Anna Schwartz Gallery

Collage works by John Nixon will be exhibited in Copy Cut Paste: Contemporary Collage, a group exhibition at John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne.

Exhibition dates: 8 May – 8 June 2013

John Buckley Gallery

John Nixon will present a solo exhibition, 'EPW: Applied Paintings - Project for a Kindergarten I & II' at PICA, Perth.
Exhibition dates: 3 November - 30 December, 2012

For his solo exhibition at PICA he presents a connected pair of projects made in 2006 and 2011. Project for a Kindergarten 1 from 2006 was inspired by the discovery of a book about the design of the Kindergartenhaus Wiedikon in Zurich, by Swiss Architects in 1932, whereas Project for a Kindergarten 2 was a response to the design of a kindergarten in the Swiss mountains by contemporary architects Marianne Burkhalter and Christian Sumi.

As with many of Nixon's Applied Painting projects, the paintings, sketches and prints in this exhibition, which number over 80, represent a catalogue of images for potential placement throughout the kindergarten buildings.

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Work by John Nixon is included in Less is More, a group exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.

John Nixon will present a solo exhibition, 'EPW: Colour-Music' at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. This show will run concurrently with a group show curated by Nixon titled 'White Painting' in Gertrude Contemporary's front gallery space.

John Nixon solo exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

John Nixon is participating in 'Drawing Folio 2', a group exhibition at Block Projects, Melbourne. The exhibition is curated by John Nixon & Justin Andrews.

Exhibition dates: 3 February - 1 March

John Nixon's EPW: SILVER opens today at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.


EPW: SILVER marks the continuation of John Nixon’s ‘Experimental Painting Workshop’, an ongoing project which
expands the realm of abstract painting. Demonstrating Nixon’s long-standing interest in the energy, associations and
material qualities of the colour silver, this exhibition is comprised of painted works which challenge the two-dimensional surface. Using architectural angles and the form and surface of the stretched canvas, the works in EPW: SILVER are
‘constructions’ which each configure new spaces.


Nixon’s sustained investigation into the possibilities of abstraction has positioned him internationally as a leading figure in contemporary painting.


He has been exhibiting internationally since the early 1970s. His recent solo exhibitions include EPW: 1995, at PS,
Amsterdam, 2011; EPW: Polychromes, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 2007; and EPW: O, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum, Germany, 2005; and EPW at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. His work is held in significant
public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland,
Denmark and Korea.


The exhibition continues until 5 November.

Works by John Nixon will feature in V.A., an exhibition curated by artist Dylan Martorell. The exhibition brings together works by artists who are influenced by or incorporate music into their practice, including Marco Fusinato, Dylan Martorell, Michael Graeve, Tarquin Manek, Victor Meertens, and Mat Valdman.

V.A., will take place at Utopian Slumps, Ground Floor, 33 Guildford Lane Melbourne, from Saturday 17 September to Saturday 8 October 2011.

Work by John Nixon is included in Trio, a group exhibition at Conical, Melbourne. Exhibition dates: 29 May - 26 June.

Work by John Nixon is included in the group exhibition Stick It, Collage in Australian Art at the Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia from 20 March - 29 August 2010.

Work by John Nixon is included in the group exhibition duetto at the Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. Exhibition dates: 27 May - 26 June 2010.

John Nixon will be performing with The Donkey's Tail at 12pm on Sunday April 11 at The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia.

Work by John Nixon is included in the group exhibition Melbourne / Brisbane: punk, art and after at The Ian Potter Museum of Art. Exhibition dates: 24 February - 16 May 2010.

16 April - 9 May