The Poetry Project

Ka Baird

A nonbinary person with brown long curly hair stands against a textured wall outside in sunlight with a light breeze. They are wearing a white cotton short- sleeve button down shirt with a large circle made with a BIC pen prominently displayed on front.
© Alex Phillipe Cohen

Ka Baird is a performer, sound artist, musician and composer based in New York City. They are known for their live performances which include extended voice and microphone techniques combined with electronics and psychoacoustic interplay of flutes and other woodwinds. They have worked/collaborated with many other musicians, artists, filmmakers and choreographers, both in structured compositions and in their dedicated practice of improvisation and interdisciplinary work. They have been a recipient of the Foundation of Contemporary Art's Emergency Grant, a Jerome Foundation Artist-In-Residence at Roulette Intermedium, and is currently a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow through 2023-25.