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Daniel G. Baird Based in Chicago, IL.
Curriculum Vitae
daniel.g.baird@gmail.com http://www.danielgbaird.com

Education The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts candidate, August 2009 – May 2011
 
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts, emphasis in sculpture, August 2005 - May 2007
 
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
August 2003- May 2005

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
 
2011 Ruins, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago, IL (w/ Russell Leng)
2011 Abandon in Place, Janus Project, Brooklyn, NY (w/ Rob Andrade)
2009 Hamartia, The Green Bicycle Organization, Chicago IL
2007 Techné, LG Space, Chicago IL (w/ Rob Andrade)
 
Group Exhibitions  
 
2011 NEXT, Next Contemoprary Art Fair (w/ Swimming Pool Project Space), Chicago, IL
Barely Legal, MDW Fair, Chicago, IL
Group Hug, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
BYOB Chicago, Kunsthalle Neu, Chicago IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago IL
Somewhere in Time, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
 
2010 A Diamond is Forever, extra extra, Philadelphia, PA
Technically it's Art 2, Pop-up Loop Gallery, Chicago, IL
TUMULT, Vordingborg, Denmark (collaboration with Mark Dion)
Exhibition 8.07102010, MVSEVM, Chicago, IL
Saves the World, Pentagon Gallery, Chicago, IL
NEXT Projects, Next Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
UIC MFA GOLD, Next Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
After Before, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL
Searching For Satellites, Northern Illinois University Gallery, DeKalb IL
 
2008 Robert Andrade, Chris Mansour, Daniel G. Baird, The Brown Triangle, Chicago IL
Wordplay, South Side Community Arts Center, Chicago, IL
 
2007 ANJE2, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Compost Cite, The Chop Shop, Chicago, IL
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
 
2006 Fabricating Useless Things of Nowledge, 2211 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL
Luminous Flux, 1826 South Halsted, Chicago, IL

Residencies ACRE, Steuben, WI, 2010
 
Artist Talks Mildred's Lane Historical Society, June 2011
Cornell University, June 2011
University of Illinois at Chicago, April, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October, 2010
Brown Triangle Gallery, May, 2008
 
Awards/Grants Finalist, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, 2010
Project Grant, Community Art Assistance Program, Chicago, IL, 2009
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2005 - 2007
 
Bibliography Rossi, Benjamin. “Beam Me Up: Chicago Internet Artists do the BYOB Thing,” Newcity, March 2011
Schneider, Bret “The Malaise of the Critical Artist”, Chicago Art Criticism, April 2010
Hildwind, Jeriah “After Before at Swimming Pool”, Chicago Art Magazine, March 2010
Archey, Karen “In Our Mashead: Daniel G. Baird,” Art Fag City, October 2009
Keesling, Jamie “Recommended: Hamartia,” Newcity, May 2009
 
Online Featured vvork.com
byobworldwide.com
artslant.com
todayandtomorrow.com
artfagcity.com
qompendium.com
 
Curatorial Projects MVSEVM
Co- Director of artist run experimental space, 2009 - 2010