Anne Dixon
Anne was born in Alice Springs in July 1965. Her father’s country is Pipalyatjara, a community of Fregon South Australia, where her family lives today. Her mother, Wipana Jimmy is from Nyapari, South Australia and her Tjukurrpa is the Makiri (honey ant) of that region.
After Anne was born, her mother and her travelled on the train to Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia where she went to school, later living in Fregon. After meeting her Husband Simon Dixon in 1984, they moved to Watarru, South Australia together. There they raised their three children, Elain, Darren and Noreen along side Anne’s sisters and their children. After that they lived at Nypapari before finally moving to Haasts Bluff in 1999. It was in Haasts Bluff that Anne first started painting with her mother in law, Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon in the Ikuntji Women’s and Art Centre. Anne has been painting along side Alice and the other artists at the art centre ever since. When Ann was at the art centre she would sit and learns skills from her mother-in-law and the other senior women. Anne painted the Tjukurrpa from her own country at Watarru, far south of Haasts Bluff. This dreaming and country was passed down to her from her grandmother on her mother’s side. Anne’s mother and sister’s paintings are all of that same dreaming. Anne’s paintings usually depict fire dreaming and relate to dancing and singing ceremonies. Anne would spent her time painting whenever she could, often experimenting with bold colour combinations and expressive and textured paint application.
Anne also worked as a weaver and has participated in Watarru collaborative artworks, some of which are at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She used tjanpi (dried native grass) when she worked with Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Ikuntji Artists. Anne was inspired to learn the Tjanpi coiled basketry technique after watching her mother, Wipana Jimmy, and Aunty Tinpulya Mervin, practice this art form. Anne’s strong sculptural sensibility can be seen in her unique baskets and animal sculptures. Similarly to her painting style, Anne always enjoyed working on large scale pieces, experimenting with new styles and techniques.
Anne passed away in 2019.
Languages
Pitjantjatjara, Luritja
Community
Ernabella (Pukatja)
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2022 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
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2022 ‘Nganana Tjungu – This is Us’, Songlines, Darwin.
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2022 National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney.
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2021 'Dessin du territoire – Territoire du dessin / Land drawing – Land of drawing', Australian Embassy in Paris, France., 6 October 2021 to 7 January 2022.
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2021 'Painting Now – Peindre aujourd’hui en terres aborigènes', Venue: Archives municipales in the Fort de Tourneville, France., 10 July – 7th November 2021
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2021 'Land Drawing – Drawing of the Land', Les Jardins Suspendus, Le Havre, France., 3 July - 3 September 2021
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2020 'Story Necklace exhibition', South Australian Museum, Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, Adelaide.
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2020 'Walipan / Puli Puli (Weaving & Rocks)', Northern Centre for Contemporary Art Vimy Lane, Parap, Darwin.
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2019 2019 AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market, Canberra.
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2019 Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, Adelaide.
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2019 Desert Mob Market Place 2019, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs., Desert mob 2019 5th, 6th and 7th September.
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2019 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2019, Darwin., 13th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, 9-11 August 2019
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2019 'Salon des Refuses', Charles Darwin University Gallery, Darwin.
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2019 National Indigenous Art Fair, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, Sydney.
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2019 Ravenswood Australian Womens Art Prize Finalist and Exhibition, Centenary Centre Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney.
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2019 'Womens Show' Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree.
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2019 PARRTJIMA – A Festival in Light 2019, Alice Springs.
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2018 AIATSIS Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Canberra.
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2018 TARNANTHI Art Fair 2018, Adelaide.
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2018 Desert Mob Market Place 2018, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs., 6th, 7th and 8th September.
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2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Darwin.
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2018 Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2016, Alice Springs.
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2018 "Haasts Bluff” contemporary art from the Ikuntji Artists, Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree.
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2018 'Power and Colour', 34th annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show at Fort Mason, San Francisco United States.
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2017 Desert Mob Marketplace 2017, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
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2017 11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
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2017 Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney.
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2017 'Ngurra Kutju - Tjukurrpa Tjuta, One Country - Many Stories', Exhibition at Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
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2017 'Painting Power- Ritual, Art & Land', The Goods Shed, Northbridge.
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2016 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre , Alice Springs,
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2016 'Entre terre et ciel', La Grande Galerie, Savasse, France.
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2016 10th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
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2016 'Chants du Desert - Art aborigene contemporain', La Chapelle du College dEu, Ville dEu, France.
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2016 'Tales From the Desert', Port Headland Courthouse Gallery.
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2016 WOMADELAIDE, Adelaide.
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2015 9th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
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2015 Power of Place, FORM, State Theatre, Perth.
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2015 'Tjulpu - Birds', Talapi, Alice Springs.
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2014 'Gragrant Lands: Australian and Chinese Indigenous Art', Shanghai, China.
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2014 Around the Campfire - Fundraiser Concert, Alice Springs.
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2014 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
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2014 'Bush Life' - Nomad Art Gallery, Darwin.
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2014 'Womans Work' - Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide.
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2013 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Center, Alice Springs., With Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
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2011 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Center, Alice Springs., With Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
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2011 'Strung Exhibition - Stories of Fibre', Brisbane.
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2010 'Nganana pukultu basket wirura palyapai (We love making beautiful baskets)', The Jam Factory, Adelaide.
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2009 'Nganampa Mantanguru Nyuntu Nyanganyi - From Our Land You See', Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney.
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2009 'Latest works from the NPY Lands', Raft Artspace, Alice Springs.
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2008 'Colour and Country', Aratong Galleries at the Australian High Comission, Singapore.
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2008 'Tjanpi Recent Works', Birrung, World Vision Gallery, Sydney.
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2008 'Ikuntji Artists', Beckworth Gallery, Ballarat.
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2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Center, Alice Springs., With Tjunpi Desert Weavers.
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2007 'ReCoil: Change & Exchange in Fibre Art', Artback NT touring exhibition.
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2006 'Desert Diversity', Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
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2006 'Fibre and Form', Joel Fine Art, Melbourne.
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2006 'Connected', Framed Gallery, Darwin.
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2006 'Tjanpi Papa Uwangkara', 24th Telstra NATSI Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
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2006 'Womens Show', Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne.
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2006 'Group Show', Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne.
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2006 'Where The Wild Flowers Grow', Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
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2006 'North Meets South: Ikuntji and Tjala Arts Converge', ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
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2006 'Ngankirritja', Indigenart, Perth.
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2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Center, Alice Springs.
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2005 'Tjanpi Tjuta', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
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2005 Masterworks, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne.
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2005 'Anangu', Red Dot Gallery, Singapore.
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1999 'Next Wave: A New Generation', Desart Gallery, Alice Springs.
Collections
- Art Gallery Of New South Wales (AGNSW).