RANDY DIXON
ABOUT RANDY DIXON
Randy Dixon
b. 1951
Randy Dixon’s sculptures are explorations of the meanings we attach to architectural elements. He’s inspired to use architecture as a metaphor for deeper study of the human interior and psychological space. The building becomes the structure of our being.
Dixon was born in Missouri and went on to earn a Masters of Architecture from the University of Illinois and MS in Painting from Illinois State University. He then moved to California to attend California College of the Arts and attained an MFA in Painting. He has taught art and architecture at UC Berkeley Extension and Illinois State University. Dixon maintains a studio and lives in Oakland.
EDUCATION
1984 MFA, Painting, California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
1980 MS, Painting, Illinois Sate University, Normal, IL
1976 MArch, Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1974 BS, Architecture, cum laude, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 “ArchiSculpture”, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009 “Architecture in Art”, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
2006 “Dream Houses”, 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2006 Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
2005 “Dream Houses”, Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Traumhaus- ArchiSculpture by Randy Dixon”, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Anshen & Allen Firm, San Francisco, CA
1984 California College of Arts, Oakland, CA
1981 “Listen To The Light”, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
1980 Illinois State University, Normal, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Greyish,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2023 "Flutter,” Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2022 "Lucca Biennale,” international sculpture exhibition semi-finalist, Lucca, Italy
2022 “Harold Gregor: The Painter’s Pedagogy”, The McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2021 “Papier Maquette,” Lucca, Italy
2020 “Open,” de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 “The Lovely Wild”, Openings, The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY
2019 “A Fond Farewell”, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
2017 “Search For Meaning”, Vachon Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2016 “Encyclical”, Encyclical Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2016 “We Are The Bridge”, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, CA
2016 “Civic Art Center Exhibition”, Civic Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 “Cartasia 2016”, International Sculpture Exhibition Finalist, Lucca, Italy
2016 “Rite of Passage”, San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Our Many Cultures”, Expressions Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2015 “We Are The Bridge”, Interfaith Art Exhibition, Islamic CC of Northern California, Oakland, CA
2014 “Make Space”, Berkely Art Center, Berkely, CA
2014 “soft.INFASTRUCTURE.hard”, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
2012 “Cartasia 2012”, International Sculpture Exhibition Finalist, Lucca, Italy
2007 “A Model Building”, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2003 Annual Juried Sculpture Competition, The Sculpture Group Gallery, Danville, CA
1985 “OK- USA National Sculpture Exhibition”, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
1985 “The Planar Dimension: Geometric Abstraction by Bay Area Artists”, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1983 “Alumni and Graduate Sculpture Invitational”, CCAC Artists1 Gallery, Oakland, CA
1980 “Mississippi Corridor Painting Exhibition”, Davenport Art Gallery, Davenport, IA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2008 SECA Art Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2005 BENE Award, Sculpture, Ministry & Liturgy Publication
2000 BENE Award, Art Glass, Ministry & Liturgy Publication
1990 IFRAA Merit Award, Faith & Form
1986 Francis J. Plynn Travelling Fellowship, University of Illinois
1980 Project Completion Grant, Illinois Arts Council
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Registered Architect, CA
1985- 1997 Environment and Art in Catholic Worship Committee, Oakland Diocese, Oakland, CA
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
1995- Present Owner and Architect, Randall Dixon, Oakland, CA
1988-93 Interior Design Teacher, University of California Extension, Berkeley, CA
1980- 81 Interior Design, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
PUBLICATIONS AND FEATURES
2009 “Dixon and Morphis’ Art at Horton Gallery” The Collegian, February Issue
2009 “Art and Architecture”, VIBE Magazine, January Issue
2005 “Dixon’s ‘Dream Houses’”, San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Publishing, August Issue
1994 “Shadows of the Cross’”, Loyola University Press
1981 “Midwest News: Illinious”, New Art Examiner, June Issue
1981 “Exhibit Will Please People Watchers”, Peoria Journal Star, January Issue
