Terry Dixon

Terry is a native of Washington, DC and was born of the arts. His mother, an artist, and his father was an advertising director, he was destined for creativity.

Over the years Terry has composed new art perspectives by integrating various visual art techniques through painting, photography, computer art, video, and electronic music.

In the mid 90’s, he finished the MFA program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, completing the Art & Technology program. As he learned the skills of combining technology with art, he created a unique style and signatute within his work.

Throughout his body of work, Terry explores kinetic connections with his abstract line style. His painting style is sometimes aggressive and sporadic and then slows down to a smooth sense of control.

His imagery reflects a heavy influence of African Symbolism, Abstract
Expressionism, and this is all fueled by his passion for Jazz Music.

Some of Terry’s work explores different parts of the human face, and body, and abstracted in various ways that pull the viewer deeper into his creations. Certain pieces are influenced by interactions with society and political issues while others are free flowing ideas that move to the mental rhythm of his creativity.

His imagery has been noted to be complex and somewhat musical in its flow across the surface of his creations. Terry’s mind travels across a vivid color palette in the execution of his paint strokes and then fuses black ink and abstract lines over the surface to jolt the viewer’s eye into many different angles across the canvas.

Terry Dixon began exhibiting in the early 90’s while living in Atlanta, and now has been exhibiting his work in Chicago since 2000. Terry landed on the art scene in Chicago, at BAREWALLS 2000, a live art exhibition coordinated by the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He has created work for various solo exhibitions and has participated in various
group shows. His works are owned by various private collectors in the United States, Europe and a part of the very prestigious Sandor Collection in Chicago.