Colin Tjapanangka Dixon b. 1954

Also known as Colin Dixon
  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist who with his wife Mary began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in Mt Liebig in the mid 1980s. They later moved to Alice Springs and sold their work through other outlets. His works were included in exhibitions around Australia and overseas, including the Papunya Tula display at World Expo '88 in Brisbane, and the Caz Gallery in Los Angeles through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists and Craftsmen in Alice Springs.

Born in 1954 in Walpiri country, Colin Dixon spent his early years both at Mt Doreen station and Yuendumu. He and his wife Mary Dixon began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the mid ’80s when the company’s field officers were making regular trips to Mt Liebig, where the couple had been living for many years. Colin’s principal stories are Women Dreaming, Man Dreaming, Honey Ant Dreaming and Two Young Men. Colin’s works were included in the Stockmen’s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland and World Expo ’88 in Brisbane. In the 1990s, Colin and Mary Dixon moved into Alice Springs and sold their work through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists in Alice Springs, and a variety of other outlets as far north as Katherine. Colin Dixon’s work was included by the Centre in an exhibition at the Gauguin Museum, Tahiti, in 1988. He also travelled to America in 1988 for the exhibition Central Desert Art which opened the Caz Gallery in Los Angeles.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011