About
Christine Gates is an Australian photographic artist, printmaker and writer living in Sydney, Australia. She trained at the University of NSW College of Fine Arts, where she received a Master of Fine Arts in 2005. She completed a Master of Applied Linguistics at the University of New England in 2014. She has worked as an exhibiting artist, writer and educator for the last 30 years.
Currently Christine is working on a book based on images and text from her exhibition, The Path from the House of Wisdom. In 2016 Christine began an artist residency, followed by a virtual exhibition, at the Museo Galileo in Florence.
Her project was supported by a number of important institutions and museums in Florence. It examines links between medieval Arabic science and scientific developments in the West.
This residency continued a research project, undertaken with the support of the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, that examines connections between cultures through developments in science and exploration.
This project continues themes explored as artist-in-residence at the South Australian Museum and exhibited there and at the Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato in Mexico.
In spare moments, Christine Gates wanders the globe, photographing people and places. She works with digital equipment, and collects old analogue cameras when she comes across them.
Selected Exhibitions > Awards > Collections
2016-2018
Solo Museo Galileo, Florence,
The Path from the House of Wisdom
2012-2014
Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
, Research
Project,
The Path from the House of Wisdom
2013
Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Audio-visual,
Void
2012
The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Project,
Hack the City
2011
Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat, Audio-visual,
The Desert and the Inland Sea
2011
The Light Factory Gallery, Melbourne, The Baldessin Press 10th Anniversary Exhibition
2010
Solo The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, The Desert and the Inland Sea series 2
2010
New North Gallery, Melbourne,
Respect
2009
Solo Mulgara Gallery, Sails in the Desert, Uluru, The Desert and the Inland Sea
2009
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, Ca, USA,
It's Not Us, It's You
2008
Solo Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Mexico, The Desert and the Inland Sea
2007
Solo Daylesford Foto Biennale 07, Daylesford,
Stones in the Cloud Forest
2007
Fire Station Print Studio, Melbourne, FPS Salon
2007
St Kilda Arts Festival, Melbourne, Galleria Bezdomna,
Portraits
2006
Fire Station Print Studio, Melbourne,
Wetlands
2005
Solo Warrnambool Art Gallery,
Exploring Oceans: touching minds
2005
Solo Vuspace, Victoria University, Melbourne,
image/transformation
2005
Warrnambool Art Gallery,
Survey Exhibition: Artists of South West Victoria
2004
Solo EPS Gallery, Sydney,
image/transformation
2004
Solo Australian Embassy, Lisbon,
image/transformation
2004
Global Galleries, Sydney,
Urban Abstraction
2004
Wiregrass Gallery, Melbourne,
Deus ex Machina
2003
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Galleria Bezdomna,
Prints
2003
Solo Portland Bay Press, Portland,
image/transformation
Awards, Residencies, Invitations
2013
Photolucida, Portland, Oregon, USA, Juror Invitation,
Critical Mass
2012
Photolucida, Portland, Oregon, USA, Juror Invitation,
Critical Mass
2012
The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Interactivos, Madrid, Residency Project,
Hack the City
2011
Photolucida, Portland, Oregon, USA, Juror Invitation,
Critical Mass
2009-2010
The Baldessin Press, St Andrews, Melbourne, Studio & Residency Award
2009-2010
The South Australian Museum, Artist in Residence
2009
Mulgara Gallery, Sails in the Desert, Uluru, Artist in Residence
2008
South Australian Museum, Artist in Residence
2008
Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Invitation to Exhibit
2007-2008
Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne
, Artist in Residence
2007
Embassy of Australia in Mexico, Exhibition Award
2000
UNSW CoFA MFA (Research), Scholarship
Selected Collections
The South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
The Lesley Foundation, Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Mexico
Embassy of Australia in Mexico
Governor of Guangzhou, China
Shanghai College of Publishing and Printing
Beijing Construction University
New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures
Sydney Institute of Technology
Private Collections: Australia, Great Britain, France, Portugal, USA, Mexico,
New Zealand