DAVID BATE –
artist, theorist and teacher based in London, UK.
David Bate is widely known for his extensive international publications of critical writings on the history and theory of photography and experimental visual artworks.
His work focuses on the critical interactions between the visual image, subjectivity and society. Educated at the Polytechnic of Central London on the famous BA (Hons) Film and Photographic Arts course, he later took the MA Social History of Art at Leeds University, where he also completed a PhD in the Fine Art Department. He has lectured and presented work all over the world. In 2018 he was recipient of the Royal Photographic Society Award for Education.
Currently Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster, London, UK, he is also a co-founder of the London collective art gallery Accident and Five Years, and co-editor of the photography journal Photographies.
His work includes the books:
Photography as Critical Practice: Notes on Otherness,
London: Intellect, 2020.
Photography and Surrealism: Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent,
London: IB Tauris, 2004.
Zero Culture,
London: Danielle Arnaud gallery, 2000.
Writings are featured in many journals and magazines including: Afterimage, Angelaki, Art Monthly, Contemporary, Creative Camera, Eikon, Foam, Hijacked, History of Photography, Hyperfoto, Parachute, Photographies, Photoworks, Portfolio Magazine, Sirp, Source and Third Text.
Artworks are widely exhibited and collected internationally. Exhibitions include:
Archetype
(Brussels), Danielle Arnaud
(London), Belfast Exposed
(N Ireland), Camerawork
(London), City Gallery
(Tallinn), Dazibao
(Montreal, Canada), Derby Photography Festival
(Derby, UK), Diemar/Noble Gallery
(London), Focal Point Gallery
(Southend), Freemantle Art Centre
(Perth, Australia), f. Stop Gallery
(Bath, UK), Hoopers Gallery
(London), Illegaard Gallery
(Tartu), Impressions Gallery
(UK), Mercer Union
(Toronto, Canada), Metro Gallery
(London), Museum of Contemporary Photography
(Chicago, USA), Museu d'Art
(Girona, Spain), Photography Biennale
(Istanbul), Photographer’s Gallery
(London), Photography Biennale
(Lorient, France), Watershed
(Bristol), Zacheta/PhotoArts Festival
(Warsaw, Poland), Zone Gallery
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK).
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