Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Arianna Nixon is an emerging Magan-djin (Brisbane) based visual artist and activist.
Her heart and passion for the medium comes from a rich creative upbringing in a family full of artists and dreamers. Her love of creativity was explored at SAE Creative Media Institute Brisbane where she completed her Bachelor of Film (Post-Production) in 2019. As she became more and more dissatisfied with the rigid confines of the film industry and grew as an individual artist, Arianna continued to grow past her studies as an emerging young artist.
Her Dreamscape series of short films were a foray into experimental artistic mediums and her close work with her contemporaries Amy Sargeant (Flag 3, CLIMAX, Vigil in Infrared), Dylan Fewings (The Untitled Interview Show), Thomas Svensson (The Forgotten Bird) and previous work with companies such as La Boite Theatre Company & Playlab has taken her to new heights.
Artist Statement
Since 2016, Arianna has worked within film & the creative industries to create new, electrifying work within the filmic medium. Her passion for experimental filmmaking has evolved into an arts practice inspired by the postmodern video artists of the 1970s and 80s & the impressionists of the century preceding. Arianna is driven to create work reflecting on escapism and the realities of dialectical materialism in relation to queer & trans struggle, utilising proprietary analog video techniques.

Her art is heavily motivated by and mirrors the changes she's experienced as a transgender woman and her maturing as an artist in the Magan-djin arts community. She continues to explore her arts practice, delving into new layers of graphic distortion and visual dissonance.
Education
2019 Bachelor Of Film (Post-Production) SAE Creative Institute Brisbane
Selected Solo Works & Exhibitions
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2022 complacency [loading] Video Art, Web-Based
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2021 Quality Time with Dylan Fewings Web Series (Intro), Editor
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2020 Dreamscape Web Series (5 Episodes), Creator & Editor
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2019 Magpie by Elise Greig Promo Trailer, Editor
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2019 The Untitled Interview Show Web Series (Intro), Editor
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2019 Le Festival - Brisbane French Festival Promotional Video, Director & Editor
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Selected Group Works & Exhibitions
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2023 CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE Video Art, Performance Based w/ Amy Sargeant
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2022 vigil in infrared Video Art, Performance Based w/ Amy Sargeant, Institute Of Modern Art
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2022 complacency Video Art, Performance Based w/ Amy Sargeant, The Cave Inn
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2021 calm like a bomb - Amy Sargeant Technical Assistance
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2019 Just Friends - Video Avenue (Music Video) Director & Editor
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2018 The Horse Concept Ad, Editor
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2018 Hollow Victories Short Documentary, Editor
2018 Waves Experimental Short Film, Editor
2018 Quiet Space Short Film, Editor
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