John Nixon

  • John Nixon

    Black and white cross, 1987
    enam­el and oil on cardboard
    34.0 x 34.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    White and yel­low ochre cross, 1985
    enam­el on masonite
    82.0 x 61.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Red and black cross, 1985
    enam­el on indus­tri­al card­board and plywood
    49.0 x 49.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Brown mono­chrome with saw, 1984
    enam­el on hes­s­ian with saw
    61.0 x 51.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    White mono­chrome with bot­tle tops, 1985
    enam­el on masonite with bot­tle tops and coins
    61.0 x 61.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Orange mono­chrome with mallet, 1986
    enam­el and mal­let on plywood
    45.0 x 45.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Red and black with spoon, 1986
    enam­el and oil on indus­tri­al card­board with spoon
    54.0 x 54.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Brown mono­chrome with mallet, 1986
    var­nish on indus­tri­al card­board with mallet
    70.0 x 60.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    EPW, 1987 – 89
    Instal­la­tion view, City Gallery, Melbourne

  • John Nixon

    Kon­struc­tion, 1989
    enam­el on indus­tri­al card­board with saucepan
    56.0 x 56.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Kon­struc­tion, 1993
    acrylic and mixed media on masonite with mallet
    54.0 x 54.0 cm

  • John Nixon

    Kon­struc­tion, 1993
    enam­el on Masonite and mixed materials
    61 x 46 cm

  • John Nixon

    Pink felt cir­cle with hammer, 1993
    felt, ham­mer , ruler, mixed media
    37 x 38 x 10 cm

  • John Nixon

    EPW Mini Paint­ings (The Vil­lages of Europe), 1995
    mixed media, wood, enam­el, felt, can­vas­board, card­board, met­al on masonite
    25 works, over­all 61 x 91 cm

  • John Nixon

    EPW: O, 2001
    Instal­la­tion view, Anna Schwartz Gallery

  • John Nixon

    EPW, 2004
    Instal­la­tion view, Aus­tralian Cen­tre for Con­tem­po­rary Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW, 2004
    Instal­la­tion view, Aus­tralian Cen­tre for Con­tem­po­rary Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW, 2004
    Instal­la­tion view, Aus­tralian Cen­tre for Con­tem­po­rary Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Sil­ver, 2006
    Instal­la­tion view, Anna Schwartz Gallery

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Poly­chrome, 2007
    Instal­la­tion view, Tar­raWar­ra Muse­um of Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Poly­chrome, 2007
    Instal­la­tion view, Tar­raWar­ra Muse­um of Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Poly­chrome, 2007
    Instal­la­tion view, Tar­raWar­ra Muse­um of Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Poly­chrome, 2007
    Instal­la­tion view, Tar­raWar­ra Muse­um of Art

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Poly­chrome Applied Painting, 2009
    Instal­la­tion view, Anna Schwartz Gallery

  • John Nixon

    Project for a Wall Paint­ing Colour Group E (Ran­dom), 2008
    enam­el on MDF
    60 x 90 cm

  • John Nixon

    Project for a Cur­tain for an Opera House Colour Group E (Spec­trum), 2009
    enam­el on MDF
    60 x 90 cm

  • John Nixon

    Poly­chrome Painting, 2010
    enam­el on MDF
    two pan­els: 60 x 90 cm (each)

  • John Nixon

    Poly­chrome Painting, 2009
    enam­el on MDF
    two pan­els: 60 x 90 cm (each)

  • John Nixon

    Poly­chrome Painting, 2010
    enam­el on MDF
    two pan­els: 60 x 90 cm (each)

  • John Nixon

    EPW: Sil­ver, 2011
    Instal­la­tion view, Anna Schwartz Gallery

  • John Nixon

    Sil­ver Monochrome, 2011
    enam­el on four canvases
    61 x 81 cm

  • John Nixon

    Sil­ver Monochrome, 2011
    enam­el on three canvases
    45 x 45 x 31.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Sil­ver Monochrome, 2011
    enam­el on hes­s­ian and four canvases
    59.5 x 55 x 8 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (white monochrome), 2011
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    60 x 84 x 4 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (white monochrome), 2011
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    60 x 74.5 x 3 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (white monochrome), 2011
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    60 x 60 x 7 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (black and white monochrome), 2013
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    55.7 x 70 x 4 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (pink, black and white monochrome), 2012
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    86 x 54 x 3 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (black monochrome), 2013
    enam­el on can­vas and wood
    67 x 64 x 3.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled, 2013
    enam­el and wood on canvas
    46 x 38 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled, 2015
    enam­el and card­board on canvas
    77 x 63 cm

  • John Nixon

    Yel­low Mono­chrome (Japan), 2015
    enam­el on can­vas with one piece of bamboo
    60 x 45 x 2.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Yel­low Mono­chrome (Japan), 2015
    enam­el on can­vas with eight pieces of bamboo
    20.5 x 20.5 x 4.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Yel­low Mono­chrome (Japan), 2015
    enam­el on can­vas with bam­boo frame
    51 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Yel­low Mono­chrome (Japan), 2015
    enam­el on can­vas with once piece of bamboo
    40 x 31 x 4.5 cm

  • John Nixon

    Shore­ham, 2015
    enam­el and wood on canvas
    78.5 x 41 cm

  • John Nixon

    Still Life with Bottle, 2016
    enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
    50 x 40 cm

  • John Nixon

    Still Life with Oys­ter Shells, 2016
    enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
    43 x 41 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (cir­cles), 2018
    2 pan­els: enam­el and wood on MDF
    50 x 40.5 cm (each)

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled, 2018
    2 pan­els: sheep’s wool and MDF on linen; foam and ply­wood on enam­el on canvas
    46 x 42 cm; 55 x 40 cm

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled, 2018
    mixed media on MDF on plywood
    59.5 x 52.5 cm (each)

  • John Nixon

    Unti­tled (Alpine landscape), 2018
    enam­el on canvas
    30 x 12.5 cm (each)

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Biography


Born Syd­ney, Aus­tralia 1949

Died Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia 2020


John Nixon was a sem­i­nal fig­ure in con­tem­po­rary Aus­tralian abstrac­tion. From 1968, his work was ded­i­cat­ed to the on-going exper­i­men­ta­tion, analy­sis and devel­op­ment of rad­i­cal mod­ernism, min­i­mal­ism, the mono­chrome, con­struc­tivism, non-objec­tive art and the ready­made; which were key ref­er­ence points in his work. Exper­i­men­tal Paint­ing Work­shop (EPW), which the artist named in 1990, but which cov­ers works dat­ing back to 1968, formed the basis of Nixon’s rig­or­ous and long-stand­ing intel­lec­tu­al inves­ti­ga­tion into the mak­ing of art, which over time expand­ed to encom­pass not only paint­ing, but col­lage, pho­tog­ra­phy, video, dance and exper­i­men­tal music performance.

Nixon exhib­it­ed reg­u­lar­ly and wide­ly through­out his career. He held more than 70 solo exhi­bi­tions since 2001, includ­ing the Muse­um Gegen­stands­freier Kun­st Ottern­dorf, Ottern­dorf and the Auck­land Art Gallery, Auck­land. He rep­re­sent­ed Aus­tralia at Doc­u­men­ta 7, Kas­sel, Ger­many in 1982.

Nixon’s works are held in every major state muse­um col­lec­tion in Aus­tralia, and select­ed inter­na­tion­al pub­lic col­lec­tions include: Solomon R. Guggen­heim Muse­um, New York; Muse­um Sztu­ki, Lodz; Foire Nation­al d’Art Con­tem­po­rain, Paris; Stiftung fur Konkrete Kun­st, Reut­lin­gen; The Artists Muse­um, Lodz; Hern­ing Kun­st­mu­se­umm, Den­mark; Daim­ler Chrysler Col­lec­tion, Berlin; Kun­st­mu­se­um Esberg, Den­mark; Espace d’Art Con­tem­po­rain, Demigny; and Nation­al Gallery of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Seoul.


CV

Bib­li­og­ra­phy

Exhibitions

John Nixon

Monochrome/​Piano 1992

15th September – 15th October 2022
Connors Connors Gallery

John Nixon

White Paint­ings

13th August – 17th September 2022
Anna Schwartz Gallery

Peter Tyn­dall, Jen­ny Wat­son, Stieg Pers­son, John Nixon

Light & Darkness:Late mod­ernism and the Pow­er Collection

10th January – 27th November 2022
Chau Chak Wing Museum

John Nixon

John Nixon in the Lyon Collection

23rd June – 19th December 2021
Lyon Housemuseum

John Nixon

Groups + Pairs 2016 – 2020

21st March – 19th December 2020
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW: Select­ed Paintings

5th July – 18th August 2018
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

Yel­low Mono­chrome (Japan)

1st – 24th September 2016
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW: Var­i­ous Paintings

5th February – 21st March 2015
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW

11th July – 24th August 2013
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW: Sil­ver

28th September – 5th November 2011
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW: Poly­chrome Applied Painting

16th April – 9th May 2009
Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon

EPW: Sil­ver

1st – 24th June 2006
Anna Schwartz Gallery
Available Works

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), nd
Enam­el paint on Masonite
91.5 x 61 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), nd
Enam­el paint on wood frame and canvas
35 x 35 x 2 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), c2000
Enam­el paint on board on wood
11.5 x 11.5 x 5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Circle), c1994
Felt and enam­el paint on board, on wood
12.5 x 12.5 x 5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Eggshell), c 1985
Paint and eggshells on board
91.5 x 61 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Cross), c 1985
Enam­el paint on chipboard
61 x 45.5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2020
Enam­el paint on can­vas and hessian
25.5 x 18 x 2 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Curve Ruler), 2019
Enam­el paint and plas­tic ruler on canvas
53 x 45.5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2019
Enam­el paint and Poly­fil­la on canvas
30 x 20 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2015
enam­el on MDF and masonite
60 x 60 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2015
Enam­el paint and card­board tube on canvas
68 x 55.7 x 10 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2015
Enam­el paint and card­board tubes on canvas
75 x 59 x 17 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2014
Enam­el paint on two canvases
81.5 x 51 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Pic­ture Frame), 2014
Paint on can­vas, wood, wood frame

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome on Three Canvases), 2014
Enam­el paint on three canvases
64 x 45 x 20 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­r­i­al on canvas
50 x 31 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Spoon), 2014
Enam­el paint on two can­vas­es with spoon and wood
64 x 45 x 6 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
65 x 49 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
40 x 45 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el on MDF
76 x 75 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
56 x 39 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el on three canvases
64 x 45 x 20 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
80 x 57 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el and mixed mate­ri­als on canvas
61 x 60

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2014
enam­el on three canvases
40 x 30 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (black and white monochrome), 2013
enam­el on can­vas and wood
55 x 60 x 5 cm

John Nixon

SIL­VER MONOCHROME, 2011
enam­el on sand and two canvases
96 x 65 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (white monochrome), 2011
enam­el on can­vas and wood
60 x 75 x 3.2 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2011
Enam­el paint on can­vas and wood
60 x 60 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 2011
Enam­el paint on can­vas and wood
60 x 60 x 4 cm

John Nixon

SIL­VER MONOCHROME, 2010
enam­el on three canvases
39 x 38 x 6 cm

John Nixon

Poly­chrome Painting, 2009
enam­el on MDF
two pan­els: 60 x 90 cm (each)

John Nixon

Unti­tled, 2009
enam­el on MDF
60 x 122 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (Tableaux), 2009
four paint­ings, turntable and table
3 paint­ings enam­el on MDF: 45 x 60 cm (each)
1 paint­ing on osb: 60 x 90 cm
table: 80 x 160 cm

John Nixon

Project for a Wall Paint­ing Colour Group E (Ran­dom), 2008
enam­el on MDF
60 x 90 cm

John Nixon

SIL­VER MONOCHROME, 2008
enam­el on three canvases
78 x 78 cm

John Nixon

Project for a Wall Paint­ing Colour Group E (Ran­dom), 2008
enam­el on MDF
60 x 90 cm

John Nixon

Project for a Cur­tain for an Opera House Colour Group E (Ran­dom), 2008
enam­el on MDF
60 x 90 cm

John Nixon

Sil­ver Monochrome, 2004
enam­el on MDF
90 x 60 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Cross), 1994
Enam­el paint on board, on wood
11.5 x 11.5 x 5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Mono­chrome with Circle), 1994
Per­spex and enam­el paint on board, on wood
11.5 x 11.5 x 5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1994
Enam­el paint on den­im on wood
15 x 15 x 5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1994
Enam­el paint on plywood
91.5 x 61 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1993
Enam­el paint on onion bag on Masonite and wood
46 x 46 cm

John Nixon

Pink felt cir­cle with hammer, 1993
felt, ham­mer , ruler, mixed media
37 x 38 x 10 cm

John Nixon

Kon­struc­tion, 1993
enam­el on Masonite and mixed materials
61 x 46 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1991
Enam­el paint on hessian
38 x 31 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1991
Enam­el paint on denim
36.5 x 36.5 x 3 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1989
Enam­el paint on hessian
85 x 68 cm

John Nixon

White + Ochre Cross, 1989
enam­el and acrylic on plywood
36 x 28 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1986
Enam­el paint and grit on board
69 x 69 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1986
Enam­el paint on found stucco
56.5 x 56.5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Cross Banner), 1985
Enam­el paint on hes­s­ian, rope
56 x 47.5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), 1985
Enam­el paint and rice on can­vas board
25 x 20 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Cross), 1985
Enam­el paint on hessian
60 x 48 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Felt), 1974
Felt on wood
9 x 9 x 4 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), Enam­el paint on tex­tured board, rope
45.5 x 45.5 cm

John Nixon

Unti­tled (White Monochrome), Enam­el on Masonite with bot­tle tops and coins
61 x 61 cm

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