The New York-based artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and performer is characterized by live solo opera performances merging flute and other woodwind instruments, vocals, and microphone techniques with dynamic body movements. Baird is known for an authentic, euphoric exploration of boundaries and is one of the core members of the American psychedelic folk band Spire That In The Sunset Rise. They have performed at various venues such as Unsound Festival (Krakow), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), MoMA PS1 (New York), and Festival Of Endless Gratitude (Copenhagen), and are a recipient of the Foundation of Contemporary Art’s Emergency Grant, a Jerome Foundation Artist-In-Residence at Roulette Intermedium, and is a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow.
