Darien Bird is a painter living in Salem, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Boston University in 2011. Her work has been exhibited in Boston,...
Darien Bird is a painter living in Salem, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Boston University in 2011. Her work has been exhibited in Boston, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Venice, Italy.
Darien's paintings address the lingering influence of male emotion over portrayals of female bodies, identities and experiences. In her work, she creates tension between sensuality and discomfort, absurdity and realism, dreaminess and distortion. Blending oil painting techniques with colored pencils, Darien aims to elicit curiosity and a sense of humor about misleading examples of representation and their origins.