Biography
Born 1966, Gosford, Australia
Lives and works on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia
Gates work is informed by social relationships between the body and architecture, whether it be how patients respond to hospital environments which underpinned her exhibition “Pain, Anxiety and Boredom” in the dungeons of the Sydney College of the Arts in 2009, to her most recent exhibition “Corporate Cells” held at the Lock Up Cultural Centre in Newcastle.
Gates personal experience is heavily intertwined with the philosophy of Michel Foucault, and other artists questioning power structures in relation to the body. The influences of Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola and Susan Norrie guide Gates through the history of installation art and digital media to generate her own interpretation of issues in conjunction with twenty- first century technology
Qualifications
| 2009 |
Ph.D. Philosophy. Visual Arts Research, Sydney College of the Arts / Medical Humanities Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine (VELIM), University of Sydney |
| 2005 |
Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons). University of Newcastle |
| 2004 | Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Newcastle |
| 1996 | Certificate in Fine Art, St George TAFE |
Exhibitions
| 2011 | Corporate Cells, Lock Up Cultural Centre, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle |
| 2010 | What's Going On? Artrendnow.com, Hong Kong. |
| 2009 | Video installations - Pain, Anxiety and Boredom. Post Graduate Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Pain, Anxiety, and Boredom. Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Art on Record, Vol 2, APW Gallery, Long Island, New York |
| 2008 | Banal Peepshow Obsession with Limn File, Underbelly, (Public Arts Lab), Carriageworks, Redfern Growing Whole People: Values # 4 Video, St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney Experiments, General Practice Waiting Room, Balmain Hospital, Balmain Experiments, Allied Health Waiting Room, Wyong Hospital, Wyong |
| 2007 | Generation Y Video, St Andrews Catherdral, Sydney Kvinna, Pargas Stad-Kultur, Finland |
| 2006 | Central Coast Festival, Gosford Showground, Gosford Verge 2006 Arts Festival, University of Sydney Babushka, The Rogue Gallery, Long Jetty Video Asylum, Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain Newtown Mission Art Exhibition, Newtown |
| 2005 | Felt; an immersive experience; University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus F3XIT Exhibition; Parliament House, Sydney Gosford Art Prize; Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW Illuminart; Marrickville City Council. Projection of Felt |
| 2004 | Korea 05, Eo Gallery, Kariong Parklands Femme Finale, University of Newcastle, Central Coast Campus Building 27, Eo Gallery, Kariong Parklands Emerging Artists', Gosford Regional Library, Erina Fair |
| 2003 | Gender Seminar Exhibition, University of Newcastle. |
| 2002 | Student Acquisition Prize, Watt Space, University of Newcastle. |
| 2000 | Asthma NSW, St Leonards, NSW. |
| 1999 | Blackwattle Studio Gallery, Glebe, NSW. North Newtown Public School Art Prize, Newtown. |
Videos
| 2015 |
Fast 4 Tennis Promotion: Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt. Assistance Director for Ambience Productions in partnership with Tennis Australia. |
| 2010 | Gomeroi gaaynggal promotional video, Department of Rural Health, University of Newcastle, Tamworth. Exhibited at Watts Space, Newcastle. |
| Gomeroi gaaynggal installation videos, and hearbeat audio, Watts Space, Newcastle. ArtsHealth #3 University of Newcastle | |
| 2009 | Cultural Day installation video - The Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize (WAAP 2009). University Gallery, University of Newcastle. Callaghan. |
| 2008 | Growing Whole People - Values # 4. St Andrews Cathedral School. Collaboration with Yr7-11 students & Paul FitzGerald. 3mins |
| Emergency Exit Series - Patient Down, Featuring Melinda Shackman - 4mins | |
| Banal Peepshow Obsession Installation Video.Limn File, Underbelly (Public Arts Lab) Carriageworks, Redfern- 3mins | |
| 2007 | Generation Y Video, St Andrews Cathedral School. Collaboration with Yr 10 students & Paul FitzGerald. 4mins Adam Hill, Drawing Workshop, St Andrews Cathedral School, Gawura Unit. 55mins |
| 2006 | Alexandra's Hafla, November 2006, live performance, Toukley RSL. 130 mins |
| Interview, Conversation between Jillian Gates & Mary Wenholz, Sydney College of the Arts, 35mins | |
| Shameela's Springtime Hafla 2006, live performance, Gosford RSL. 120 mins | |
| Slow smoke, installation video, 2mins looped | |
| 2005 | Felt; an immersive experience. A projection on a semi-circular screen,10mins looped |
| Interview:Julie Rrap, Sydney, Australia, 42mins | |
| Interview:Susan Norrie, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 38mins | |
| Interview:Jytte Rex, Copenhagen, Denmark, 35mins | |
| Interview:Kassandra Wellendorf, Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 45mins | |
| 2004 | Earth Memory, installation film, looped 5mins |
| Three Degrees, a documentary of three emerging artists, collaboration with Peta Werlemann.45mins | |
| Bring a Plate, short film, collaboration with Peta Werlemann. 10mins | |
| Beach Energy, installation film, looped 5mins | |
| One Balloon, installation film, looped 3mins |
Conference Papers / Seminar Presentations
| 2010 | "The grey areas of contemporary Aboriginal art and how the appropriation of Aboriginal symbols and Western art theory provides the platform of awareness and sedition", Seminar Presentation, University of Newcastle, Australia |
| 2009 | "The Potential for Landscape Photography in Healthcare Settings", International Arts and Health Conference, Port Macquarie. |
| 2008 | "The Reception of Visual Arts in Hospitals" ArtsHealth Conference # 2, University of Newcastle. |
| 2007 | "The Final Act: Susan Sontag & Annie Leibovitz", ArtsHealth Symposium #1, University of Newcastle, Newcastle. |
| "The Final Act: Susan Sontag & Annie Leibovitz", Seminar Presentation, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. | |
| "The Artist as Surveyor: An Aged Response to Public Art in Hospitals", Seminar Presentation, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia | |
| "The Intersection of Ethics & Phenomenology: An Artist as Surveyor in Hospitals", 5th Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine & Ethics, University of Lugano, Switzerland. | |
| "The Public in Public Art: A Qualitative & Quantitative Research Analysis for the Production of Art in Hospitals", 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, University of Granada, Spain | |
| "The Artist as Surveyor: An Aged Response to Public Art in Hospitals", 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, American University-Paris, France |
Publications
| 2011 | Gates, J. "Aesthetics for Visual Arts in Hospitals", www.artshealthfoundation.org.au/researchers |
| 2008 | Gates, J. " In Response to the ArtsHealth Symposium #1 - University of Newcastle" Medical Humanities Newsletter, November/December, Medical Humanities Unit, University of Sydney, 2008.p 3-5 |
| Gates, J. "An Inquiry: Aesthetics of Art in Hospitals", Australian Family Physician Journal, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, South Melbourne, September 2008 Vol 37, (9), pp 761 - 763 | |
| 2007 | Gates J. "Review: Roundtable Discussion Art in Hospitals - UTS Gallery" Medical Humanities Newsletter, May/June, Medical Humanities Unit, University of Sydney, 2008. p 6 |
| Gates J. "Jillian Gates: Art in Hospital", Medical Humanities Newsletter Jan/Feb, Medical Humanities Unit, University of Sydney, 2008, pp 4-6 | |
| Gates J. " Public Art in Hospitals: An Analysis of the Production of Art in Hospitals".The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences.C.G.Publishing. Melbourne, 2007 Vol 2, No 3, pp 359 - 368 |
Curatorial Roles
| 2010 | Mixed Messages, Indigenous Group Show, Watt Space, Newcastle Belangee: Skin - Songlines, Watt Space, Newcastle |
| 2009 | The Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize (WAAP 2009), University Gallery, University of Newcastle, Callaghan |
Grants
| 2008 | University of Sydney. SCA. Postgraduate Research Support Scheme. |
| 2007 | University of Sydney. SCA. Postgraduate Research Support Scheme. |
Employment
| 2015 - |
Compliance Office, TMS, North Sydney. |
| 2012- |
Creative Arts & Sociology, Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University |
| 2010 - 15 |
Sales Consultant & Tech Support. Digital Appeal (Apple Authorised Reseller), Erina |
| 2009 - 10 |
Arts Project Officer / Tutor. The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle |
| 2006 - 09 |
Tutor - Fine Art, Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University |
| 2007 - 08 |
Artist in Residence. St Andrews Cathedral School, Sydney |