Cass Bird
{{Short description|American artist, photographer and director}}
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Jenna Lyons (2023–present)
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Cass Bird (born 1974) is an artist, photographer, and director who lives and works in New York City.
Exhibitions
Bird has exhibited widely within the United States and abroad,{{cite web|title=Cass Bird's CV, The Brooklyn Museum|url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/archive/cvs/62.pdf}} in exhibitions including Global Feminisms at The Brooklyn Museum, New York (2007); [http://calendar.artcat.com/exhibits/1602 JD's Lesbian Utopia] at Deitch Projects, New York (2005) with JD Samson;[http://www.deitch.com/projects/sub.php?projId=179 Utopia, Deitch Projects] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614022525/http://www.deitch.com/projects/sub.php?projId=179 |date=June 14, 2013 }} Log Cabin at Artists Space, New York (2005); the [https://artpil.com/art-commerce/ A&C Festival for the Emerging Artists], New York; Macro Future at Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma in Rome, Italy; New York Minute at Palazzo Cavour in Turin, Italy. Bird has also exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum, which has also acquired Bird's work for its permanent collection. Bird was a part of The Brooklyn Museum Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art's [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/ Feminist Art Base]. She has had solo exhibitions at Brewery Art Colony, Los Angeles, and at Deitch Projects, New York. Her work has also been exhibited in group shows at [https://web.archive.org/web/20190324061451/http://box5154.temp.domains/~sprinij0/about-us/ Spring Street Gallery], New York; [http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/dumbo-dumba.html Dumba Collective], Brooklyn, New York; [http://artistsspace.org/ Artists Space, New York]; [https://cooper.edu/about/galleries-auditoriums Great Hall Gallery] at Cooper Union, New York; [http://jan-larsen.squarespace.com/ Jan Larsen Fine Art], New York; One Institute, Los Angeles; as well as the [https://adage.com/article/printdesign-events/exhibitions-art-commerce-emerging-photographers-festival/47073/ Art + Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers] in Japan, Madrid, and Brooklyn. Bird's work is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Smith College Museum of Art.{{Cite news|url=https://scma.smith.edu/artmuseum/Collections/Cunningham-Center/Blog-paper-people/Cass-Bird-I-Look-Just-Like-My|title=Cass Bird: I Look Just Like My…|last=College|first=Smith|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330075857/https://scma.smith.edu/artmuseum/Collections/Cunningham-Center/Blog-paper-people/Cass-Bird-I-Look-Just-Like-My|archive-date=2018-03-30|url-status=dead}} She currently lives and works in New York.{{Cite book|title = Global Feminisms: New directions in contemporary art|isbn = 9780872731578|pages = 269| last1=Reilly | first1=Maura | last2=Nochlin | first2=Linda | year=2007 }}
Photography
As a fashion photographer, Bird has worked for publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, Nylon, Out, and Paper Magazine. Other commercial clients have included eyewear company Warby Parker,{{cite web|title=Cass Bird for Warby Parker, style.com |url=http://www.style.com/stylefile/2013/06/warby-parkers-warriors/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231637/http://www.style.com/stylefile/2013/06/warby-parkers-warriors/ |archive-date=2014-02-21 }} GAP, Levi's, Wrangler, True Religion, Nike, and Champion. She has photographed actors, models, and musicians, as well as her own friends and family. Notable subjects include as Jay-Z, M.I.A, Paz de la Huerta, Lily Allen, Karen Elson, Daniel Radcliffe, Freja Beha Erichsen, Daria Werbowy, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Viggo Mortensen. She is represented worldwide by [https://www.artandcommerce.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=AAC_Home2 Art+Commerce].
Film
Bird made her directorial debut with a film for fashion brand [http://www.sophomoremag.com/category/Fashion Sophomore].{{cite web|title=Portable Film Festival Filmmaker Profile: Cass Bird|url=http://portable.tv/loves/post/portable-film-festival-filmmaker-profile-cass-bird/}} She continued to go on to produce work for Levi's, JCrew, Urban Outfitters, Wrangler, Lissy Trullie,{{cite web|title=Music Video for Lissy Trullie's song Boy Boy |url= http://player.vimeo.com/video/13685055?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1}} The Raveonettes,{{cite web|title=Music Video for The Raveonettes's song I Want to be Adored |url=http://player.vimeo.com/video/14783867?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1}} Keds, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924094411/http://www.maiyet.com/ Maiyet]}}, and Sky Ferreira.{{cite web|title=Music Video for Sky Ferreira's song 17 |date=27 July 2010 |url=http://vimeo.com/13687376}}{{cite web|title=Cass Bird's online film portfolio |url=http://www.cassbird.com/portfolio.php?cat=7}} She has also directed films with subjects including Jay-Z,{{cite web|title=Jay-Z by Cass Bird, Vimeo |url= http://player.vimeo.com/video/49244182?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1}} Cate Blanchett,{{cite web|title=Cate Blanchett by Cass Bird, Vimeo|url=http://player.vimeo.com/video/22559705?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1}} and Salma Hayek.{{cite web|title=Salma Kayek by Cass Bird, Vimeo|url=http://player.vimeo.com/video/20798179?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1}}
Publications
In February, 2012, Bird released her book [http://www.cassbird.com/portfolio.php?cat=8 Rewilding] with publisher [http://www.damianieditore.com Damiani]. The book was shot over two weeks in the summers of 2009 and 2010, with its focus on the natural setting of an artists' community in Tennessee. [https://www.vogue.com/contributor/sally-singer Sally Singer] of Vogue wrote the book's foreword. Singer introduces the book as "an exquisite and sly celebration of femininity of a very modern stripe."Cass Bird (2012). [http://www.damianieditore.com/en-US/product/230 Rewilding]. Damiani. {{ISBN|8862082185}}.
Personal life
From 2003 to 2022, Cass Bird was in a relationship with bookings agent Ali Bird. Together, they have two children, Leo and Mae.{{cite web|last1=Branch|first1=Kate|title=These Amazing Mothers Are Changing the World|url=http://www.glamour.com/story/mothers-day-liya-kebede-georgina-chapman-make-a-difference|website=Glamour|date=9 April 2015 }}
In July 2023, Bird announced her relationship with Jenna Lyons on Instagram.
See also
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.cassbird.com/ Official website]
- [http://cassbird.tumblr.com Bird's blog] at Tumblr
- [http://models.com/people/cass-bird Profile] on models.com
- [http://www.artandcommerce.com/artists/photographers/Cass-Bird Profile] on artandcommerce.com
- [http://vimeo.com/user3995478 Cass Bird] on Vimeo
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