Michelle Bird has exhibited at Galerie Cècile Charron in Paris, InGenio Arte Contemporanea Turin, Galleria d'Arte III Millennio in Venice, Gallery Knoerle Baettig Fine Art in Winterthur, Galerie Villa Mainau in Zurich, Zurcher Kantonalbank and AXA Winterthur. After completeing the Rietveld Academy’s Orientation year she apprenticed with the painter poet Anton Martineau for the next 3 years. In India, she practiced the lost-wax bronze casting techniques at the Honey Arts Modelling Center.

She received grants from University of Iceland's AWE Accelerator, 4 innovation grants from SSV Uppbyggingarsjóður, filming grant from List Fyrir Alla, 3  grants from Markaðsstofa Vesturlands, and the Karolina Funds for the  documentary 'Porquois Pas Borgarnes'. She completed art residencies at the Baer Art Center, Deiglan Gilfélagið Art Center, Akureyri Art Museum and Sím Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. Her art works are in the Swiss art collections AXA Winterthur and the Landbote.

A description by the former curator of the Kunstmuseum Basel Erwin Treu.“Bird’s palette is as colorful as her paintings and her abstract works are full of vitality. Her figurative work expresses transcendental and enigmatic themes. Wherever she and her art are found, there is sure to be a high degree of zest for life.”