Lucinda Bird

6. Lucinda Bird, Lens Crop 1, 2023, silkscreened graphite on glass, copper foil, solder, 26 x 20 cm. SOLD

Lucinda Bird, Lens Crop 2, 2023, silkscreened graphite on glass, copper foil, solder, 26 x 20 cm. SOLD

Lens Crop 1 and 2 explores the gesture of holding within found familial photographs. Bird views the family photograph as a performance, domestic gestures choreographed through the camera's lens. The gestures are screen printed in graphite and fused together between baked glass and solder referencing the forced connections created between the body pictured and the photograph created by the camera's lens. The images trapped in a moment of tension between the glass depict the act of holding and through Bird's translation we observe the relationship they have to gender, family and proximity.

Lucinda Bird is an Eora based printmaker working with photography, installation and copy based protocols. Bird completed a Masters of Fine Art (Printmaking) at the National Art School in 2024. Bird has exhibited at galleries including Schmick Contemporary, Chrissie Cotter, Queensland College of Art and Design and Bankstown Art Centre. In 2023, Bird's first solo exhibition Baby, Doll, Pet was held at Brunswick Street Gallery. Other notable achievements include, being awarded a residency at Gallery Lane Cove (2025), a residency at Megalo Print Studio (2021) and having a work acquired by the National Art School Collections.