He also worked very hard to make sure people noticed what he was doing. No need to wait for a curator or art critic to come to you. As every museum curator and art writer in the Greater DC area knows, Tate has no issue in picking up the phone and cajoling you into visiting his studio or his latest solo show. The coverage has been spectacular, especially for the Greater DC area. Only the Washington Post's Jessica Dawson has resisted the art landslide and managed to avoid all four Washington, DC area solo shows.
Tate also worked very hard in public art projects that brought a new, refreshing look to public art. He was the winner for the International Competition to design the New Orleans AIDS Monument. Also, Tate public works are at Liberty Park at Liberty Center, Arlington, VA; The Adele, Silver Spring, Maryland; at the US Environmental Agency, Ariel Rios Building Courtyard, Washington, DC; at the National Institute of Health, Hatfield Clinic, Bethesda, Maryland; at the Upper Marlboro Courthouse, Prince Georges County, Maryland; at the American Physical Society, Baltimore Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland; at The Residences at Rosedae, Bethesda, Maryland; Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, Maryland; The Carmen Group, Washington DC, and many others in process.
Hard work.
Now the payoff is taking place. In the last year alone, in addition to being represented by the Fraser Gallery in the Greater DC area, Tate has picked up additional representation by the Maurine Littleton Gallery (outside of Greater DC area), the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri, the Jane Sauer Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and he's also in the process of completing negotiations three other major galleries in California, Idaho, and Philadelphia. In 2008 his European debut will take place with a solo show at Gallery 24, in Berlin, Germany, and talks with a British gallery should start soon.
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