David Dixon is an installation artist, educator and project manager, currently based in the South of England. Uncertainty, impermanence and the active role of subjectivity are central to his work, which refers to modern physics and cognitive science.
David Dixon is an installation artist, educator and project manager, currently based in the South of England. Uncertainty, impermanence and the active role of subjectivity are central to his work, which refers to modern physics and cognitive science.
With those dominant themes, his practice is a personal attempt to gain understanding of the world: the taxonomy of information, the creation of meanings, and the uncertainty of knowledge. His installation work has developed these ideas over the years, and currently explores control, authorship and uncertainty through collaborative practices.
These ideas have expressed themselves through the use of particle-based materials such as dyed rice-flour and quartz powder. He uses the impermanency of the unfixed dust, and it's potential to be damaged, in order to frame the work as a process rather than a discrete object.
The use of books is also an important element in his work. As well as being multifaceted cultural devices, rich with associations of history, knowledge, identity and memory, he also uses them in a sculptural way, emphasising their phenomenological aspects.
The installations he builds grow organically, usually starting from a set of initial conditions. These conditions can be an environmental or contextual element, such as the architecture of the room. They regularly stem from a particular scientific model that he is working with at the time.
More recently, the focus has been increasingly oriented around participation and process. This shift has led to an investigation into virtual technologies and installations using interactive software environments. The aim here is to develop work that is contingent upon the variable presence of the viewer and is in a constant state of evolution.
Collaborative Projects
2014 Community Facilitator, Louise O'Reilly Residency, Mottisfont Abbey
2014 Project manager, TVAF ArtBus, Andover
2014 Project Facilitator, Portway Junior School EPR, Andover.
2014 Artist/Curator, Exchange and Value Shop, Andover
2014 Co-host, Encounters Shop, Andover
2014 Project manager, Artsmark:Wider Reach, Andover
2013 Community Facilitator, Heinrich & Palmer Residency, Mottisfont Abbey
2013 Guest Speaker, artSOUTH: Arts partnerships in Action, Soton Uni
2013 Guest Speaker, NADFAS Conference, Gurkha Museum, Winchester
2013 Artist/Curator, 1 a.m, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover
2013 Guest Speaker, Cafe Culture, the Lights, Andover
2013 Workshop leader, Big Draw, Mottisfont
2013 Guest Speaker, Cafe Culture, the Lights, Andover
2012 Workshop Leader, Art and Culture Expo, Thornden Hall
2012 Curator, 'Night of the Living Dredd' : World Book Night, CAS, Andover
2012 Community Facilitator, Hywel Davies Residency, Mottisfont Abbey
2012 Co-Lead Artist, 'Quick Start', workshop taster day, the Lights, Andover
2012 Community Facilitator, Anna Cady Residency, Mottisfont Abbey
2012 Project Facilitator, Anton Junior School EPR, Andover
2012 Collaborative Artist, Artifact, HCC funded Museum residency, Andover
2012 Project Facilitator, Vigo Junior School EPR, Andover
2012 Lead Artist, 'Gateway', Salisbury International Arts Festival, Danebury Hill Fort
2012 Lead Artist, Picket 20 Underpass mural, Vigo Junior School, Andover
2012 Project Manager & speaker, a-n AIRTIME, Winchester School of Art
2012 Project Partner, artSOUTH, Hampshire
2012 Steering-group associate,10 Days Across the City, Winchester
2012 Selection Panel, Open Water, Mottisfont Abbey
2011 Short-listed, Channel 4's 'Big 4' design tender, London
2011 Project Facilitator, Rookwood School EPR, Andover.
2011 Co-ordinator, Making Day project, Andover
2011 Co-Lead Artist, Olympics 2012 Open Weekend 'Dysarticulate 2', Andover
2011 Project Facilitator, Winton School EPR, Andover.
2011 Co-Lead Artist, SPUD project, Andover
2011 Lead Artist, Ejector Seat Festival, Southampton
2011 Collaborative Artist, Rangoli, Southampton
2011 Lead Artist, Cluster Analysis, Southampton
2010 Selection Panelist, Upstream Showcase, UK-Wide
2010 Project Facilitator, Andover College EPR, Andover.
2010 Lead Artist, Rangoli Project, Southampton
2010 Co-Lead Artist, New Creatives, Hampshire
2009 Participating Artist, Sync SE, South England
2008 Collaborative Artist, InQbate Design Charette, Tate Modern
2008 Guest Speaker, Art and Mind Festival, Winchester
2008 Participating Artist, Opening Up, The Light Box, Woking
2008 Participating Artist, InsideOut, University of Sussex
2007 Visiting Speaker, Living Newsletter Event, DADA South
2007 Co-Collaborator, Final Intervention Project, UK-wide
2007 Selection Panellist, ArtVaults 2007, Southampton
2005 Film, documentary of ArtVaults (season 2) exhibition, Southampton
2005 Collaborator, Art and Mind Festival, Winchester
Teaching Experience
2014 Zine Workshop Co-Leader, Artswork Annual Conference, BFI London
2014 Workshop Leader, Horizon 20:20 (Arts Award), Andover
2014 Artsmark Workshop Leader, Clatford Primary School, Andover
2014 Arts Award Project Leader, Andover Education Centre, Andover
2013 Workshop Leader, artSOUTH: Method & Material, Mottisfont
2013 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2013 Project Leader, Artefactual Migration, Perins School
2012 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2012 Workshop leader, Vigo Junior School, Andover
2011 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2011 Visiting Lecturer, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2011 Visiting Lecturer, Portsmouth University, Portsmouth
2011 Arts Award speaker, Portsmouth University, Portsmouth
2010 Visiting Artist, Rookwood School, Andover
2010 Visiting Artist, Mark Way School, Andover
2010 Visiting Artist, Andover College, Andover
2010 Visiting Artist, Harrow Way Community School, Andover
2010 Visiting Artist, Highbury College, Portsmouth
2010 Visiting Artist, Fareham College, Fareham
2010 Visiting Artist, South Downs College, Portsmouth
2010 Creative Agent, Winton School, Andover
2010 Creative Agent, Harrow Way Community School, Andover
2009 Creative Agent, Upper Shirley, Southampton
2009 Creative Agent, Weston Park High, Southampton
2009 Creative Agent, North Baddesley, Southampton
2009 Project Leader, Court Lane School, Cosham
2009 Project Leader, Sholing College of Technology, Southampton
2008 Visiting Lecturer, Discursive Spaces, Brighton University
2008 Visiting Artist, Mela Festival, Art Asia, Southampton
2008 Visiting Artist, Fareham College, Fareham
2008 Visiting Artist, Young Offenders Workshop, Southampton
2007 Artist Advisor (ongoing), DADA South, Regional
2007 Fine Art Technician, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
2007 Visiting Speaker, Critical Skills Seminar, DADA South, Southampton
Solo Shows
2012 Gateway, Salisbury International Arts Festival
2011 Four Separate Elements, Stade Hall, Hastings
2010 Entangled Practice, Jericho Gallery, Oxford
2008 Experiment in 12 Parts, John Hansard Gallery, So'ton
Group shows
2014 Open Studios, CAS, Andover
2014 Spice of Life, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
2013 About Face, Studio Ex-Purgamento, London
2013 HOS 2013, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover
2012 Artifact, HCC funded Museum residency, Andover
2011 Home Hub, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover
2011 10 Days Across the City, Discovery Centre, Winchester
2011 Figure Ground, LV21 Lightship, Gillingham
2011 Open Studios, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover
2010 All The Rest, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover
2010 FLUX, Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton
2009 Coastal Currents Festival, Hastings
2009 Dixon & Stokes, Southampton
2008 Three Weeks in November, Liverpool
2008 Floor Show, Millais Gallery, Southampton
2007 Group show, Southampton
2007 The World Is Ours?, Southampton
2006 In Other Words, Cranbrook, Kent
2006 Prophecy, Bargate Gallery, Southampton
2006 National MA Graduates, Stroud
2005 ArtVaults (season 2), Southampton
2005 art-if-axe, Soton Uni, Archaeological Dept.
Residencies
2010 Chapel Arts Studios, Andover (ongoing)
2010 Test Chamber, Winton School, Andover
2009 AA2A, Portsmouth University
2007 Go Make! Southampton
2002 Chitraneketan, Kerala, India
Awards
2013 Fellowship Royal Society of Arts
2008 ACE Funded Writer, DaDaFest International, Liverpool
2007 Go Make! Residency Bursary
2005 Creative Industries Studio Bursary
2003 Linda Garnade Memorial Award
Education
2005 MA Fine Art (Painting) Winchester School of Art
2003 BA Fine Art (Painting)
David Dixon CV (list): http://www.daviddixon.co.uk/cv.html
David Dixon CV (Linkedin): http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=98767795&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Selection of CAS events: http://www.chapelartsstudios.co.uk/events.html