Patrick Oates

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺

Oil on linen, 170x134cm.

Artist Spotlight: Patrick Oates Currently based and practicing in the Clarence Valley region of NSW, Patrick Oates was born in Mackay, central Queensland, painting from as early an age as he can remember. Since completing a diploma of visual artist at Southbank Institute of Technology in 2013, Oates has exhibited with emerging and established galleries across the eastern states of Australia developing a rich and evocative body of work marrying contemporary landscape with whimsical figurative form. With this innate curiosity and an experimental approach with paint Oates translates internal landscapes onto canvas, exploring inter generational trauma, q***r identity and thought provoking escapism. Oates mines the terrain of family folklore, his current work evokes nostalgia and has an investigative approach into the identity of family figures that he has never met and places he has never been. Weaving a connection out of assumption, Patrick is developing a family portrait full of strangers that he is getting to know. What if I say we just run away Oil on linen 170 x 134 cm Midnight Mass, 2024 Oil on canvas 83 x 83 cm

I’m so excited to be included in the annual group show ‘LOCALS’ this Friday at along with a stellar lineup of artists. If you are in Melbourne this weekend, do check it out!
Catalogue and presale available now, including this piece.

𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵
Oil on linen, 43.5x39cm.