Kent Tate

Kent Tate is a Canadian artist and filmmaker living in British Columbia.[1] Tate is known for his single-channel video installation works.

Kent Tate
Kent Tate at lava flows
Born
Rivers, Manitoba
NationalityCanadian
Known forShort films
Websitewww.kenttate.ca

Early life

Tate was born in Rivers, Manitoba. He grew up in Germany until he moved with his family to Ottawa, Ontario.[2][3]

Exhibitions

Tate has exhibited in Canada since the early 1980s.[4] exhibiting in Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

In 1982 Jennifer Oille reviewed Tate's A.R.C. satellite installation in Toronto, the Museum of Post-Habitation, in Vanguard,[5] describing Tate's conversion of a soon to be abandoned dwelling into a museum.[5] The exhibition ended with Tate's performance, Ending All Occupation.[6]

In 1984 he and Joe Average exhibited Survival of the Will, The 1984 Show at Open Space Gallery in Victoria, BC.[7]

In 1985 the Helen Pitt Gallery in Vancouver presented Tate's exhibition No Rest for the Restless.[8]

In 1986 he presented the installation The Chemical Chamber at the Western Front artist-run centre in Vancouver.[9] Archival material related to the exhibition is held in the Western Front Fonds at the University of British Columbia's Rare Books and Special Collections.[10]

In 1988, Tate exhibited The Stalker installation at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.[11][12]

In 2012 Tate exhibited Movies for a Pulsing Earth, a ten-year retrospective video/sculptural installation at the Art Gallery of Swift Current.[2][13] The piece toured to the Moose Jaw Museum and Gallery in 2016.[14][15]

In 2019 he presented the exhibition Peneplain at the Art Gallery of Swift Current.[16][17]

Filmography

Awards

Further reading
  • Nye, Jeff (2012). The Hypnosis of Time. Kent Tate, Movies for a Pulsing Earth. Art Gallery of Swift Current catalogue. pp. 2-4 (pp. 1-6).

References
  1. Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
  2. Dowson, Elisabeth (29 March 2012). "Tate's Movies for a Pulsing Earth offer compelling introspection at Gallery". Medicine Hat, Canada: Star News Publishing Inc. The Southwest Booster. p. A4. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. McNeil, Paul (5 March 2013). "Touring exhibit features work of Shaunavon artist". The Shaunavon Standard.
  4. Alain-Martin Richard; Clive Robertson (Oct 1991). Performance In Canada, 1970-1990 (Book). Toronto, Canada: The Coach House Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-2920500044. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. Oille, Jennifer (March 1983). "Museum of Post-Habitation". Vanguard. Vancouver, Canada. 12 (2): 32. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. Miroslav, Miki (December 1982). "Ending All Occupation". Parallelogramme. Vol. 8 no. 2. p. 29.
  7. Willey, Phillip Manton (1984). "Vanguard". 13. Vancouver Art Gallery. p. 41.
  8. "Kent Tate: No Rest for the Restless".
  9. "The Chemical Chamber - Western Front".
  10. "Western Front Society Fonds: A finding aid to their records in the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections" (PDF). rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  11. Oraf (30 December 1988). "Year in Review". Visual Arts. Vancouver, Canada: The Georgia Straight. p. 22.
  12. Perry, Art (19 September 1988). "Stalk the Light". The Province. p. 43.
  13. Gowan, Jesse (14 March 2012). "Tate exhibit exciting for Art Gallery of Swift Current". Prairie Post.
  14. "Around the Southwest › Maple Creek News".
  15. "PAST".
  16. "Peneplain by Kent Tate | Art Gallery of Swift Current".
  17. "Exhibition features filmmaker's view of the prairie's beauty and contrast".
  18. "SENSORES (Sensors)". Festival Ecra.
  19. "Kent Tate | Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre".
  20. "Catalyst".
  21. "The Walthamstow International Film Festival 2019 Winners Announcement – E17 Films". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  22. "Top film award goes to Saskatoon producer".
  23. "Winnipeg Film Group : Isolated Gestures".
  24. "Âkâm'askîhk ᐋᑳᒼ'ᐊᐢᑮ".
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