M.E.Baird C.V
Qualifications
MA Design, Deakin University. 2010
BA Landscape Architecture, (1st class Hons) RMIT University. 1997
Awards
2023 1st place winner, Maritime Art Prize, Melbourne
2010-2012 Teaching Excellence in Art and Design was awarded by the School of Education, Deakin University, Victoria.
2009 AR Award for Emerging Architects/Artists, for collaborative piece, Jurassic Stump, Transgrid ventilation shaft sculpture, Sydney, NSW
2008 Australian Institute of Architects NSW Chapter Award for collaborative piece, Jurassic Stump, Transgrid ventilation shaft sculpture, Sydney, NSW.
Publications
2014 Shipwreck Coast Master plan, Collaborative assessment and presentation via film, text, images and music of natural, cultural and historical assets important to public art.
2002 SydneyCentral, contributor, Parramatta Road Master plan Booklet, Sydney, NSW
1998 Dissecting Park, contributing Analysis, examinations, drawings, mappings, RMIT, Vic.
Academic and Lecturing Experience
2016-2019 Member and Advisor, Public Art Panel, Byron Shire Council, NSW.
2016-2018 Volunteer and Curator, lone Goat Gallery, Byron, NSW.
2015-2019 Sessional Workshop Provider, Creative Thinking and Process, Byron School of Art (BSA), New South Wales.
2003-2014 Lecturer and Teaching Staff Team Leader, Creative Philosophy and Process, Deakin University, School of Architecture and Design, Geelong, Victoria.
2002-2003 Visual Art Tutor, Sydney Colledge of The Arts, Rozelle Campus, New South Wales.
2000-2001 Visual Art and Design Tutor, College of Fine Arts and Design (COFA) University of New South Wales.
2001-2002 Design Tutor, University of New South Wales, Built Environment Department.
1997-1999 Design Tutor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Victoria. Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Department.
Visual Art Practice
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Sequestered Things, Pack Gallery Studio, Bangalow, NSW.
2020 Scar Tissue, Retopia Gallery, Possum Creek, NSW.
2016 Two Truths Part 1, Byron School of Art, Project Space, 2016
2014 Secret Spaces, Bullen Art & Garden Gallery, Vic.
2012 Falls, Bentley & Hope Gallery, Queenscliff, Vic.
2012 Falls, - Qdos Arts, Lorne, Vic.
2012 Rectal Reamer & Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Vic.
2011 Selective (untitled) Sculpture Pieces, Great Ocean Road Garden Art, Bellbrae, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2014 Breaking Rock, RMIT & Deakin Universities, Vic.
2015 Dust People and The Soldier Settle Scheme, Centenary of Anzacs Program, RMIT, Vic.
2112 Selective Sculpture Pieces, Winter Art Trail, Surf Coast Arts Inc, Vic.
2011 More Lazy Days, Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen, Vic.
1998 Ear Witness, RMIT Gallery, Vic.
1997 Evidence of Weather, RMIT Gallery, Vic.
Public Art Pieces
2012 Giant Potato, Norlane Community Centre, Geelong, Vic.
2007 Jurassic Stump, Transgrid Ventilation Shaft and Substation, Sydney, NSW.
2002 Look At Me; Looking At You, Rialto Square, Manly Art Gallery, Manly, NSW.
2002 Tunnelink, Lane Cove Tunnel, NSW
2000 The Auspicious Buoy, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW.