ARTIST BIO
Selena Dixon was born in upstate New York in 1953. After graduating from Stony Brook University, she moved to Texas in 1975 to attend the University of Texas at Dallas for a graduate education in Geosciences. She has worked as a geologist until retirement in 2013. Selena made quilts most of her life, learning and developing a love of color. A collage class introduced her to the artistic process in 2010. College art classes, artist workshops and creative exchange with local artists’ aid in her continued artistic development.
Selena’s collage and acrylic work has been recently included in several local group shows and was selected for the 2018, 2020 and 2021 National Collage Society Juried Exhibit.
Showings and Honors
2022 Deep Valley Arts Collective Group Show “Cut and Paste”, 5 pieces.
2022 Abstract Collage featured in various online publications, such as Contemporary Collage magazine and Envision Arts online gallery titled Abstraction.
2021 National Collage Society Juried Online Exhibit, 1 piece, receiving NCS professional designation.
2020 Art Doesn’t Have to Match Your Sofa, juried collage publication selection, Kelly Schaub, publisher.
2020 National Collage Society Juried Online Exhibit, 1 piece.
2019, River Stories, August issue, Featured Artist in the Empty Mirror publication.
2019 Art 214 Juried Exhibit, 2 pieces, Dallas, TX.
2018 National Collage Society Juried Exhibit, 2 pieces.
2016 Craighead Green Gallery New Texas Talent Juried Show, Dallas, TX.
2016 TVAA Gallery Juried Summer Show, Dallas, TX.
2015 3rd place, Geometric and MADI Museum Biennial Jurried Competition, Dallas, TX.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Vintage, modern and hand-painted papers serve as the medium of choice and collage as the process. Patterned or printed papers taken out of original context compel the viewer to engage and develop a narrative full of questions and possibilities. A form often develops as color and shape is added and layered to build visual complexity. Seemingly random juxtapositions of elements come together to create a new image and new meaning. For me, a successful work is one where you wish to linger.
Dallas, TX / United States
