Vanessa Baird

b. 1963 Oslo

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Vanessa Baird is a Norwegian artist based in Oslo. She was born in Oslo in 1963. She is known for her unique and experimental expression. Vanessa explores human suffering and vulnerability through an imaginative and quiet style. With technical skills and precise craftsmanship, she creates intimate depictions.

Baird holds degrees from SHKS, the Royal College of Art in London, and the National Academy of the Arts in Norway. She belongs to a new generation of artists who have developed their figurative and narrative visual language.

Through painting, installations, and drawings on paper and porcelain, Baird explores grotesque figures, chaotic environments, and vulnerable themes. She touches on existential issues related to being human today, with a focus on female experiences, the body, sexuality, and psychological states.

Why is Vanessa Baird interesting?

Vanessa Baird herself says that she has been drawing every day for over 50 years, something we believe will continue. She also experiences increasing interest from the United Kingdom and received positive reviews for her debut exhibition at the Drawing Room in London.

Artwork by Vanessa Baird on Open Art Market

Anxiety entertainment

Vanessa Baird

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Vanessa Baird in the news

‘I think I’ll have to keep tearing bodies apart’

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Royal Norwegian Embassy in the UK

If ever there were an end to a story that had no beginning

Drawingroom.co.uk

‘I don’t think art can rescue anything’

studio international

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Artnet news

Vanessa Baird-bildet på plass i Kulturrådet

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25 Solo exhibitions

Year	Title	Where	Country
2023	I Can Get Right Down to the End of the Town and Be Back in Time for Tea	FRIEZE	London
2023	I Get Along Without You Very Well	Glasgow Women's Library	Glasgow
2023	The Good Times Used to Kill Me	OSL contemporary	Norge
2021	If ever there were an end to a story that had no beginning	Drawing Room	London
2021	Here we are again, happy as can be, all good pals and jolly good company	kunsthall stavanger	Norge
2019	You are something else	KODE- Contemporary Art Museum	Bergen
2018	I've got ants in my pants	OSL contemporary	Norge
2018	You are something else	Kunstnernes Hus	Norge
2014	OSL contemporary	OSL contemporary	Norge
2014	Kunstnernes Hus	Kunstnernes Hus	Norge
2014	Göteborgs Konstmuseum	Göteborgs Konstmuseum	Göteborg
2010	Galleri MGM	Galleri MGM	Norge
2010	Tegneforbundet	Tegneforbundet	Norge
2008	Me, my father – and somewhere else	Gerhardsen Gerner	Berlin
2007	Galleri MGM	Galleri MGM	Norge
2006	Gerhardsen Gerner	Gerhardsen Gerner	Berlin
2004	Det er rimelig å kreve sannheten av et menneske	Galleri Wang	norge
2002	You Cant Keep a Good Rabbit Down	Galleri Wang	norge
2002	Det Nordiska Akvarellmuseet	Det Nordiska Akvarellmuseet	Sverige
1999	and all I really want is some patience	Galleri Wang	norge
1999	Moussonturm	Moussonturm	frankfurt
1998	Galleri med balkong	gamla Stan	Stockholm
1994	Galleri Wang	Galleri Wang	norge
1995	Bergens Kunstforening	Bergen Kunsthall	Bergen
1995	Rom för aktuell konst	Rom för aktuell konst	Stockholm

41 Group exhibitions

Year	Title	Where	Country
2019	Kochi Muziris Biennale	Kochi Muziris Biennale	India
2009	Stir heart	Nasjonalmuseet	Norge
2010	Border District	Haugar Vestfold Museum	Norge
2009	Det fins en sång någonstans som låter som en saga	Christiansand Kunstforening	Norge
2009	Kunstnerbokutstilling	Tegneforbundet	Norge
2008	Allegorier	Drammens Museum	Norge
2008	Hardcore	Sørlandets Kunstmuseum	Norge
2008	Changing Lines	Lillehammer Kunstmuseum	Norge
2008	STREK I BEVEGELSE	Lillehammer Kunstmuseum	Norge
2008	Nord Nord West	Atle Gerhardsen	Berlin
2007	Daydreams and Nightmares	The Stenersen Museum	Oslo
2006	Three ladies visit Malmö	Skånes konstförening	Malmö
2006	After Munch	Pollock Fine Art	London
2006	Gode grannar	Bohuslans Museum	Sverige
2006	Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall	Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall	Norge
2005	Liquid Soft Lightening Touch	doggerfisher	Skottland
2005	Kyss Frosken	Nasjonalmuseet	Norge
2005	Goda Grannar	Norrkøping Konstmuseum	Sverige
2004	Boys and Girls	Zachęta National Gallery of Art	Warsaw
2004	In a Norwegian Wood. Norwegian Art of the Last Decade	National Gallery of Art	Warsaw
2002	Galleri Rubicon	Galleri Rubicon	Bergen
2002	Rive Deep, Mountain High	Samisk Kunstnersenter	Karasjok
2002	Tusen blomster i Norsk Samtidskunst	Haugar Vestfold Museum	Norge
2002	Stop for a moment ¬ Paintinting as narrative	Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art	Istanbul
2001	Rana Kunstforening	Rana Kunstforening	Rana
2001	Lystgass	De norske riksutstillingene	Norge
2001	Bra mot melankoli	Edsvik konst och kulturcenter	Stockholm
2000	Sanselighet, kjønn, seksualitet	Trondheim kunstmuseum	Norge
2000	Painterly Issues	The Contemporary Art Center	Lithauen
1999	Den store kaninutstillingen	Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall	Norge
1998	Kebbe Festival	Galleri Wang	norge
1998	Självporträtt	Göteborgs Konstmuseum	Göteborg
1998	Vigelandmuseet	Vigelandmuseet	Norge
1994	The Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius	The Contemporary Art Center	Lithauen
1993	Østlandsutstillingen	Østlandsutstillingen	Norge
1992	Oppspinn	Solberg Spinneri	Norge
1898	Statens Høstutstilling	Kunstnernes Hus	Norge
1998	Østlandsutstillingen	Østlandsutstillingen	Norge
1998	Statens Høstutstilling	Statens Høstutstilling	Norge
1986	Folio Society Exhibition	Folio Society Exhibition	London
2024	Opening exhibition	Open Art Market	Norway

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