JOHN NIXON
b. 1949, AustraliaBorn in Sydney in 1949. Nixon had his first solo exhibition at Pinacotheca, Melbourne in 1973 and he has traveled and exhibited widely ever since.
He is a painter and an installation artist. Nixon often lists Minimalism, the Monochrome, Non-Objective art, Constructivism and the readymade, as the starting points of his output. His recent exhibitions include New Zero (with Piero Manzoni), Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, 2000; John Nixon, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz 2000; John Nixon, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, (with Julian Dashper ), 1999; and John Nixon, Wellington City Gallery, 1999.
Since 1995 Nixon has been working on a series of paintings based on the colour orange, titled EPW:O. and more recently Polychrome Paintings, titled EPW: He lives and works in Melbourne, and travels extensively.
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