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

Exhibitions

Corporate Cells, Lock Up Cultural Centre, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle

What's Going On? Artrendnow.com, Hong Kong.

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

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

Generation Y Video, St Andrews Catherdral, Sydney

Kvinna, Pargas Stad-Kultur, Finland

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

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

Cultural Day installation video - The Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize (WAAP 2009). University Gallery, University of Newcastle. Callaghan.

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

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

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

               
Conference Papers / Seminar Presentations

2010

2009

2008

2007

"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

"The Potential for Landscape Photography in Healthcare Settings", International Arts and Health Conference, Port Macquarie.

"The Reception of Visual Arts in Hospitals" ArtsHealth Conference # 2, University of Newcastle.

"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

2008

2007

Gates, J. "Aesthetics for Visual Arts in Hospitals", www.artshealthfoundation.org.au/researchers

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

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

2009

Mixed Messages, Indigenous Group Show, Watt Space, Newcastle

Belangee: Skin - Songlines, Watt Space, Newcastle

The Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize (WAAP 2009), University Gallery, University of Newcastle, Callaghan

Grants

2008

2007

University of Sydney. SCA. Postgraduate Research Support Scheme.

University of Sydney. SCA. Postgraduate Research Support Scheme.

Employment