Mark Dixon (Artist)

Mark Dixon was born in Hull in 1957. Between 1978 and 1995 he ran a screenprinting company in Suffolk. In 1990 he went to art school. A BTech (Art and Design) at Ipswich was followed by an honours degree in Fine Art, Sculpture, at Norwich School of Art and Design.

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Whilst in his second year at Norwich Mark won a “First Take” award for first time film directors. The film, Ghost Train, which he both produced and directed, was about his large scale drawing on the landscape; it was broadcast on Anglia TV and shown at the Cambridge Film Festival and at the Ipswich Film Theatre.

After completing his degree Mark embarked on a series of international projects making and exhibiting work as far as Minnesota in 1998 to cast iron and Moscow 1996 to sculpt snow. He also worked with artists from around the world at sculpture symposia in the Czech Republic, making experimental sculptures and installations.