Tara Dixon is a painter and illustrator who has maintained a studio in Dumbo, Brooklyn for twenty years. In 2018 she spent the year in Bali, Indonesia and set up a studio there. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections. A graduate of Connecticut College, she studied at The Art Students League and taught art in Brooklyn, Iceland and Zimbabwe as well as out of her studio through her method of Talk And Response Art.
Artist Statement
The Red Wheelbarrow
By William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank everyone who has given me encouragement along the way…
the people who visited me in my studio, come to shows, bought a piece or simply have given me the inspiration to make another. I owe special thanks to Pat Atkin, Patricia du Pont, Barkely Hendricks, Maureen McCabe, Bruce Dorfman, Todd Shearer, my sister, Hilary Allinson, my mother who taught me how to see, Ginger Kilbane, my father who was my biggest fan, Paul Kilbane, Peter Dixon, and my muse, our son, Miles Dixon.
Artist Bio
Born
New York City, 1966
Education
Connecticut College, B.A. 1988
The Art Students League, 1991-1993
The New School For Social Research, 1992-1993
Works Exhibited
Gallery 254 at SELECT Miami, FL 2014
“Gratitude Series,” Long Island Optometric Vision Development, Garden City, NY 2014
“Weather Reports And Other Works,” Betsey Lee Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2014
“Retrospective: 1993-2013,” Oriens Living, New York, NY 2013
“Heaven On Earth,” Superfine, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
“Into the Light: In Preparation for The Longest Day of The Year,” Art by the Arch, Brooklyn, 2012
“Pulses of the Heart and Other Works,” Oriens Living, New York, NY 2012
“Gratitude Series,” P.S. Book Store, Brooklyn, NY 2011
“Recent Works,” Journey, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
Group Show, The Kentler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Group Show, The Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
“Mapping It and Other Recent Paintings,” Superfine, Brooklyn, NY, 2006
“A Sharing of Art and Movement,” Studio Showing, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
“Babes,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
Paradigm Art Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY, 2001-2005
“Dumbo Arts Festival” Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 1997-2013
“Getting There,” A solo show, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND, 2002
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY, 2003-2005
Group Show, Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA, 2001
“Recent Works,” Les Migrateurs, New York, NY, 2001
Coalition For The Homeless, ARTWALK, Silent Auction, New York, NY, 1998-2001
Organization of Independent Artists, slide lecture, New York, NY, 1999
“100,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY, 1999
“A Brooklyn Salon,” The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1998
“Recent Works,” Bergdorf Goodman Men, Third Floor, New York, NY, 1998
“Visual Art Showcase,” Philly Hoverground, Shubin Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
“Continuity and Change,” National Association of Women Artists Group Show, New York, NY, 1998
“N.A.W.A. Small Works Show,” Art 54 Gallery, New York, NY 1997
“Ancient Fragments in a New Light,” Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1997
“April Fools Group Show,” The Jacklight Gallery, New York, NY, 1997
“Mixed Media Works,” MBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1996
“Cigar Collages,” Hamptons Tobacco, Palm Beach, FL, 1996
“Recent Shields,” The Gold Bar, New York, NY, 1996
Group Show, Gallery of Living Artists, New York, NY, 1995
Art Department Faculty Shows, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1995-1997
Group Shows, Art Place Gallery, New York, NY, 1994
“Art Around The Park,” East Village, NY, 1994-1998
“Cupola Works,” 170 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 1993
Group Shows, The Art Students League, New York, NY, 1991-1993
Corporate Collections-
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Baton Rouge, LA
Boston Properties, Boston, MA
Centre Re, Pembroke, Bermuda
Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA
Hyundai Securities, New York, NY
Lippincott, New York, NY
Strategies For Wealth, New York, NY
Contact Me
646-228-2959