Inclusion in the book Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity by Michelle Bates, Focal Press, 2006, pages 46-49, 116-117. May be purchased on Amazon.com.
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Center for Fine Art Photography, Poudre River Arts Center, 400 North College Ave., Fort Collins, CO. 2/10-3/25/06. [1 piece: ‘J&N Feed Supply’]
Showcased in Camera Arts Magazine, February/March 2006.
Governors Island Art Fair, Nolan Park, Governors Island, NYC. 9/7-9/29/2013.
Weekends only throughout September. Building 5B, downstairs.
Twelve Soho Photo Gallery artists exhibiting. I will have work on the walls Sept. 14 – 15 (in bins the other weekends). I will be exhibiting 22 pieces from the New York Walking Series.
Davis Orton Gallery, 114 Warren St., Hudson, NY. 4/5 – 5/12/2013.
Reception: April 5, 5 – 7 pm.
4-person show; I’m one of two Portfolio Showcase exhibitors. Stephen DiRado, Bob Avakian, Susan Bowen, Miska Draskoczy. [12 pieces from the Legs and Feet series]
Davis Orton Gallery is a charming gallery in the artsy small town of Hudson in upstate New York.
From my statement: “An interesting aspect of these images is that the exposure time (usually 1/15 of a second) often captures one foot in sharpness and the other totally blurred. Multiple people walking together might seem to be a single person with mis-matched feet. A person might seem to only possess only leg. The swirl of fabric might create a dynamic abstraction.”
Solo Show
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 10/3-11/3/2012.
Reception: Tuesday, October 2, 6 – 8 pm.
I will be exhibiting 15 images from last year’s trip to Cuba.
From the artist statement: “I traveled to Cuba last fall with the group Professional Women Photographers and spent a week roaming the streets of Havana, Cienfuegos and the small town of Trinidad. You won’t find a more photogenic place than Cuba. Everywhere you look are rich textures, beautiful color and interesting faces. And yes, those cars…you can’t help but love those cars. The streets of Cuba are so distinctive and lively; it is a place like no other.”
Center for Alternative Photography, 36 E. 30th St., NYC. 9/7-9/21/2012.
Reception: Friday, September 7, 6 – 9 pm.
Holga 30th Anniversary Exhibit, featuring Michael Kenna (Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery), Harvey Stein, Michelle Bates, Thomas Michael Alleman and Susan Bowen. Exhibiting large scale print mounted to plexi; 17″x10′. [1 piece: ‘Lights of Fremont, Golden Nugget’]
From the CFAP website: “Holga’s world famous medium format camera has been used by serious artists around the world and Holga is honored to feature Michael Kenna, Harvey Stein, Michelle Bates, Thomas Michael Alleman and Susan Bowen. Their ethereal photographs will evoke and inspire you knowing that their extraordinary works of art were accomplished with the bare essentials of mechanical photography equipment.”
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC 3/7-31/2012.
Reception: Tuesday, March 6, 6 – 8 pm.
Photos by Michelle Bates
Featuring Michelle Bates, Susan Bowen, David Burnett, Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Taiju Fubuki, Teru Kuwayama, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Pauline St. Denis, Harvey Stein, and Rebecca Tolk.
A traveling exhibit of the artists showcased in the Holga Inspire (now defunct) website by the makers of the Holga camera. I have on exhibit: ‘Cement Plant, Snaking Pipes’, ‘Prairie City Grain Elevator’, ‘Graffiti’, and ‘Carhenge, Nose Dive and Fins’.
“Soho Photo and Holga Inspire proudly present the Holga Inspire exhibition, a widely acclaimed traveling exhibition showcasing a collection of outstanding images created by internationally renowned photographers who use the Holga camera as their artistic expression. The show includes work by Michelle Bates, Susan Bowen, David Burnett, Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Taiju Fubuki, Teru Kuwayama, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Pauline St. Denis, Harvey Stein, and Rebecca Tolk.
Since 2009, the Holga Inspire show has been exhibited in Bangkok, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Santa Barbara, Los Angles and Colorado, etc. The show endeavors to
showcase the extraordinary artistic potential and creative expression of Holga cameras.”
Finalist (1 of 6), Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, Kansas City, MO. Art in Transit project, artwork on glass of bus shelters, 18′ x 21″ total per shelter. Graphic interlayer laminated safety glass. Proposal to shoot imagery from the neighborhoods along the transit route. January, 2010. Budget: $90,000.
I am proposing the application of transparent photographic imagery to the walls of the bus shelters for the proposed sites. The imagery chosen would ideally come from the immediate environs of that station and help give an identity to that location. I visited Kansas City in December and shot generic pictures of the city as well as wandered the streets around the three designated sites along Troost Ave. The images presented could be the final artwork, or more visits to the city could be made and additional imagery created for final design selection.
My primary site of interest is the 31st Street station. What spoke to me most about this location is the existing piece of public art occupying the wall to the rear of the proposed site. It became clear to me that this mural has to be a beloved neighborhood treasure and that whatever artwork we now propose should honor this painting and treat it respectfully. So I began to photograph this mural and then the other Alexander Austin murals around the city. These murals have already begun to decay (hopefully there will be restoration efforts), and my pictures could in part act as a record of what these murals looked like should circumstances cause them to further crumble or even disappear. I would want to credit Mr. Austin on any plaque included at the site. In addition to the 31st Street mural, I photographed the Martin Luther King mural one block away on Linwood Boulevard and the other large one near 18th and Vine. I also learned about the Disney connection to the site and included images of his old studio around the corner.
