John Nixon (artist)
John Nixon (* 1949 in Sydney ) is an Australian painter .
life and work
John Nixon was born in Sydney in 1949. He studied from 1967 to 1968 at the Preston Institute of Technology (PIT) and from 1969 at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School and at the State College of Victoria . In 1970 he received the diploma for art and education.
Nixon's painting is assigned to the direction of concrete art . John Nixon's work has been shown at exhibitions, including works by Imants Tillers , Mike Parr, Stephen Bambury , Jenny Watson, Robert MacPherson, Mladen Stilinović , Ian Anull, Lindy Lee, Julian Dashper , Milan Mrkusich, Marco Fusinato, and Peter Kennedy.
John Nixon lives and works in Melbourne.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 various works 2013-2017 Museum of non-representational art, Otterndorf
- 2001 Works 1968 - 2000 Foundation for Concrete Art, Reutlingen
- 2000 EPW: O Municipal Art Museum, Singen
- 1996 Project Haus der Kunst , Munich
Group exhibitions
- 2009 Private View Municipal Gallery, Villingen-Schwenningen
- 2008 Australia - Contemporary Non-objective Art Museum in the Kulturspeicher Würzburg , Würzburg
- 2008 Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche , Osnabrück
- 2007 Society for Art and Design eV and room 2810, Bonn
- 2006 Abstract Art Now - Strictly Geometrical? Wilhelm Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- 2006 Additive Parallel Synchron Foundation for Concrete Art, Reutlingen
- 2005 Open studios Atelier house of the Bonner Kunstverein , Bonn
- 2003 Daimler art collection , Museum for New Art in the ZKM , Karlsruhe
- 2002 Minimalist + After Daimlerchrysler Contemporary, Berlin
- 1982 documenta 7 , Kassel
Awards
- 2001/02 Australian Council Fellowship Award
- 1999 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, Melbourne
Web links
- Acca online John Nixon Thesis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); S. 240, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
- ↑ Minus Space John Nixon , accessed on May 14, 2015.
- ↑ Museum Guide Reutlingen, Foundation for Concrete Art In Search of Purity , accessed on May 14, 2015.
- ^ Anna Schwartz Gallery Website of the Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne. Retrieved September 20, 2017
- ^ Portal Kunstgeschichte Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (ed.): Abstract Art Now - Books against a forgotten art, accessed on May 14, 2015
- ↑ Anna Schwartz Gallery John Nixon ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 14, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nixon, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |