Layered strips of shredded printed materials and direct mail in white, blue, orange, and purple tones, densely assembled to create an abstract composition of overlapping text fragments and colorful paper pieces.

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Miki Baird

11/8/2013 – 1/4/2014

Press Release (PDF)

Miki Baird’s work is based on a foundation of collection, discovery, deconstruction and reconstruction of pedestrian narrative.  Using routinely collected material and photography read this is a continuing exploration of the growing stockpile of unforeseen direct mail carried away from a single address.  Not unlike Baird’s other series these works are built through a process rooted in repetition, color, pattern and texture. 

Miki Baird received her BFA (1997) and her MFA (2000) from the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Her work has been shown in exhibitions at Studios Inc 2012-2013, Plug Projects Kansas City 2013, National Women in the Arts 2012, Biennial Women to Watch Kansas City, and UMKC, Eric Fischl’s America: Now and Here 2011. She has received awards and honors including a 2012-2014 Studios Inc work fellowship, an ArtsKC Fund Grant as well as a Kansas City Avenue of the Arts Municipal Commission and Grant in 2006.

Exhibition Images ()

  • Two white box-shaped wall-mounted structures with recessed glass fronts containing cream-colored backing, each displaying a small torn piece of printed text—one reading "read" in gray lettering, the other "this" in yellow—positioned side by side against a white wall.
  • A large mound of shredded paper and cardboard fragments dominates the center of a white-walled gallery space with dark flooring. Small framed works hang on the walls in the background, with natural light streaming through a doorway. The accumulated material appears to be the result of systematic collection and deconstruction, creating an imposing sculptural form through repetition and layering of everyday refuse.
  • A large mound of shredded gray and white paper material dominates the center of a white gallery space, with framed works on the surrounding walls and a visitor visible in the background.
Layered strips of shredded printed materials and direct mail in white, blue, orange, and purple tones, densely assembled to create an abstract composition of overlapping text fragments and colorful paper pieces.

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