Noreen Dixon

Noreen Dixon

Noreen was born in Alice Springs and moved to Kaltjiti (Fregon) Community and then to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) as a child. Noreen comes from a highly accomplished family of artists: she is the daughter of painter and fibre artist Kumuntjai Dixon (dec) and Pastor Simon Dixon, granddaughter of acclaimed artist Kumuntjai Nampitjinpa Dixon (dec) and great-granddaughter of founding Papunya Tula painter Uta Uta Tjangala. Noreen speaks both Pitjantjara and Luritja as well as English. She learnt to paint while in her mother’s sacred country at Waturru in South Australia. Noreen often painted in the company of her mother, learning her mother’s stories, before her mother passed away.

She was taught about Dreaming by her maternal grandmother, who would sing songs to tell the stories to the younger generation. However, Noreen paints a different part of the story to her mother, focusing on two sisters. As well as painting, Noreen learned Ininti (seed) jewellery-making from her grandmother and has helped run Ininti-making workshops in various locations. Noreen likes to work with her sister-in-law Virgillia and aunty Kelly Dixon, fellow Ikuntji artists. Noreen developed her first fabric-by-the-metre design in workshops in 2022.

Luritja

Haasts Bluff

Past Exhibitions

Group

  • 2023
    Tarnanthi Art Fair, Adelaide SA
  • 2023
    Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs NT
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    2023 Parrtjima Festival, Grounded Installation
  • 2023
    'Songlines', EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA, PARIS - 4 Apr - 25 Aug 2023
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
  • 2022
    2022 Tjunguku Tjukurrpa - Paris, voici nos Rêves !, IDAIA, Paris, France
  • 2022
    Goologoolup NAIDOC Screenings - Indigenous Art on the Screens, Northbridge Piazza & Forest Place, Perth., 3rd-31st July
  • 2022
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney,
  • 2022
    Weaving Culture II: Ikuntji Artists, IDAIA, Lyon, France., 9th Jun - 9th July
  • 2020
    Story Necklace exhibition, South Australian Museum - Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, Adelaide.
  • 2020
    Tarnanthi Art Fair 2020, 4th – 6th December
  • 2015
    Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2015 - Opposites Attract, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.