Dixon says her artwork is the froth produced during the process of creative fermentation. It takes form by way of collage and has to do with ideas whose names begin with re, re: recycle, research, reorganize, remember, recognize, reunion...The imagery is dense with metaphor, symbols, and morphological events that describe internal experiences as well as historical subjects. They become visual narratives, and it is the stories that emerge that become the focus. The computer medium has united and expanded her work with books, collage, painting and poetry into multidimensional audio/visual displays.
Dixon's work has been exhibited internationally at locations including "Milia '94", France, "The Forum of Visual Arts", Brazil, St. Istvan Kiraly Museum, Hungary Granary Books Gallery and Artist's Space both in New York. Her work is in numerous library, museum collections such as The Getty Center, The New York Public Library and the Museum of Modern Art Library. She has presented at the NY Film and Video Festival and other digital media forums.
Dixon currently teaches in the MFA Computer department at the New York School of Visual Arts. She has given lectures and workshops on collage, narrative and the book at the Center for Book Arts, Visual Studies Workshop, and Pyramid Atlantic in New York.
Dixon has collaborated with poets and created and/or been published in various poetry and artists publications, served as editor and collective member with Heresies and Watch Magazine. She has produced many unique limited edition artist books, including "ScruTiny in the Great Round," published by Granary Books in 1993.
Dixon has illustrated five children's books including Berchick, an award-winning picture book published by Volcano Press. Another book, The Princess and the Peacock, published by Hyperion in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute, was featured in American Artists magazine's special issue, Watercolor 93.
Born in France and raised in Illinois, Dixon received a bachelor of fine arts degree from The Academy of Art College in San Francisco. She also attended Boston University and Vermont's Goddard College and the Experiment in International Living in Japan.
