Kingsley Baird

is a visual artist and academic whose work represents a longstanding and continuous engagement with memory and remembrance, and loss and reconciliation through making artefacts and writing.

A significant focus of his work is the expression of a cross-cultural language of remembrance, particularly explored through the unique relationship between – and the shared and distinct nature of – Pakeha and Maori cultures.

Major examples of his work in this field are the New Zealand Memorial in Canberra (2001, with Studio of Pacific Architecture), the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (2004), and the international Nagasaki Peace Park sculpture, Te Korowai Rangimarie The Cloak of Peace (2006).

The impact of a key part of his work is described by eminent New Zealand historian, Jock Phillips: '... Kingsley Baird has made a major contribution to the memorialising of war not only in New Zealand but internationally'.

A significant element of his practice involves leading or participating in international and national interdisciplinary design teams.

Other concerns include site-specific public artworks for which he has received commissions and awards.

In 2007 he was the Artist-in-Residence at In Flanders Fields Museum, Belgium.

Kingsley Baird