Larissa Bates

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Larissa Bates (b. 1981, Burlington, VT) was raised between Vermont and Vara Blanca, Costa Rica. She received a BA from Hampshire College, MA. Recent exhibitions include Taymour Grahne, London, Myriam Chair Galerie, Paris; and Monya Rowe Gallery, NY. In 2024, her work was included in the group exhibition “Gilded: Contemporary Artists Explore Value and Worth” at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, which traveled to the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN and the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH. Bates’ work is in the permanent collection of the Hood Museum of Art. Exhibitions have been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, among many others. Bates lives and works in Dobbs Ferry, New York and is represented by Monya Rowe Gallery, NY.

LARISSA BATES, MotherMen Luncheon/La Merienda de los MadreHombres, 2024-2025 egg tempera on panel 16 by 20 inches

LARISSA BATES, Spring Cleaning/Limpieza de Primavera, 2024-2025 gouache and egg tempera on panel 20 by 16 inches

LARISSA BATES, Patricia del Carmen, I didn’t know your Name, 2023 gouache, gold leaf, acryla ink and acryla gouache on panel 36 by 30 inches