Education August 2001 to May 2005 Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts Emphasis in Painting Kendall College of Art and Design Grand Rapids, Michigan January - February of 2010 Self Initiated Artist Residency The Netherlands & Germany Group Shows November 2010 7th Annual Shrinky Dink Auction & Exhibition Zeitgeist Art & Coffee, Seattle, WA October 2010 SOIL Art Auction Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA July 2009 Light Sound Repeat 20Twenty of Ballard, Seattle, WA February 2009 Artist Trust Auction Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA December 2008 The Macho Cheese Show Joe Bar Cafe, Seattle, WA February 2008 Artist Trust Auction Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA January 2008 The Polaroid Show 20/twenty of Ballard, Seattle, WA August 2007 Water Wings 20/twenty of Ballard, Seattle, WA November 2006 Distilled Spirit Gallery San Francisco, CA September 2006 Caffe Fiore Neighborhood Group Show Caffe Fiore, Ballard, Seattle, WA May - July 2005 Studio Excellence Award Exhibition Kendall College of Art and Design Gallery Grand Rapids, MI Solo Shows November 2010 Recent Works Caffe Vita of Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA November 2010 Works on Paper Theater Schmeater, Seattle, WA June 2010 Greenery, Explosions, Water, and Blood Assemble Gallery and Shop, Seattle, WA June 2010 Recent Works Joe Bar Cafe, Seattle, WA March 2010 New Works Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA December 2009 Works on paper Fremont Vintage Mall, Seattle, WA November 2009 Art from the past 4 years Atlas Clothing, Seattle, WA July 2009 Nudes Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA May 2009 Recent Works on Paper Caffe Fiore of Ballard, Seattle, WA May 2009 Recent Works on Paper Caffe Fiore of Queen Anne, Seattle, WA March 2009 New Works on Paper Caffe Fiore of Ballard, Seattle, WA January 2009 Posed Velouria of Ballard, Seattle, WA October 2008 New Works on Paper Caffe Vita, Olympia, WA July 2008 memorepresentation - new works on paper Joe Bar Cafe of Seattle, WA May 2008 Recent Works Velouria of Ballard, Seattle, WA April 2008 New Paintings and Drawings Some Space Gallery of Seattle, WA December 2007 Paintings of Polaroids Cupcake Royale of Ballard, Seattle, WA December 2007 Paintings of Polaroids The Black Front Gallery of Olympia, WA July 2007 Paintings of Polaroids Caffe Fiore of Queen Anne, Seattle, WA June 2007 Posed Caffe Fiore of Downtown Ballard, Seattle, WA June 2007 Mr. Spot's Chai House Ballard, Seattle, WA April - May 2007 Drawings of People and Animals Caffe Ladro of Lower Queen Anne, Seattle, WA January - February 2007 Portraits by Joey Bates Caffe Ladro of West Seattle, WA November - December 2006 Thousands of Lines Caffe Ladro of Downtown Seattle, WA November Habitude Salon & Gallery of Fremont, Seattle, WA September - October 2006 Caffe Ladro of Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA September - October 2006 Habitude Spa & Gallery of Ballard, Seattle, WA August 2006 New Paintings and Drawings by Joey Bates Caffe Fiore of Ballard, Seattle, WA April 2006 New Paintings and Drawings by Joey Bates Caffe Ladro of Fremont, Seattle, WA September 2005 Urban Institute of Contemporary Art Grand Rapids, MI Projects and Illustration Work Distilled Spirit Clothing Company Graphics design for articles of clothing The Layne Staley Fund Donated portrait for the Layne Staley Tribute Benefit Rivet Magazine #18 Illustration for the Soundtrack page |
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joey@joeybates.com His blog/flickr photo stream can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/greenbeatle Joey Bates  Promote Your Page Too  Portrait by Dan Carrillo Joey Bates was raised in a city amongst the trees, water, and mountains of Washington. He is the middle child of three born to a psychotherapist and social worker. At an early age he was drawn to the arts. Winning a number of contests held by his peers, he often defended his title as best drawer at North City Elementary. In middle school he began a short career in comics, publishing his first comic BillMan through Citation Press and Red Monkey Publishing. As high school progressed he became less and less attuned to comic and illustrative work, eventually turning to the fine arts. In 2001 he left Seattle for Grand Rapids, Michigan to attend Kendall College of Art and Design. To this day he is an obsessive-compulsive line-maker, arranger, and sorter. He hopes to spend the rest of his days making art involving extensive line work and people. His work has been shown in various venues from Institutes of Contemporary Art to Coffee Shops and Clothing stores. |