About

contact: margotbird@gmail.com

Margot Bird lives and works in Ashfield, Massachusetts, having recently moved there from Brooklyn, New York. She paints humorous figurative paintings that often present kittens in unexpected places.

Margot Bird (born Sioux City, IA) Lives and works in Western Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Arts & Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2006. In Fall of 2018, she had her first solo exhibition at Sargent’s Daughters Gallery in New York City and in May of 2022 she had a solo exhibition with Marvin Gardens in Brooklyn, NY. She also had an online solo exhibition up with Taymour Grahne Gallery (August 2022). In late February and March of 2024, she will be presenting her third solo exhibition at Gallery Ascend in Hong Kong. In March 2024, she will be in a group show at The Mass, in Tokyo, JP, and in another group show at Bridge Mogura Gallery, in Tokyo, JP. Her work has been included in numerous group shows, including Gana Art, in Seoul, KR; Harper’s in East Hampton, NY; Jack Hanley Gallery in New York, NY; Over The Influence in Los Angeles, CA; Eve Leibe Gallery in London; Tchotchke Gallery in New York, NY; Here Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA; Ladrón Galería in Mexico City, MX; Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA; Fållnäs Stockholm archipelago in Sweden; Field Projects Gallery in New York City; Lorimoto Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; the Wassaic Projects Summer Exhibition in Wassaic, NY; the Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, WA; SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC; 123 Astronaut Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Festival Internacional Cultural Tierra Adentro in Aculco, MX; Yo Mama Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; Stella Elkins Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; 244 Art Gallery in Mexico City, MX; Nola Darling in New York, NY; The Black Lodge in Seattle, WA; Blaubak Gallery of Modern Art in Kirkland, WA; and Firecracker Studios in Madison, WI. From the beginning of 2016 until May 2017, Margot Bird worked tirelessly in a self-motivated intensive residency in Mexico City. She currently has a print edition available through Exhibition A.

This website exemplifies her current body of work, created within the last couple years (2020-2022). Please email margotbird@gmail.com for details