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B. R. Gates

 

BORN

1927  Davenport, Oklahoma.


ATTENDED

Arkansas A & M, at Monticello, Seminars & Workshops.


GRADUATED

Art Instruction Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., 1958


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

World's Who's Who of Women, I.B.C., Cambridge, England, '77 - 99.
Who's Who of American Women, Marquis, Chicago, Illinois, '81 -  99.
Contemporary Personalities, Acade Mia Tia,
    Della Arte De Lavora, '81 - 82.         
Notable Women of Texas, First Limited Edition, '83 - 85.
Biography International, Delhi, India, '85.
Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge, England, '85.
American Artists, Chicago, Illinois, '90.
Wallace Farmers Magazine, '91.
Sterling Edition (Who's Who, N.Y.) and
    (World's Who's Who, Cambridge) '94.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis,
    New Providence, N.J.,  '94 - 99.
Whos Who in America, New Providence, New Jersey, 96 - 99.
The World Whos Who of Women, Cambridge, England, 96 - 02.
Whos Who of Professional and Business Women, 97- 02.
International Whos Who of Professional and Business Women, 01.
Whos Who, Millennium Edition, 00.
Americas Registry of Outstanding Professionals, 01'- 02'.
Informart Magazine, 02'.


SELECTED EXHIBITS

One Person    American National Bank, & Chamber of
                       Commerce Soiree, Sapulpa, OK., 97.
One Person    Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND., 96.
One Person    Irving Cultural Center, Irving, TX., 94.
One Person    Woodbridge Gallery, Gualala, CA., 93.
One Person    White Oak Gallery, Edina, MN., 92.
Two Person    Co-sponsored by Jodi's Gallery and
                       Living History Farm Des Moines, Iowa, '89-'91.
One Person    Top of the Line Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX., '90.
One Person    Sheraton Gallery, Dallas, TX., '88.
Three Person  Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA., '87
Three Person  University of Texas at Arlington,TX.,83.
Three Person  Channel 13 Gallery, Dallas, TX., '82.


MEMBERSHIPS BY INVITATION

Associated Creative Artists, Dallas, TX., '63, Signature, 91
Trinity Arts Guild, Bedford Texas, founding member and
    first Pres., 61.
National League of American Pen Women,
    Washington,  DC. (Fort Worth Branch), '75.
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, N.Y.C., '83.
American Artists of the Rockies, Mt. Vernon, WA, '84.
Official U.S. Coast Guard Artist, N.Y.C., '87.
Visual Individualists United, Associate, N.Y.C., '87, Trustee 94.
W.A.O.W. (Women Artists of the West), '91, Signature, 01.
Oil Painters of America, 92, Signature, 99.
American Academy of Women Artists, Signature,'95.
Signature Sixteen Artists Society, Signature, 97.
Knickerbocker, Signature, 97.
American Plains Artists, 99, Signature, 01


SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park
    Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY, 2001
Top 200, Arts for the Parks Competition, National Park
    Academy of the Arts, Jackson, WY, 2000


SELECTED AWARDS

Chamber Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America,
    Sangre De Cristo Art Center.
Hudson Valley Art League Award, Salmagundi Club, New York,   N.Y.
Dillman Creative Art Foundations Award of Excellence,
    Oil Painters of America, Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ..
Helen De Cozen Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club,
    New York, N.Y.
Best of Show, Oils Women Artists of the West, George E. Ohr
    Cultural Center, Gulf Coast Invitational, Biloxi, MS.
"Best of Show" in Traditional Oil, V.I.U., Long Island, N.Y.
Henrietta Sabetsky Memorial Award, V.I.U., Pen and Brush Club,
    New York City, N.Y.
Visual Individualist United, "Best of Show, the Nathan and Henrietta Sabetsky Memorial Award", New York City, N.Y.
Winsor Newton, Holbein,ACA Award, Watson Guptill, and MJ Designs Awards, Artist & Craftsmen, Dallas, Texas.
Traditional Oil Award, Oil Painters of America, Lincoln Center,  
    N.Y.C., N.Y.
Third Place, Oil Painters of America, Prince Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Best of Show", VIU Contemporary Artists Achievement, C.W.  Post University Gallery, Long Island, N.Y.


COLLECTIONS

Marine Corporation, McHenry, Illinois.
First State Bank of Euless, TX.
Fort Worth Savings and Loan, Fort Worth, TX.
Texas Weslyn College, Fort Worth, TX.
Disco Corporation, Dallas, TX.
Carthage Cablevision Inc. Carthage, MO.
Continental Can Corporation, Atlanta, GA.
Praegetzer Industries, Dallas, OR.
Northern Trust Bank of Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ.
Wise County Art Museum, Decatur, TX.       
"Permanent Collection", Bismarck State College, Bismarck, N.D.
Mr. and Mrs Carroll Baird Private Coll. (Mrs. Baird's Bakery),
    Dallas, TX.
Dr.  Sun-yet-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tignanellis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


GALLERIES

G. Stanton Gallery, Dallas, Texas         
Atherton House, Adel, Iowa
The Howell Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gallery on Glassell, Orange, California
Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
Calvert Gallery at the Opera House, Calvert, Texas
Coupralux Designer Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Giclee Prints)
Art for Living Gallery, Solvang, California
Granger Fine Art, Cody, Wyoming


PUBLISHED BY

New York Graphic Society

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