Cass Bird (born 1974) is an artist, photographer, and director who lives and works in

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Exhibitions

Bird has exhibited widely within the United States and abroad, in exhibitions including ''

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'' at The Brooklyn Museum, New York (2007);
JD's Lesbian Utopia
' at Deitch Projects, New York (2005) with JD Samson; ''Log Cabin'' at

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, New York (2005); th
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'
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 a
Spring Street Gallery
New York

Brooklyn, New York
Artists Space, New YorkGreat Hall Gallery
at

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, New York
Jan Larsen Fine Art
New York; One Institute, Los Angeles; as well as th
Art + Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers
in Japan, Madrid, and Brooklyn. Bird's work is included in the permanent collections of the

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and the Smith College Museum of Art. She currently lives and works in New York.

Photography

As a fashion photographer, Bird has worked for publications such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Other commercial clients have included

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company Warby Parker, GAP,

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, Wrangler, True Religion, Nike, and

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. She has photographed actors, models, and musicians, as well as her own friends and family. Notable subjects include as

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, Lily Allen,

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, Daniel Radcliffe, Freja Beha Erichsen,

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and

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. She is represented worldwide b
Art+Commerce

Film

Bird made her directorial debut with a film for fashion bran
Sophomore
She continued to go on to produce work for

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, Wrangler,

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, The Raveonettes, Keds
Maiyet
and Sky Ferreira. She has also directed films with subjects including

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, and

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Publications

In February, 2012, Bird released her book
Rewilding
' with publishe
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

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Sally Singer
of ''

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'' wrote the book's foreword. Singer introduces the book as "an exquisite and sly celebration of femininity of a very modern stripe."

Personal life

From 2003 to 2022, Cass Bird was in a relationship with bookings agentbr>Ali Bird
Together, they have two children, Leo and Mae. In July 2023, Bird launched her relationship with Jenna Lyons on Instagram.

Notes

External links

Official website

Bird's blog
at

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Profile
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Cass Bird
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