George Bates has created three (3) permanently installed large scale public art works within the USA and is currently working on another three (3) large scale public art projects to be permanently installed within the USA over the next few years.
His public art projects for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority-Arts & Design program can be seen at the 36th Street, Rockaway, Queens and Central Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn subway stations completed respectively in Hand Painted & Fired Glass Blocks and Laser Cut 316 Stainless Steel. His work for the RTD FasTracks can be seen all along the North Metro Line light-rail in Aurora, Colorado as twenty-four (24) windscreens completed in the medium of Hand Painted & Fired Glass Art Panels. He is currently working on large scale public art projects to be permanently installed for the transit systems of; Charlotte, North Carolina; El Paso, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona to be completed in a diverse variety of media including FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic).
His work has been exhibited in at the Laguna Art Museum in California, included in a variety of group shows worldwide, appeared in Los Angeles as a temporary public art project, exhibited as a solo show of his sketchbooks in Munich, Germany, and has been privately commissioned by collectors.
The public art projects are a direct outgrowth in an interest in
exploring the plastic nature of systems, communities, complexities, aesthetics, and the realities and satisfactions of societal living in relation to Art.
Education
Parsons School of Design
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2009
• SYMPHONIC CONVERGENCE 1&2—36th Street ROCKAWAY, QUEENS, NYC • Hand Painted & Fired Glass Blocks • 35'x8'x7" • Installed at 36th Street Subway Station , Queens NY • MTA-Arts for Transit • Project Manager: Lester Burg • Fabricator: Peters Studios •
2012
• GENERATION DYNAMICA—CENTRAL AVENUE, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN • Laser Cut 316 Stainless Steel • 64"x45.5"x.5" (each panel set of two) • Installed at Central Avenue Subway Station, Brooklyn NY • MTA-Arts for Transit • Project Manager: Yaling Chen • Fabricator: KC Fabrications •
2015
• City LYNX Gold Line Phase II—Charlotte, North Carolina • Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) • Selected for Public Art commission to be installed in 2020 • City LYNX Gold Line Phase II—Charlotte, North Carolina • Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) • Project Manager: Chris Lange •
• AEOLASTIC—Los Angeles, California • Temporary Public Art Installation • Installed at 49. W Highland N. of Pico, Los Angeles, CA • THE BILLBOARD CREATIVE • Non-profit / no budget • Project Manager: Adam Santelli •
2016
• Omnes Aurora Omnes Mundi Omnia Movens—Aurora, Colorado • Hand Painted & Fired Glass Panels • 24 unique windscreens • Each aprox 30’-9’ to 13’x7’ • Installed along the RTD FasTracks transit line platforms • Aurora, Colorado • RTD FasTracks • Project Manager: Lindsey L. Smith • Fabricator: Peters Studios •
2017
• Valley Metro—Phoenix, Arizona • Selected for Public Art commission to be installed in 2022 •Project Manager: MB Finerty • Fabricator: American Fiberglass •
• Brio—El Paso, Texas • Selected for Public Art commission to be installed in 2022 • Project Manager: Aidee Cosme • Fabricator: American Fiberglass •
SELECTED SHOWS & RECOGNITION
1998
The Jazz Gallery / Jazzicle / Group Show / NYC
ADC Young Guns Exhibit / Group Show / NYC
2002
Laguna Art Museum / Surf Culture / Group Show / Laguna Beach, CA
Vanilla Magazine Gallery / Solo Show of sketchbooks /Munich, Germany
2004
American Illustration / Selected for annual competition publication
2006
Society of Publication Designers / Spots Competition / Distinctive merit award
2007
Society of Illustrators / 50th anniversary competition, show and publication
American Illustration / Selected for annual competition publication
PEP Gallery / Downright / Group Show / NYC
2009
New York CIty MTA / Rockaway Beach 36th Street Subway Station / Public Art commission
Giant Robot Gallery / Dime Bag 3 / Group Show / NYC
303 Gallery / Kind Lines / Group Show / Burlington, VT
2010
Montanaro Gallery / Powderized / Group Show / Burlington, VT
Affordable Art Fair NYC / MARLENAARTS booth / NYC
Broadway Gallery / Nature versus Nurture / Group Show / NYC
Broadway Gallery / At Home and Abroad / Group Show / NYC
2011
Hannah Surf Pro / Group Show / Belmar, NJ
American Illustration / Selected for annual competition publication
2012
New York CIty MTA / Central Avenue Subway Station / Public Art commission
ArtGowanus Print Lab / Gowanus Arts Festival / Group Show / Brooklyn, NY
Private Collector / Site-specific commission / NYC
2013
Society of Illustrators / 50th anniversary competition , show and publication
2014
American Illustration / Selected for annual competition publication
The End is Near Gallery / Dime Bag 4 / Group Show / Brooklyn, NY
Private Collector / site specific commission / Longboat Key, Florida
2015
THE BILLBOARD CREATIVE / Selected for Public Art group exhibit on a Los Angeles Billboard/
Temporary Public Art installation
RTD FasTracks / North Metro Line—Aurora, Denver / Public Art Finalist /Proposal selected
Human Experience Abstracts / Group Show / Overland, KS
Site:Brooklyn / Hand Pulled Prints: The Current Practice in Printmaking / Group Show / Brooklyn, NY
The Current Gallery / Group Show / Barcelona, Spain
2016
Museum of American Illustration / New York View: MTA Arts & Design Illustrates the City / Group show
MTA-Arts & Design / Selected as a jury panelist for upcoming subway station art public
installation
Mayson Gallery / The Persistent Nature of Urgency / Group Show / NYC
American Illustration / Selected for annual competition publication
Society of Illustrators / 59 competition, show and publication
Private Collector / site specific commission / Bay Head, NJ
Centre du Vitrail / LUMIÈRES DU MONDE / Group show / Chartres, France
2017
Gallery 1581 / Picture Social Justice & Human Rights / Group Show / Brookline , Ma
Dobbin Street / Heliotrope Foundation / Group Show & Fund-raiser / Brooklyn, NY
The Buggy Factory / Adopted Truths / Group Show / Brooklyn, NY
2018
Sing For Hope / Piano Public Art Project / NYC
NJ Transit / Lyndhurst Station Arts in Transit Project / Selected as a finalist
2019
Johnson University and Art for Change / Group Show / Knoxville, TN
One RIver / Solo show / Middletown, NJ
