Public art collaboration with Andrew Frazer, Inglewood, WA.
Inspired by our own nostalgia for summertime swims, our design reflects symbols of the local pool - an iconic part of Australian culture and lifestyle that connects communities and brings about celebration and rejuvenation through swimming. It’s these memories and experiences that continue today, with our own children now carrying the legacy of the iconic Aussie pool into the future.
For the City of Stirling. All images by Offshoot Content.
Skate Plaza Public Artwork integration, Willetton WA,
Designed and installed 2021
Ground Artwork
Skate Barriers
Feature sculptures and skate rail.
Working alongside Skate Sculpture and Realm Studios, I designed and installed a corridor ground artwork to run alongside the skate plaza and connect to the Basketball Stadium. Aluminium skate barriers and feature sculptures with integrated programmed lighting act as welcome statements to the plaza with an accented rail design providing a pop of colour to flow through the site.
My design reflects the site in its former natural state, a seasonal swampland in flux as water passes through the site to influence abstract forms and movements connected to skating and basketball. Truly a dream project to be able to influence the visual language and experience of the site and so fun to skate this one…
Mural installation for Woolworths Group.
Clarkson, WA, 2023
The design takes inspiration from the green linkages occuring along the coast from Perth up to Clarkson and Mindarie. The artwork displays migration pathways of the endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos on the left and Seagulls on the right to show the contrast from the bushland to the coast. Big thanks to Mindarie Primary School where we created a series of workshops which inspired the background abstract forms, taking reference from their experience of the local surrounds.
This was a fun one!
All images by Matthew Bettinaglio of Offshoot Content.
Private mural commission, City Beach, WA.
Collaboration with Andrew Frazer / Commissioned by Stockland Living / Film and Photography by Jacob Steenson
It is a humbling experience to be presented with an opportunity to create a large scale artwork within any community. The desire is to speak to the site (& surrounds) to reflect the unique qualities & attributes that locals hold so dearly. The design development has been centred around the Canning River & how it has served for generations as a place of provision, travel & gathering. The artwork will be an invitation to the viewer to reflect & converse around these themes alongside their own personal interpretation. This is what brings such vibrancy to painting in such a busy location... the response of the public. Our desire is the integration of the natural world into the built form, speaking to place and purpose to bring vibrancy into the space. The Stockland Riverton shopping centre is a hive of activity & our hope is the artwork serves as a creative intervention in the pace of people's lives as they pass by. That it would illuminate the beauty of Riverton as a community & celebrate the diversity of its natural surroundings.
Mural installation for Gage Roads - referencing the port vibes with signal flags and nautical markings. A nod to Freo for the crew at Gage Roads Brewing Co.
Cheers!
Collaboration with Andrew Frazer / Commissioned by Shire of Esperance / Photography by Dan Paris / Managed by Apparatus
We began with a study of place & purpose to form a narrative to drive our artistic direction: Expansive Spaces & Intimate Communities.
The integrated artwork is expressed through a painted treatment, enhanced through dynamic lighting and artwork extensions to create a distinct visual language that is expressed across the site.
The intent for the artwork is to become deeply woven into the Esperance community as a celebration of gathering & connection.
Commissioned by the Shire of Esperance
Managed by Apparatus
Photography by Dan Paris
Mural installation for The Beaufort, Mt. Lawley, WA.
Inspired by the former site as a furniture warehouse dating back to the 50’s and combined with the site’s greenhouse, surreal landscape. The combination - abstract blooming forms sprouting classic designed chairs.
Mural artwork installation for Raine Sq, Perth, AUS.
Client / Charter Hall.
Watertank mural installation, Karratha, WA.
The artwork explores the formation of the landscape by water and how this experience changes throughout the year, following the loop of the tank.
Assisted by Luke O’Donohoe and Andrew Frazer.
Can design and rebrand across the core range for EBBCO. Additional merch and applications.
A permanent public artwork installation that combines the sculptural form with dynamic lighting and audio to connect with the landscape and reflect the nearby estuary and community of Mandurah, WA.
The artwork was commissioned by City of Mandurah
Nixon and Tom Lucey - Lead Artists
Steve Berrick - Interactive Design
Ned Beckley - Sound Design
Sam Price - Motion Design
Nexus is a permanent public artwork installed in Wilagee, WA for Satterly. The artwork integrates with the landscape through a bold painted treatment and lighting sequences that track moon phases to connect time and place as a reflection of the natural history of the site at an intersection with technology.
Court artwork in Wellington Park, Perth, Western Australia. For the City of Perth. The design maps the wetlands across the site pre-colonial settlement bringing the natural world into the developed site.
Installation for Charter Hall, Bateau Bay, NSW
colab with Eagle Bay Brewing Co for their 2020 range.
Artwork for IGA Footscray, Victoria.
Mural artwork installed at the Disney Head Office, Richmond, VIC.
Feature artwork for Campos Coffee for this year’s Christmas blend - Sleigh Bells. Festive vibes rolling out across cups and bags.
Land public artwork estate takeover for Satterly and Emerge - Cassia Glades, WA.
Custom Label Artwork for Eagle Bay Brewing Co. latest brew - Chardonnay Sparkling Ale.
Pics & vid by Ryan Murphy.
Mural artwork for Lendlease - Alkimos Vista, WA.
Skatepark artwork installation in Narrogin, Western Australia.
The design takes influence from Fire & Water as the dominant natural forces that shape the landscape. I used the flow lines through the park and the elevations to direct the design for a playful overall treatment.
Midland, WA
Mural artwork depicting local flora, fauna and industry through abstract patterns and textures, with the lettering grounding the artwork to the specific site. The sculptural aluminium letters have LED strip lighting fixed to the back to illuminate from behind. By day the letters cast shadows to map time, while at night animated programmed lighting sequences react to lunar phases to to continue the tracking of time - from shadows to illumination for a complete 24hr loop.
Shout out to @steve.berrick for the lighting design, @formwa for managing the project, @denmacholdings for the letters and @vicinitycentres for having me on board.
Heartwalk street art festival - Kalgoorlie 2018.
All pics - Billy Ray Stokes
Mural installation for Verandah Bar Sydney
Referencing local flora with naturally occurring patterns and textures to create a lush inner city oasis to integrate seamlessly with the great interior by Lucetti Krelle.
Court design and installation for LAIKA coffee. Combining two of my loves - hoops and design.
Artwork installation for Hawaiian Group / curated by FORM across 2 sites. The design is an abstract representation of the local surrounds, focusing on Point Walter reserve to showcase native flora and fauna through pattern and line work.
Melville, WA.
Mural artwork for Laika - Lathlain, WA.
2nd Image credit: Danica Zuks @danicazuks
Artwork for CosBaby Fremantle, WA.
Repeat yardage design for Hyperlite Wakeboards.
Kaleidoscope geometric pattern for Arizona Theatre Co. commissioned by Esser Design, Phoenix, AZ.
The Brewing Process artwork hand painted for CAPITAL BREWING CO. at their flagship brewery in Canberra, Aus.
Film poster for TAWAI, a film by Bruce Parry.
Cinematic and full credits versions.
The design explores the connection between humans and nature examining the different hemispheres of the brain and how they process information.
Tawai is the word the nomadic hunter gatherers of Borneo use to describe their inner feeling of connection to nature. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, explorer Bruce Parry travels the world to learn from people living lives very different to our own. From the jungles of Malaysia to the tributaries of the Amazon, TAWAI is a quest for reconnection, providing a powerful voice from the heart of the forest itself.
For more info visit tawai.earth
Assorted designs for Will & Co
Process and installation design for Porch & Parlour, Bondi, Urban Outfitters, NYC and Stay Grounded, Collaroy.
Always. Personal project - lettering exploration.
Installation at Hayman Theatre, Curtin University.
Feature lettering wall for Hylin West Leederville - Railway Pde, West Leederville, WA.
Coffee, Chow & Cheer!
Image - Meghan Plowman
Artwork installation at the Humaan office, Northbridge, WA.
Exploring the personal human connection that gives Humaan its edge in web design, represented in the infinite integrated loop of technology and natural elements.
Ceiling installation for PUBLIC 2016, Curtin University, WA.
pics - Bewley Shaylor, courtesy of FORM
A mural installation and hoarding design for Stockland Harrisdale.
Pics by JP Horre
PUBLIC 2016, Claremont, WA.
pics - Bewley Shaylor, courtesy of FORM
Commissioned illustration for Lendlease for their new development Waterbank launching soon. Where urban meets nature.
Commissioned by the City of Vincent, Wetlands was installed at the Oxford Hotel in Leederville, WA in late 2015. All images by Sam Price.
Tour Visuals for TA-KU - I Miss You.
I handled the Art direction, illustration and hand-drawn animation.
Sam Price - Animation and editing - http://www.modifier.co/
To see the entire tour visuals - http://www.modifier.co/
Editorial Illustration for The Australian Financial Review's special report on Australia's Energy Future.
Editorial piece for the special report on Your Child's Education.
Dirty Paradise yardage for The Critical Slide Society.
You can grab some Dirty Paradise gear online here.
Feature wall for Hylin West Leederville - Railway Pde, West Leederville, WA.
Coffee, Chow & Cheer!
www.hylin.com.au
Feature cover illustration for No Cure Magazine
NO CURE ISSUE 6 - SUMMER VIBES / CHASING SUN & SURF
Welcome to the sweaty sixth issue of No Cure Magazine.
This issue we're spreading the summer vibes in true Aussie style. We dive headfirst into Australian surf art culture and the artists who live for the sun, surf, sand, beers and a paintbrush. This issue comes with a free pull out poster courtesy of old time mates and collaborators Nick Morris and Dave Bowers. We also have two awesome summer vibe covers to choose from. This cover was
created by designer / artist Chris Nixon.
On sale now across Australia & NZ in all good news agencies,
boutique stores and online stores!
Seasons is a projection installation and the feature exhibit at Scitech's new Backyard Adventures Exhibition. The projection runs for roughly 8 mins which shows the life cycle of a house from the very first brick, to being reclaimed by nature as it passes through the seasons. Our approach was to create a stylised surreal landscape that challenges children's imagination as they witness a textured house and life existing in a world made of paper.
To bring this house to life we used a combination of Photoshop for all the illustration and styling, combined with Cinema 4D for the modelling and animation and post-production and additional animation in After Effects. The entire piece was composited in After Effects then mapped to the house using Mad Mapper.
Illustration, art direction - Chris Nixon - http://www.chrisnixon.net
Animation, modelling, projection - Sam Price - http://wwww.naik.com.au
Merchandise designs for Tame Impala for their 2014 Americas tour.
Banner illustration for the City of Stirling.
Art installation at Bassendean Shopping Village.
Video & stills - Brendan Hutchens - VAM Media
Made possible by FORM, Hawaiian Investments and the Town of Bassendean.
Hand drawn animated loop for the Affectors show Cause & Affect - Sydney and Melbourne, 2014. The concept is based on a character I created for a mural in the Pilbara in Western Australia - Inkan - an incandescent globe. The stories told through Inkan aim to raise awareness to the global lighting crisis of using kerosene and non efficient energy sources for lighting.
A group show curated by Mere Footwear - Sydney, 2014.
Wallpaper designs for The Paper Merchants
I'm trying to catch that summer afternoon surf atmosphere—end of the workday, warm and still outside, heading for the water. I wanted to keep this design minimal focusing on the line work to invite the viewer in to look closer at the detail and really let the overall atmosphere take over. I'm designing with these in mind for a set of trunks.
3.2m wide x 2.5m high (5 panels each 650mm wide)
The Paper Merchants use a paste-free wallpaper that goes on with water and is then easily removed with water—leaving the walls completely undamaged. There is also an added eco benefit of FSC®-certified paper from sustainable forests and contains 10% recycled content from post-consumer waste. It’s also PVC free—so its safe for children!
Head to The Paper Merchants to get pasting - http://www.thepapermerchants.com/chris-nixon-wallpapers/summer-vibes
Illustration for the identity of Nirvana New Indian.
Art Direction & Design - Messy Design
Wallpaper designs for The Paper Merchants
Using a vertical garden which sits outside my studio window as inspiration, I want to blend loose and geometric forms. In all my work I'm looking to create that sense of nostalgia and capture an atmosphere - this one makes me think of Autumn on the West Coast.
3.2m wide x 2.5m high (5 panels each 650mm wide)
We use a paste-free wallpaper that goes on with water and is then easily removed with water—leaving the walls completely undamaged. There is also an added eco benefit of FSC®-certified paper from sustainable forests and contains 10% recycled content from post-consumer waste. It’s also PVC free—so its safe for children!
Head over to the Paper Merchants to get pasting - http://www.thepapermerchants.com/chris-nixon-wallpapers/bloom
Wallpaper designs for The Paper Merchants
Pulling inspiration from surfing and the good vibes that comes from exchanging a shaka, I designed the Finmill. It's a play on abstract pattern and shapes to form something familiar and unique at the same time.
3.2m wide x 2.5m high (5 panels each 650mm wide)
We use a paste-free wallpaper that goes on with water and is then easily removed with water—leaving the walls completely undamaged. There is also an added eco benefit of FSC®-certified paper from sustainable forests and contains 10% recycled content from post-consumer waste. It’s also PVC free—so its safe for children!
Head over to the Paper Merchants to get pasting - http://www.thepapermerchants.com/chris-nixon-wallpapers/finmill
Type design and graphics for T.C.S.S. Presents: A Doc-umentary
Producer: Jimmy Slide Mitchell
Edit: Nathan Oldfield
Camera: Andrew Gough
Graphics: Chris Nixon
Animation: Zander Van Oldenborgh
Music: 'Jazz Pour Dadine' by Nicola Conte
My piece for the group show - B Grade Movie Poster Show at Black Penny in Sydney, 2014. I was inspired to throw out the worst B grade movie I could think of, but in the end I just wanted to see this movie made.
