Abbey Baird is a multidisciplinary creative based in South Australia. Abbey is passionate about storytelling and explores this as an artist, a writer, a filmmaker, an animator and an illustrator.

Abbey graduated from the Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design at the Adelaide College of the Arts, majoring in printmaking. She has undertaken courses through CDW Studios in Visual Effects and Entertainment Design, and is currently studying her Masters in Archaeology. Abbey completed a six month Mentorship with Sally Heinrich (a renowned writer & illustrator) and undertook the Creative Incubator Program at TAFESA focusing on illustration and digital processes.

Abbey was awarded the IAF Franz Kempf Printmakers Award, and has traveled to Italy, Scotland & India to learn from master artists and crafts people through The Helpmann Academy & Carclew House. Abbey combines printmaking, drawing & painting techniques with digital illustration. She is inspired by natural history, scientific illustration, curios, anthropomorphism, surrealism, mysticism, mythology and folklore.

Abbey has undertaken improvised theatre workshops for four years, and is a teacher and performer with On The Fly, StorySnorts, and Alex & The Babes.

Abbey was shortlisted for the Publishable program through the Queensland Writers Centre. She self-published her first picture book, Baz Likes Hugs, in 2020. She is a member of Writers SA, and writes fiction for children and adults.

Abbey Bones is the brainchild of Abbey Baird. It is the name under which Abbey publishes her quirky digital works & children’s illustrations

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