Kingsley Baird
Kingsley Baird is a Wellington-based artist and designer whose commissions include the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial of New Zealand and Te Korowai Rangimarie – Cloak of Peace – at Nagasaki Peace Park.
Kingsley Baird | |
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 Baird in 2007 in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior | |
| Born | 1957 (age 65–66) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Education | RMIT University Victoria University of Wellington |
| Known for | sculpture, design |
| Website | www |
His work – primarily in sculpture – is concerned mostly with themes of memory and remembrance, loss and reconciliation, and cultural identity. It comprises collaborative landscape and urban design projects, installation art, video art and painting, as well as community projects. His commissions include the Australia-New Zealand Memorial, Canberra, and the kererū sculpture in Tawa village.
Baird holds a Master of Fine Art degree from RMIT, Melbourne, and a Diploma in Arts from Victoria University of Wellington. He is currently a practising artist and designer, and Associate Professor at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University of Wellington.
Gallery
The New Zealand Memorial (2001) in Canberra, Australia
The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (2004) at the National War Memorial in Wellington
The Cloak of Peace – Te Korowai Rangimarie (2006) at Nagasaki Peace Park in Japan
Further reading
- Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Government of New Zealand
- Kingsley Baird, Proposal for Nagasaki Peace Park, November 2005 accessed at – unveiled Nov 2006 at Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine