About
Ellie Bird is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, curator and arts educator based in London. Bird is interested in the practice of autobiographical fictioning, storytelling and archiving through film, textiles, writing and performance.
She recently graduated with a BA in Fine Art and History of Art from Goldsmiths University and is currently making work and exhibiting in shows over London. She is specifically fascinated in the history of needlecraft, and her research specialises in revealing sewing as a powerful mental and physical tool of voice and protest.
Her works explores the themes of familial histories, fairytales, queer theory and the diaristic themes of love, loss and sexuality. Bird has a passion for social engagement and is a coproducer of Silkworm Collective, a non-for-profit group of women artists who run accessible and community based textile workshops across London. She currently works as a freelance facilitator for a range of public institutions such as the Young V&A, The National Maritime Museum, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, The Design Museum and Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.
Exhibitions
2024 Lewisham Art House, ‘Queering the Ghost’, Curated by Azna May and Sophie Howe, London
2024 Close Up Film Centre, Mascara Club Film Screening, Curated by Daisy Smith and Rufus Rock, London
2024 St James Hatcham Church, ‘Idle Hands are the Devils Plaything’, Curated by Ellie Bird and Peter McNelis, London
2024 Greatorex Street Gallery, ‘Rift’, Curated by Lily Petch, London
2023 APT Gallery, ‘And When The Bells of Memory Chime’, Curated by Niamh Quigley, London
2023 Goldsmiths Degree Show, London
2023 Swiss Church Gallery, ‘Unearthed’, Curated by Luke Cahlin and Cameron Harris, London
2023 Amersham Arms Art Show, Curated by Saskia Portman, London
2022 Copeland Gallery, ‘With Whom We Mutually Communicate’, Curated by Mengtong Zhang, London
2022 Tate Modern, ‘Love and Loss’, Inside Job Staff Biennale, London
2022 Heartslane ‘Kith and Kin’, Curated by Smiths Magazine, London
2022 Avalon Café, ‘Paths Made By Walking’, Curated by Smiths Magazine,
London
2021 Online ‘Rebirth Revolt Remains’, Curated by Cerys Salkeld-Green, RCSSD Student Led Art Festival
2020 Online ‘New Beginnings’ Bedroom Artist Collective