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Chris Nixon is a visual artist creating across illustration, graphic design, creative direction and public art. Based in Perth, Aus, Chris’s work is inspired by the West Coast and classic surf culture with an emphasis on the handmade and crafted, using colour, texture and pattern across a wide range of media from children’s books to animation, commercial illustration and large artwork installations.

Chris Nixon is represented by The Drawing Arm.

SELECT CLIENTS

Gage Roads, Eagle Bay Brewing Co, Leus, Tame Impala, Capital Brewing Co, J Skis, Lendlease, Stirling Capital, Adobe, Arizona Theatre Co, McDonald's, Hyperlite, Telstra, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, The Critical Slide Society, Will & Co. Coffee, Clemenger BBDO, No Cure Magazine, Affectors, Scitech, Rydges, Hyatt, FORM, Curtin University, Nurofen, Sydney Brewery, Batlow Premium Cider Co, Artline, City of Perth.

RECOGNITION

Young People and the Arts Fellowship – 2014, Adobe Create Now Roadshow – Feature Presenter – 2014, Interactive Design Insitute – Featured Top Ten Graphic Designers and Illustrators – 2014, CBCA Shorlisted Picture Book – 2014, Picture Book of the Year, Reader’s Choice – 2013, 2nd Place Breakthrough Illustrators Contest – RSAR – 2012, 3×3 Contemporary Illustration – Professional Show – 2012, CMYK – Top 100 New Creatives – 2011, Australian Creative – Illustration Showcase – 2011, 3×3 Contemporary Illustration – New Talent – 2011

EXHIBITIONS

PUBLIC Salon – 2015, Re.Discover Group Show – 2015, From the Ground Up Group Show – Sydney – 2014, AFFECTORS Group Show, Sydney, Melbourne – 2013, 2014, PUBLIC Salon – 2014, No Vacancy Group Show – Melbourne – 2014, In Type We Trust – Black Penny – Sydney – 2014, Greenroom Festival Group Show – Yokohama, Japan – 2013, Living Walls - FORM Gallery, Perth – 2012, O’Neill/Monster Children – 60 Years Of Innovation Tour – Sydney, Bali, Tokyo – 2012, State Library of Western Australia Permanent Collection