Artist Statement: In 1987 I started combining my abstract line drawing style with my photographic images on large-scale paper. I found that combining the flat photos with my pastel designs gave me an interesting and dynamic contrast between two mediums. Over the years, I enhanced my techniques on canvas by combining my computer graphic prints with acrylic paint, oil pastels, and acrylic ink. My work has taken on a life of its own through the abstract kinetic lines that move to a mental rhythm as they flow from my hand. Every line, paint stroke, is a free flowing idea that is DEEPLY ROOTED in sight and sound. My art is also influenced by, political issues, society, various free flowing ideas, and one other back bone element of my art is fueled from THE "FREE JAZZ STYLE" PREVELENT in the 60’s and 70’s. As I listen to deep bass cords, drum beats, and harsh trumpet notes, I become engulfed in a free spirited abstract flow. As I create my art, some parts become mistakes that turn into masterpieces and it is all in conjunction and influenced by jazz music. My bold, jagged, and aggressive line style is also influenced by African Art and culture. The thick lines and aggressive paint strokes are a dynamic fusion between my flat computer images and traditional methods of painting and sketching. Combining these media allows the surface of my work to take on different depths. The viewer’s eye is drawn into not just one area of my work, but many different angles. The turn of the eye changes the perspective and dimension of the viewer’s eye and this allows for me to dig deeper into manipulating each new stroke. I see my work ever evolving and changing in its on depth and my exploration of new ideas and expressions. Most of my paint strokes are sporadic, not planed out and this makes for an elusive, but creative view for the next piece of art. |
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| Artist Bio: Terry Dixon Born 1969, Washington, DC, U.S.A Lives and Works in Chicago, Illinois A native of Washington, DC Terry Dixon was born of the arts. His mother, an artist, and his father, an advertising director, he was destined for creativity. En route to taking his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1991, Terry composed new art perspectives by employing various visual art techniques through photography, computer art, video, and electronic music. In 1993, he pursued his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, completing the program in 1995. Throughout his body of work, Terry explores kineticconnections with his abstract line style. His painting style is sometimes aggressive and sporadic and then slows down to a smooth sense of control. His imagery reflects a heavy influence of African Art, and Abstract Expressionism, and this is all fueled by his love for Jazz Music. Some of Terry's work explores different parts of the human face, and body, and is abstracted in various ways. Certain pieces are influenced by interactions with society and political issues while others are free flowing creations that move to the mental rhythm of his creativity. His imagery has been noted to be complex and somewhat musical in its flow across the surface of his creations. Terry's mind travels across a vivid color palette in the execution of his paint strokes and then fuses black ink and paint over the surface to jolt the viewer's eye into many different angles across the canvas. Terry Dixon began exhibiting in 1991 while living in Atlanta, and now has been exhibiting his work in Chicago since 2000. Terry landed on the art scene in Chicago, at BAREWALLS 2000, a live art exhibition coordinated by the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He has been in group shows from 2001 - 2003 ,and has been buisy working on back to back solo shows from 2004 - 2005. His works are owned by various private collectors including the Sandor Collection in Chicago. EXHIBITIONS: 2005 “FACES” Solo Exhibition, Elmhurst College, Guest Lecturer, Elmhurst, Illinois 2004 “Recent Works” Solo Exhibition, The Illinois Institute of Art, Guest Lecturer, Chicago, Illinois 2003 “Contemporary Art Influenced by African Culture” Group Show - Juried Exhibition The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois 2003 “BAREWALLS 2003”, Group Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2002 “BAREWALLS 2002”, Group Show ,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 2001 “Faculty Exhibition Fall 2001”, Group Show, Juried Exhibition, College of Lake County / Lake County Illinois 2000 “BAREWALLS 2000”, Group Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1995 “M.F.A Thesis Exhibition” Screening - “Urban Reality ” S.A.I.C / Chicago,Illinois 1992 “Recent Works by James Malone & Terry Dixon” Group Show - Juried Exhibition Trinity Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1992 “Family Affair ” James Malone & Terry Dixon, Group Show, Walker Gallery, Atlanta,Georgia Collections: 2000 - Present - Terry Dixon’s art is a part of the Sandor Family Collection - www.sandor-collection.com The Sandor Family Collection contains over 1,800 objects spanning the period from the 1840s to the present, including definitive examples of digital art that are complemented by paintings and sculpture. Works in the collection are by such artist as, Edward Weston; Rodin's Balzac sculpture is shown with photogravures by Edward Steichen along with Man Ray's unique portrait of Picabia posing as the Balzac. Other highlights include rare images by Julia Margaret-Cameron, Alfred Steiglitz, James VanDerZee, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, and many others. |