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Born in Sydney in 1964, Susan Baird is a
painter whose artistic oeuvre has developed out of a principally self-taught
tradition. Her career has been one of much practical exploration of her medium,
oil paint, coupled with significant amounts of travel for extended periods of
time.
In 1992, Baird undertook practical
study in New York City at the New York Studio School. This work was part of the
artist living and working in the United States, during which time she developed
a major series of Manhattan urban landscapes that are now in collections in
Australia and the USA. Since returning to Australia in 1995 she has produced a
constantly evolving body of work inspired by inner city vistas.
In 2005, Baird’s work featured in Art
in Reverse, a contemporary Australian Art Series for television produced by the
Ovation Channel titled An Urban Canvas, which subsequently viewed on Sunday Arts
on the ABC.
Her current work explores the
Australian landscape. She lives and works in Sydney.
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EDUCATION
2010 Master of Art, painting, University
of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Paddington, NSW, Sydney, currently
progressing
1997 National Art School, Sydney
1995 Adelaide Central School
of Art, Drawing Marathon
1995 Parsons School of Design, New York, Print
Making, summer school
1992 New York Studio School, Painting and Drawing,
intensive studio practice
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 Finalist,The Blake Prize
2011 Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Solo Exhibition
2010 Paddington Art Prize
2010 Mosman Art Prize
2010 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2010 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory
Hill, Sydney
2009 Paddington Art Prize
2008 Hills Grammar School Art
Prize, Highly Commended
2007 Presence Absence, United Galleries, Sydney,
Group exhibition
2007 Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth, Inaugural Group
exhibition
2006 Urban Fragments, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne, Solo exhibition
2006 Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, Group exhibition
2005 Mosman Art
Prize, Mosman Art Gallery
2005 The Hills Grammar School Art Prize, winner
2005 Art on The Rocks
2004 Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, solo exhibition
2004
Art on The Rocks
2004 The Hills Grammar Art Prize, winner
2004 Maree Mizon
Gallery, Sydney, Group exhibition
2003 Hallelujah, Michael Carr Art Dealer,
Group exhibition
2003 Artists of Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, Group exhibition
2002 Mosman Art Prize
2002 Artists of Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, Group
exhibition
2002 Maree Mizon Gallery, Sydney, Group exhibition
1996 Art
House Gallery, Sydney, Group exhibition
1995 Bridge St Gallery, Paddington,
Solo exhibition
1994 Westpac Private Bank, Melbourne, Group exhibition
1993 New Work – New York, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Solo exhibition
1990
Urban Landscapes, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney, Solo exhibition
1989
Movement Through Water, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney, Solo exhibition
1988
Schubert Gallery, Queensland, Solo exhibition
1986 Schubert Gallery,
Queensland, Solo exhibition
RESIDENCIES
2011 BRAG, Artist in Residence, Haefliger’s Cottage, Hill End
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Gavin Wilson, Private Collection
Kevin Roberts, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, Private
Collection, New York, Auckland
Richard & Ruth Shack, Private Collection
Chairman, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, USA
Whitney Museum,
N.Y. Acquisition Committee
Federal Reserve Board, Acquisition Committee
Art Bank
J.B. Were & Son, London, England
Australia 21, Sydney, Australia
Magic Works, Miami, Cleveland, USA
Hotel Nikko, Darling Harbour, Sydney (800
Limited Edition Prints and
Original Artwork for Hotel Rooms and Foyer)
Le Meridian, Vanuatu
Spencer Travel, Sydney, Australia
New South Wales
Police Department, Sydney, Australia
North Shore Private Hospital, Sydney,
Australia
Travel Force, Sydney, Australia
Bob & Robyn Parker, Private
Collection, Sydney
Brad & Sherrie Krassner, Private Collection, Miami,
Florida, USA
Nick & Susan Bishop, Private Collection, Los Angeles, USA
Peter Whitford, Private Collection, MD, Disney Retail, Los Angeles, USA
Michael Fitzgerald, Monaco
Chris & Patricia Trumbull, Private Collection,
Sydney, Australia
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thankful For Small Mercies, April 2-4, 2010 (John McDonald)
The Canberra Times, Inside the Archibores, April 3, 2010 (Sasha Grishin)
Art and Reverse, An Urban Canvas, Guiding Light
Productions, Sunday Arts ABC, 2007 Belle Magazine, Talent Pool, April/May, 2006
The Sun-Herald, Arts, In The Frame, October 2004 (Tim Benzie)
Art and
Australia, Exhibition Commentary, Émigré Issue, winter, 1993
The Australian,
Calm Amidst The Frenzy, April1993 (Elwyn Lynn)
The Australian, Balmy Zephyrs
from Inland Banish Angst, June 1990 (Elwyn Lynn)
Exhibition Catalogue, Space,
Place & Identity, March 1993 (Julia Robinson)
The Sydney Morning Herald,
Images of a Happier World, June 1991(Diane Lloyd)
Elle Magazine, Photo Ed.,
Up Front, June 1993
Elle Magazine, Photo Ed., Young at Art, 1990
Publication, Women Artists of Australia, 1990 (Max Germaine)
AWARDS
2010 Paddington Art Prize, Honourable Mention & People's Choice Award
2008 The Hills Grammar School Art Prize,
Highly Commended
2008 The City of Canada Bay Council and Mirvac Group Public
Art Competition, Winner
2004 The Hills Grammar School Art Prize, Winner | |
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