Mimi Bates Biography
| EDUCATION | |
| 1994 | Master of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1992 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2015 | Mimi Bates: Selected Work, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2014 | Mimi Bates: Selected Work 2004-2014, UCSD Faculty Club Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2013 | Mimi Bates: "Transitions: A Personal Journey" Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, FL |
| 2010 | Mimi Bates: "Debris of Abstraction II" Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, FL |
| 2006 | Mimi Bates: "I" Vera! Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2005 | Mimi Bates: "Debris of Abstraction" UCSD Faculty Club Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2005 | Mimi Bates: New Work, Don O'Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 | Mimi Bates: Selected Work, Stil at the Meridian Salon, San Diego, CA |
| 2004 | Mimi Bates: Paintings, Michael Ferguson Design, San Diego, CA |
| 2003 | Mimi Bates: Paintings, Villa Lido Corporation, Venice Beach, CA |
| 2002 | Mimi Bates: Selected Work 2001-2002, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
| 1996 | Mimi Bates: Recent Work, Art Space 2001, San Diego, CA |
| 1993 | "Metamorphosis", Installation: Baltimore Harbor, MD |
| 1992 | "Awakenings" Performance, Rhinehardt Auditorium, under the direction of Ntozake Shange, Baltimore, MD |
| 1992 | Mimi Bates: New Work, The Prudential Preferred Properties, Washington, DC |
| 1991 | "Metal and Gold", The Prudential Preferred Properties, Washington, DC |
| 1990 | "Heirloom", Installation: Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC |
| SELECTED GROUP AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2014 | Group Show, Kelley Roy Gallery, Newtown, Connecticut |
| 2013 | Mimi Bates: "Retreat in Solitude", Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, Fl |
| 2013 | Mimi Bates: "New Work", Witford, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2013 | Mimi Bates: "New Work", Witford, Laguna, CA |
| 2010 | Mimi Bates and John Henry: "Structures", Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami Fl |
| 2010 | Mimi Bates and Fran Bobadilla: "Miami Inspirations" Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami FL |
| 2009 | Kelley Roy Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL |
| 2008 | Feria International de Arte, Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| 2007 | Salon Group, No Estamos Solos Galeria de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2006 | Mimi Bates: Can Serrat Group 2006, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Rectangle Gallery, "100 Sq. Ft." Art & Design Walk, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Rectangle Gallery, Bates/Schmeidler, two person show, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 | Witford and Associates, Designer Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 | Witford and Associates, Designer Gallery, Laguna Niguel, CA |
| 2004 | "A/E II" Select group, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2004 | "Abstracte Elegant II", Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2003 | Freight 410, group show, Manhattan, New York |
| 2003 | "Time Line for Abstracte Elegant", Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2001 | "Night and Day", Air France Symposium, Grant Hotel, San Diego, CA |
| 1999 | "24x24", Alumni Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1996 | "White", Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA |
| 1994 | "Augen Musik II" Collaboration of the Masters: Mimi Bates and David Shaw, Friedheim Gallery, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD |
| 1994 | Thesis Exhibition: Mimi Bates and Clayton Evans, Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 1992 | Costume Design: "The Misanthrope", Folger Shakespearean Theater, Washington, DC |
| 1992 | Thesis Exhibition: Hemicycle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 1992 | Costume Design: "Facinatin' Rhythm", Kennedy Center, Washington, DC |
| 1991 | "Corcoran Five" Prudential Preferred Properties, Washington, DC |
| 1990 | Summer Group, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1990 | "Prelude and Exodus" Prudential Preferred Properties, Washington, DC |
| 1990 | Costume Design: "Reluctant Dragon"; "El Bacon"; Kennedy Center, Children's Workshop, Washington, DC |
| PERMANENT COLLECTION | |
| 1994-1996 | Installation, Friedheim Gallery, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD |
| CORPORATE/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Al Phillips Corporation, Honolulu, HI Tom Anglewicz, San Diego, CA Jay and Annette Brewer, San Diego, CA Gladys Buchs, Boston, MA Esther Cornell, San Diego, CA Mary and Dave Cutchin, La Jolla, CA Samir Damani, Del Mar, CA Ricki Gerger, Washington, DC Steven and Georgia Goldberg, Rancho Santa Fe, CA Barbara and Bernard Green, Palm Beach, FL Amy and Brad Hadden, Greenwich, CT Patricia and Daniel Mero-Keefe, San Diego, CA Carol Mossman, Washington, DC David Shulman, Stamford, CT Tim Treadway, San Francisco, CA Villa Lido Corporation, Venice Beach, CA Richard Witzel, Palm Springs, CA |
| AWARDS/HONORS | |
| 2008 | Art Residency: Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2006 | Art Residency: Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2004 | Art Residency: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 2003 | La Jolla Library: Committee to select glass artist for architectural expansion, La Jolla, CA |
| MEDIA | |
| 2015 | Little Pond Television, Inc., “MY FAB 40” Bravo Media Series |
| Set Artwork, 2015 Season | 2014 | The Ida & Cecil Green Faculty Club, UCSD, “Club Highlights” Monthly Publication |
| June 2014, pg. 2 | |
| 2010 | “Mimi Bates: Debris of Abstraction II” Art Districts Florida |
| February-March 2010 Vol. 1, No. 4, pg. 26 | |
| 2007 | Rodolfo Arce,"Vuelvo a Vos Buenos Aires" CD Cover art, Soca Productions |
| 2006 | Patty Brooks, “An Artist With a Mission” Presidio Sentinel |
| March 2006 Vol. 44, No. 2, pg. 1 & 16M | |
| 2005 | “Mimi Bates: New Works” Art Scene: The Monthly Digest to Art in Southern California |
| March 2005 Vol. 24, No. 7, pg. 31 | |
| 2005 | Nicole Sours Larsen, “Bates Brings ‘Destruction’ to UCSD,” La Jolla Village News |
| December 15, 2005 Vol. 11, No. 6, pg. 1 & 13 | |
| 2005 | Peter Frank, “Art Picks of the Week,” Calendar/LA Weekly |
| March 4, 2005 Vol. 27, No. 15, pg. 128 | |
| 2005 | Alain J.-J. Cohen, “Debris of Abstraction,” Faculty Club Exhibition Catalogue Foreward |
| January 2005 | |
| 1996 | “History of the Kumeyaay” Booklet Illustration, San Diego, CA |
| 1992 | Mary C. Deese-Barry, “Drawing on the Art Scene” Mimi Bates, Corcoran College of Art and Design |
| September 5, 1992 Vol. 45, No. 19, pg. 16 | |