Michael Bailey-Gates

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Michael Bailey-Gates
BornJuly 28, 1993
NationalityAmerican
Known forModeling, Photography
Website mikebaileygates.com

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]

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Life

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.

Work

Photographer

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]

Model

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]

Awards and honors

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]

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  2. 1 2 Sauvalle, Julien. Instaboy of the Week: Michael Bailey Gates. Out. January 20, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Satran, Rory. Michael Bailey Gates, One Boy a Thousand Feelings. i-D. August 26, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Michael Bailey-Gates. Interview. June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Freeman, Nate (2013-11-20). "Ryan McGinley, the Pied Piper of the Downtown Art World". New York Times . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. ↑ Bauman, Ian (2018-03-28). "The Emerging Photographer Inspired by Classical Portraiture". New York Times Style Magazine . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  7. ↑ Brennan, Joe (2021-09-30). "Michael Bailey-Gates' Arresting Portraits of Themself and Their Community". Another Magazine . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  8. ↑ "The Ravestijn Gallery: A Glint In The Kindling". Artforum . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ↑ McStay, Chantal (2021-09-09). "The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week: Performative Portraits". New York Times Style Magazine . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. ↑ Williams, Megan (2021-10-18). "Michael Bailey-Gates' photos artfully redress gender roles". Creative Review . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. ↑ Abad, Mario (2021-04-12). "Valentino's Designer Reacts to People Triggered by Gender-Fluid Image". Paper . Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  12. ↑ Peters, Alex (2021-04-12). "Pierpaolo Piccioli condemns backlash over 'gender-bending' Valentino image". Dazed Digital . Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  13. ↑ Ballard, Horace D. (2019-05-30). "Can this Young Photographer Dissolve the Drama of Gender?". Aperture . Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  14. ↑ Iseman, Courtney. The Rise of the Multi-Talented Multi-Tasker. i-D. October 29, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  15. ↑ Information. Michael Baliey-Gates. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  16. ↑ Michael Bailey Gates Plays Muse for Vogue Hommes Paris. Fashionisto. September 28, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  17. ↑ Eckart, Stephanie. India Salvor Menuez and Michael Bailey Gates Romp Through Iceland, Naked and Free. W Magazine . October 8, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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  19. ↑ Mayer, Aubrey (2019-11-26). "Michael Bailey-Gates Ignites the Impact of Photographs". Cultured Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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