Geoff Dixon

B. 1954

Geoff Dixon, The moon is made of Jarlesberg 2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2200 x 2850 mm $34 000

Geoff Dixon, Holding 2024, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2200 x 2850 mm $34 000

Portrait of the artist as a young astronaut, 2023, acrylic, oil, glitter on Belgian canvas, 2200 x 1161 mm $23000

Limited edition prints

Artist Biography

Painter Geoff Dixon was born in Bluff, in 1954. He studied graphic design at the Christchurch Technical Institute, between 1974 and 1975. He currently lives and works in Cairns, Queensland.

Geoff has exhibited regularly in both New Zealand and Australia – showing with Bowen Galleries since the 1980s. He was the Artist-in-Residence for the Southland Art Foundation in 1997, for the Centre of Contemporary Art in Cairns in 2000, and for the Art Centre of Christchurch in 2007. Geoff’s work is held in numerous public and private collections throughout Australia and New Zealand, including Artbank, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, and the James Wallace Arts Trust. In 2022, Geoff was the subject of Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us – a documentary directed by Glenis Giles and Clare O’Leary.

Geoff has long been concerned with the fragility of the natural world, and the human drive for collection and preservation. His paintings are rich with colour and commentary – highlighting our contribution to the tragedy of extinction, and challenging the viewer to wake up and think about the future of this planet.

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

  • Wrapped, 2023
  • You won’t believe your eyes…a visual miscellany, 2023
  • Wrapped, 2020
  • January stock show, 2018
  • What’s in the drawers, 2017
  • January works from stock, 2013
  • Wrapped, 2011
  • Stuff up, 2011
  • New works on paper, 2009
  • Stock show, 2008
  • And while we are away…, 2008
  • Works on paper/ drawings in stock, 2007
  • Landscape, 2006
  • Work in stock, 2005
  • Works on paper/ Drawings, 2004
  • Group show, 2002