Michael Bailey-Gates | |
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Born | July 28, 1993 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Modeling, Photography |
Website |
mikebaileygates |
Michael Bailey-Gates (born July 28, 1993) [1] is an American artist, photographer, and model. He was born in Rhode Island, and currently resides in New York City. [2]
Michael Bailey-Gates grew up in Rhode Island where he worked an after school job at a photo studio. [3] [4] He continued on to receive his BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2015.
In 2013 Bailey-Gates met photographer Ryan McGinley and became a protégé of the artist. [5] Bailey-Gates later debuted his body of work "A Horse The Rough" with New York Times in 2018. The pictures referenced early motion-study photographs "without the gender norms traditional to classical portraiture". [6]
In 2021, Bailey-Gates’ first solo exhibition, "A Glint In The Kindling", was hosted at The Ravestijn Gallery, in Amsterdam. [7] [8] Chantal McStay, in a New York Times Style Magazine review of the exhibition, stated the photographs on display "evoked the aesthetics of classical portraiture as they upend conventions of gender and beauty." [9] This body of work was published as the inaugural book by Pinch publishing in 2021. [10]
In 2021 Bailey-Gates was the subject of homophobic backlash after releasing a self portrait commissioned for a Valentino campaign. [11] The brand's designer, Pierpaolo Piccioli, condemned the backlash over the Valentino image. [12]
Horace D. Ballard, in Aperture Magazine, describes Bailey-Gates’ photography as redefining traditional portraiture through "queer, neoclassical portraits" and notes his specialties in portraiture, studio and tableau photography. [13]
Bailey-Gates has modeled for the brands DKNY and CK One [14] as well as for the publications i-D, Arena Homme +, and Interview. [2] [15] [4] In 2015 Bailey-Gates was photographed by Terry Richardson for an editorial in Vogue Hommes International. [16] In 2016, Michael Bailey-Gates appeared in his boyfriend Thomas Whiteside's book Route 1, Mike and India. [17]
Bailey-Gates was listed as W Magazine's 10 young artists to follow in 2018. [18] and in 2020 he was named one of Cultured magazines Young artists 2020. [19]
Michael Bailey-Gates | |
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Born | July 28, 1993 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Modeling, Photography |
Website |
mikebaileygates |
Michael Bailey-Gates (born July 28, 1993) [1] is an American artist, photographer, and model. He was born in Rhode Island, and currently resides in New York City. [2]
Michael Bailey-Gates grew up in Rhode Island where he worked an after school job at a photo studio. [3] [4] He continued on to receive his BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2015.
In 2013 Bailey-Gates met photographer Ryan McGinley and became a protégé of the artist. [5] Bailey-Gates later debuted his body of work "A Horse The Rough" with New York Times in 2018. The pictures referenced early motion-study photographs "without the gender norms traditional to classical portraiture". [6]
In 2021, Bailey-Gates’ first solo exhibition, "A Glint In The Kindling", was hosted at The Ravestijn Gallery, in Amsterdam. [7] [8] Chantal McStay, in a New York Times Style Magazine review of the exhibition, stated the photographs on display "evoked the aesthetics of classical portraiture as they upend conventions of gender and beauty." [9] This body of work was published as the inaugural book by Pinch publishing in 2021. [10]
In 2021 Bailey-Gates was the subject of homophobic backlash after releasing a self portrait commissioned for a Valentino campaign. [11] The brand's designer, Pierpaolo Piccioli, condemned the backlash over the Valentino image. [12]
Horace D. Ballard, in Aperture Magazine, describes Bailey-Gates’ photography as redefining traditional portraiture through "queer, neoclassical portraits" and notes his specialties in portraiture, studio and tableau photography. [13]
Bailey-Gates has modeled for the brands DKNY and CK One [14] as well as for the publications i-D, Arena Homme +, and Interview. [2] [15] [4] In 2015 Bailey-Gates was photographed by Terry Richardson for an editorial in Vogue Hommes International. [16] In 2016, Michael Bailey-Gates appeared in his boyfriend Thomas Whiteside's book Route 1, Mike and India. [17]
Bailey-Gates was listed as W Magazine's 10 young artists to follow in 2018. [18] and in 2020 he was named one of Cultured magazines Young artists 2020. [19]