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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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