, Etchings and Monotypes, Pace Prints, New York, NY (solo)
David Bates since 1982: From the Everyday to the Epic, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (solo)
Katrina: Catastrophe and Catharsis, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Blocks of Color: American Woodcuts from the 1890s to the Present, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum,New Brunswick, NJ
Elements of Nature, Pepperdine University, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
2008: Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Arts, The Gallery at UTA, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
7808 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Something New, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
David Bates: The Storm, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX(solo)
2007: Figure It! The Human Factor in Contemporary Art, The Clay Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Bates: Paintings from the Texas Collections, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX (solo)
2006: David Bates: Grassy Lake, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
David Bates: Drawing Retrospective 1978 - 2005, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
Shared Visions: Texas Artists Then and Now, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas; Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX; Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Texas: Grassy Lake, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2004: David Bates: Night Vision, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
2003: David Bates: Poems, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
David Bates, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA (solo)
2002: David Bates: Nudes, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2001: David Bates: Black and White, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
David Bates, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2000: David Bates: Paintings, Wood Reliefs, and Sculpture, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX (solo)
Memory and Material, Constructions and Compilations, DC Moore Gallery New York, NY

Literature

2006: Brewer, Philip, and Charles T. Butler, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings,Columbus, OH: The Columbus Museum of Art; illus. p. 230
2005: Black Water, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA(catalogue)
2004: Little, Carl. David Bates: Paintings and Drawings. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY(catalogue)
Karnes, Andrea. David Bates: Night Vision. Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX(catalogue)
2003: Van Keuren, Philip. David Bates: Poems. Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX(catalogue)
2001: Olfe, Townsend. National Drawing Invitational, Donald W. Reynolds Center for Drawing Research and Education, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Wei, Lilly. David Bates. DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY(catalogue)
2000: Oliver-Smith, Kerry. The Swamp: On the Edge of Eden, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida,Gainesville, FL(catalogue)
1999: Spring, Justin. David Bates. New York, NY: DC Moore Gallery(catalogue)