David Baird

Baird has been a professional artist since 1990. His artwork has been exhibited in over 50 venues across the country, including seven museums. He has had solo exhibitions in Paris, France and Mittersill, Austria. His work has won several awards and has been recognized by Peter Frank—Village Voice; Jane Aldin—Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; George P. Schneider—The Art Institute of Chicago; Beth Handler— Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Phyllis Braff—The New York Times; Fiona Ragheb—Guggenheim Museum, NYC; Helen Harrison—Pollack-Krasner House; Lisa Phillips and David Kiehl, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.

Baird studied art and architecture at the University of Illinois, Champaign and received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 1987. From Champaign, Illinois, he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he studied and worked for a Danish design firm. Upon his return to the United States, Baird accepted an assistantship at the University of Arizona in Tucson. There he studied art and architecture and obtained a Master of Architecture Degree in 1991.

Since graduation Baird has published more than 20 academic papers, lectured at a dozen major universities and has received major grants that have supported his various investigations. This work has been recognized by his peers, published extensively and given numerous awards. David is currently professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas College of Fine Arts, which houses Nevada’s premier accredited design programs in Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Planning and Architecture. He was the co- founder and design director of +one design and construction – an award- winning design firm.