Patricia Martin Bates Explained

Patricia Martin Bates
Birth Name:Patricia Martin
Birth Date:25 June 1927
Birth Place:Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Spouse:Al Bates (m. 1948)
Training:Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick; Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp; the Sorbonne, Paris; the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York
Known For:Graphic artist who used Embossing

Patricia Martin Bates D.F.A. known as Pat Martin Bates (born June 25, 1927) is a Canadian artist and educator.

Biography

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick,[1] Martin began her formal art studies at the age of 12 with Stanley Royale, who taught at Mount Allison University. Bates subsequently studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and at the Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York.[2] [3] She married Al Bates in 1948.

She is a printmaker, noted for her embossing technique, and in the 1960s, became well known for her Plexiglas cube sculptures which incorporated print processes.[4] Her work is often inspired by Occidental themes or religions. Bates was a member of the group in Victoria known as the Victoria Limners Society, a group of visual artists based in Victoria, B.C. (1971-2008).[5] Bates played a role in the art community locally: she was the founder of what became XChanges Gallery and Studios in Victoria, a non-profit artists' cooperative operating a gallery and studios for practicing artists, among other initiatives.[6]

Bates had many exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. In 1986, a exhibition of her work was shown in Vancouver. In 2005, a retrospective exhibition titled Pat Martin Bates: Destinations, Navigations, Illuminations was shown at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.[7] In 2019, her a 50-year survey exhibition titled Inscape Golden Timeless Threads - Points of Starlight Silence was shown at the Victoria Arts Council as a special project in honour of the Council's 50th anniversary year.[8] [9]

From 1964 on, she was a professor at the University of Victoria and taught there for more than 30 years.[10] [11] In 1991, she received the University of Victoria Alumni Association annual award for teaching excellence. She received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Victoria in 1994 for her years of service and achievements. Her work is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the University of Victoria, the Art Gallery of Guelph,[12] the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[13] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[14] among others.

She received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the Zachenta medal in Poland, the Global Graphics Award in Holland, the Gold Medal at the International Biennale of Prints and the International Print Art of Norway Gold Medal, and various awards from the Canada Council, as well as the Legacy Prize from Victoria.[15] She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 2008.[16] The Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria honoured her by establishing, in 1985, the Pat Martin Bates Scholarship in Visual Arts.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chamberlain. Adrian. Pioneering Victoria artist Pat Martin Bates overlooked at home. Times Colonist. 13 June 2016.
  2. Web site: The art of Pat Martin Bates. Times Colonist. CanWest MediaWorks Publications. 13 June 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218171059/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=363568ec-b765-426c-af32-b1cb7342c88e. 18 February 2012.
  3. Web site: Collection . aggv.ca . Art Gallery of Greater Victoria . 2021-07-18.
  4. Lord, Barry. "Pat Martin Bates, Gallery Pascal, February–March, 1969", artscanada, June 1969, 132/133, p. 48
  5. Web site: 10 Things You Should Know About The Limners . emagazine.aggv.ca . Art Gallery of Greater Victoria . 2021-07-19.
  6. Web site: Pat Martin Bates . www.robertamos.com . Robert Amos . 2021-07-20.
  7. Web site: Pat Martin Bates Destinations, Navigations, Illuminations . aggv.ca . Art Gallery of Greater Victoria . 2021-07-19.
  8. Web site: Pat Martin Bates at the Victoria Arts Council . ExhibitVic, 2019 . 2021-07-19.
  9. Web site: PAT MARTIN BATES, CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE VAC . www.tourismvictoria.com . Tourism Victoria . 2021-07-19.
  10. Web site: Patricia Bates. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Gouin, Judy. 2014.
  11. Web site: Pat Martin Bates Scholarship . uvic.ca . 2015-03-08 . . Victoria, BC, CA.
  12. Web site: Collections . collections.artgalleryofguelph.ca . Art Gallery of Gueph . 2021-07-19.
  13. Web site: Collections . maltwood.uvic.ca . Maltwood Art Museum . 2021-07-19.
  14. Web site: Collection . art.famsf.org . Fine Art Museums of San Francisco . 2021-07-19.
  15. Web site: Legacy Artists . victoriavisualartslegacy.ca . Victoria Visual Arts Legacy . 2021-07-19.
  16. Web site: Members since 1880 . Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . 2021-07-18. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp . May 26, 2011 .