Phillip Bates
- Date of birth
- 1970
- Ethnicity
- Barkindji people, Darling River basin, Far West N.S.W.
- Notes
- Phillip Bates is a Barkandji artist from the Darling River region of Far West NSW. Phillip Bates is Badger Bates’s second eldest son. Phillip was brought up in the country of his Barkandji people from the Barka, or Darling River, in western New South Wales. Phillip has mixed the traditional and contemporary to create an individual style that portrays his sense of identity and association with the land. His art is an extension of a living oral tradition and is an important way of interpreting, renewing and handing on that tradition. Phillip’s themes focus on special places, traditional lifestyle and mythological stories. The patterns of the seasons, bush tucker, and special places and their associated stories are important. A strong sense of responsibility for the land and concern about the continuing damage to the environment, particularly the Darling River, comes out in Phillip’s paintings. Source: https://cv.vic.gov.au/
