Statement
An archivist by instinct, I collect and create images to construct a visual vocabulary. I make non-literal narratives, finding connections and catalysts that tell a story in time and place with people, objects, marks and layers.
My working habits and processes originate from my formal studies in printmaking, painting/drawing, photography, graphic design and textiles. I am idea-driven, not process or materials-driven. I view processes as tools in my toolbox.
Instead of a sketchbook, I keep an idea book of words, concepts, titles and newspaper headlines. I never sketch or plan extensively as I like spontaneity and don’t mind being taken in totally unexpected directions.
This artist was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for FY 2021.
Resume
BEST SERVED COLD:
BEST SERVED COLD is an exhibit by Shelley Brenner Baird consisting of 100 12x12-inch photographs and 100 screen printed napkins ranging from 13x13 to 17x17 inches.
CULTURAL ARTS CENTER COLUMBUS OHIO 2022
SOUTHERN OHIO MUSEUM PORTSMOUTH OHIO 2021-2022
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES CLEVELAND OHIO 2021
CHADDOCK AND MORROW GALLERY ATHENS OHIO 2021
UPCOMING: ATCHISON ART ASSOCIATION CULTURAL ARTS CENTER ATCHISON KANSAS 2024-2025
invitational exhibitions:
THE NEXUS OF ART AND HEALTH 2022
Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
CLOTH CONSTRUCTIONS 2020
International Quilt Museum, Lincoln NE
TAYLOR BOOKSTORE GALLERY 2019
Charleston WVA
THREE DEGREES OF ABSTRACTION 2015
Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA
3-person invitational
ON THE PAGE: THE BOOK AS ART 2015
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH
PUSHING THE SURFACE 2013
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton OH
CONTEMPORARY QUILT ARTISTS INVITATIONAL 2012
Earlville Opera House, Earlville NY
CREATIVE STATEMENTS: OHIO ART QUILTS 2012
Zanesville Art Museum, Zanesville OH
PARALLAX: VIEWS OF CONTEMPORARY QUILT ARTISTS 2011
Booksmart Studio, Rochester NY invitational
SIGHTLINES 2010-2014
SAQA traveling exhibit
selected juried exhibitions:
OHIO ART LEAGUE: 107th THUMB BOX EXHIBITION 2023
RAW Gallery, Columbus OH
OH+5 BIENNIAL 2020, 2022
Dairy Barn, Athens OH
FOUND AGAIN 2020
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH
OHIO ART LEAGUE 2015, 2019, 2022
Fall Juried Exhibition
Cultural Arts Center, Columbus OH
BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION 2019
Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
74TH OHIO ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville OH
HYPOTHESIS: INSPIRED BY SCIENCE 2018
Cultural Arts Center, Columbus OH
STATE OF OHIO GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND RESIDENCE LOAN 2017
Columbus OH
TENTH OHIO VISUAL ARTIST REGISTRY EXHIBITION 2016
Columbus Main Library Galleries, Columbus OH
QUILT NATIONAL 2009, 2015
Dairy Barn, Athens OH
OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN BEST OF 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020-2021, 2022
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH
Challenge Award of Excellence: Best of Show 2013
Ruth Lantz Award for Excellence in Fiber 2015
OHIO STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Cox Fine Arts Building, Columbus OH
Ohio Arts Council Award
City of Upper Arlington Award
CELEBRATING UA 2014, 2016
Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington OH
ART QUILTS: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF QSDS 2014
Ohio Wesleyan University Ross Art Museum, Delaware OH
THE ART OF THE UNEXPECTED 2013
Ohio Wesleyan University Ross Art Museum, Delaware OH
VISIONS INTERPRETATIONS 2011
Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA
Award for Excellence
FOCUS FIBER 2011-2012
Canton Museum of Art, Canton OH
TEXTILES IN A TUBE 2011 2012
Riverworks Gallery, Greenville SC
Best of Show 2011
QUILTS=ART=QUILTS 2009, 2010, 2011
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn NY
HAPPINESS: QUILTED EXPRESSIONS 2011
Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
ART QUILTS XV: NEEDLEPLAY 2010
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ
Vision Gallery, Chandler AZ
ART QUILTS LOWELL 2007, 2010
Brush Gallery, Lowell MA
ARTIST AS QUILTMAKER XIV 2010
FAVA, Oberlin OH
FORM NOT FUNCTION 2009, 2010
Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany IN
Award of Excellence 2010
NATIONAL SMALL ART QUILT WORKS 2006
Main Street Gallery, Groton NY
QUILTS FOR CHANGE 2004, 2006
Cincinnati OH
SKINS 2005
Studio 16, Columbus OH
I REMEMBER MAMA
IQF Houston, TX 2003
IQF Chicago, IL 2004
Patchwork and Quilt Expo, Holland 2004
publications/events:
CONVERSATIONS & COFFEE: MAIN GALLERY ARTISTS ANITA DAWSON & SHELLEY BAIRD 2023 (view talk)
OHIO ARTS COUNCIL RIFFE GALLERY ARTIST TALK 2022 (view talk)
OH+5 ARTIST TALK 2022 (view talk)
CAN JOURNAL Fall 2021
Collective Arts Network/Cleveland
ARTISTRY IN FIBER
WALL ART Schiffer Press 2017: book
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LITERARY CATALOG fall 2015 cover art
INSTINCTIVE QUILT ART
by Bethan Ash 2011: book
QUILTERS NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE
Dec 2011-Jan 2012
FIBER ART NOW MAGAZINE
winter 2012
VALLEY FIBER LIFE
2011
GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL FINALIST
2011
ARTWATCH
guest artist, Zanesville Museum of Art 2011
IQF Cincinnati
guest speaker 2011
QUILTING ARTS MAGAZINE
Oct-Nov 2010
SIGHTLINES
QUILTING ARTS TV
SAQA OHIO TALK
QUILT NATIONAL 2009
THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY QUILTS: catalog
QUILT NATIONAL 2015
THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY QUILTS: catalog
QUILT NATIONAL
guest speaker, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis MO 2009
I REMEMBER MAMA
2005: catalog
education:
BFA Printmaking, Indiana University
MA Photography, The Ohio State University
COLLECTION:
Collection of Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell
Awards:
OHIO ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2021
GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS: INDIVIDUALS GRANT 2022