Michelle Bird

I paint fervently for long intervals, as if I were walking blindfolded through nature, feeling the color with my skin. I create from my art studio which is located on a farm in the South of Iceland.

My artwork is represented in private and corporate collections in the United States, Switzerland, France and The Netherlands.

Notable Exhibitions:
Art Center Baer, Litla Gallery, Galerie Cècile Charron in Paris, Galleria del Arte Ill Milennio in Venice, Gallery Knoerle Baetig Fine Art, Galerie Mainau, Zurcher Kantonal Bank and AXA Winterthur in Switzerland.

Internships
In the Netherlands I apprenticed with the painter poet Anton Martineu, attended the Rietveld academy, and in India at the Honey Arts Modelling center I apprenticed in the "lost wax method" bronze casting technique.

In Iceland I established the platform Fluxus Design Tribe and produced the film Pourqois Pas Borgarnes. Maine's Cafe Review selected the Mermaid for their cover of the Icelandic Poetry Edition. I am the co-founder and producer of MAP Magazine Artist Professionals and the Open Doors Event and Outside Inside platforms for artists working in Winterthur Switzerland. I gained Dutch and US attention with my illustrations in the book 'Closed Curtains Lives of d...

2022・ABCDE Project Erasmus + - Artists and Botanical gardens - Creating and Developing Educational innovation Water Workshop・AWE Academy of Women Entrepreneurs accelerator University of Iceland・2021・Senza’s Frumhvæði Business Accelerator・2020 - 2021 ・Icelandic Language 3 - 5 Multiculti ・2020・Símenntunarmiðstöð Vesturlands Culture & Icelandic・2001 - 2004・Internship artist Anton Martineau Amsterdam・2001 - 2002 orientation year Rietveld
Michelle Lynn Bird (354) 612-3933 birdmichelle@mac.com 

Art・www.michellebird.com Culturally funded projects・www.arthouseborgarnes.com Specialised workshops・www.couragecreativity.com
Art Academy・2000 - 2002 ・Schildersatelier Van Vlerken Amsterdam・1999 ・Internship Honey Arts Modelling lost wax method in Chamba India・1994・Dutch Language certification Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ABN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024・Litla Gallery Hafnarfjörður・Kirsuberjasétrið Reykjavik・2022・Gallery Deglan Akureyri・2017・Knoerle Baettig Contemporary Fine Art Winterthur・2016・Borgarfjörður Museum・Doxa Design Lab Tampa・2015・ Borgarfjörður Museum・2012・Zürcher Kantonalbank・2011・Galerie Thomas Bäni Winterthur ・ Galerie Cécile Charron Paris・2009 AXA Oerlikon・AXA Winterthur・Galerie Artmonti Paris・2003・Art & Fashion Gallery Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022・Flæði Rusl Reykjavik・Art House Borgarnes・2018・Corners Gallery New York・Rauða Skáldahúsið The Poetry Brothel Reykjavik・ 2017・Sumarlist Museum For Agriculture Hvanneyri・ InGenio Arte Contemporanea Turin・ Borgarfjörður Museum・2016・Steðji Brewery Iceland・ Sumarlist Hjálmaklettur Borgarnes・2015・Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar・2013・SIM Reykjavík・ Dagur Myndlistar Reykjavík・ Open Doors Winterthur・ Arion Banki Menningarnótt Reykjavík・ Eulachhalle Winterthur・ M13 Kunst um Schloss Mörsburg ・2012・Kulturschiene Herrliberg・ Baer Art Center Hofsos・Xtreme Lab Antwerp・ART Seefeld Zürich・2011・Oxyd Kunsträume Winterthur・ AXA Winterthur・ Open Doors Winterthur・ Galerie Villa Mainau Zürich・2010・Alte Stadthaus Winterthur・ Open Doors Winterthur・ AWC Zürich・2009・Eulachhalle Winterthur・ Alte Stadthaus Winterthur・Kunsthalle Fr...