Michael Bailey-Gates

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
BornJuly 28, 1993
NationalityAmerican
Known forModeling, Photography
Websitemikebaileygates.com

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]

References
  1. Michael Bailey Gates. Models.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017
  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. 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.
  18. Eckardt, Stephanie (2018-01-10). "These Are the 10 Young Photographers to Follow in 2018". W. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  19. Mayer, Aubrey (2019-11-26). "Michael Bailey-Gates Ignites the Impact of Photographs". Cultured Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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