William Brian 'Badger' Bates b. 1947

Also known as Badger Bates
  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
William Brian 'Badger' Bates is a carver, sculptor, printmaker and educator born in Wilcannia NSW in 1947 of a Scots father and an Aboriginal mother. A finalist in the Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize in 2005, he has exhibited extensively in Sydney and regional NSW and his work can be found in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Bates works in a variety of media including wood, stone, lino, metal and found objects. The themes in his work include anthropological, archaeological and political references within the framework of his deep attachment to the Darling River.
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  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW

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Related stub people
  • Bates, Phillip (relative of)
  • De Main, Feoff (associate of)
  • Bates, Phillip (associate of)
  • Hudson, Bill (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Wilcannia Arts (associate of)
Related people
  • Wallace, Daphne (associate of)
Related works
  • Barque - carved hard wood (creator of)
  • The Reconciliation Stone for the People of Wilcannia (creator of)
  • Thin Yappa (creator of)
  • Kalthi Paarti (creator of)
  • Echidna - carved emu egg (creator of)
  • Marnpi Dreaming, Bronzewing Pigeon (creator of)
  • Living Desert Sculpture (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney (received)
  • To produce three paving slabs for the entrance of Wilcannia Health Service (received)
  • Inaugural NSW Indigenous Art Prize (received)
Related events
  • Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu - A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State (exhibited at)
  • Wiimpatja: an exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures from Wilcannia, Western New South Wales by Badger Bates and Phillip Bates (exhibited at)
  • Wilcannia Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Aboriginal Art of the Western Darling (exhibited at)
  • Australian prints from the Gallery's Collection (1998-1999) (exhibited at)
  • Wilcannia Mission School Kid (exhibited at)
  • What's Going On? (exhibited at)
  • Gifted - Contemporary Indigenous Art (exhibited at)
  • The Backyard Boys: Bill Hudson, Badger Bates & Geoff De Main (exhibited at)
  • Bubbles on the Surface 1 (exhibited at)