Artist Eva Dixon talks about the sophistication of not understanding while making, the potency of found imagery, how our culture is shaping the difference between being seen and being looked at, and more.

Eva Dixon (b. 2000) is an Australian artist living in London. Dixon’s practice, spanning assemblage, sculpture and painting, explores homo-eroticism in sport and porn, the space race, lesbianism and industry. Horny reimaginings of goal celebrations and tackles play against seductive or kinky materials; aluminium sheets, walnut frames, darkroom filters, buckles, clips and leather straps. Rockets built from stolen street signs and gifted electrical spools. As a collector of things; disused industrial materials, old football and boy-mags, pins and play cards, the material is a key-research point to Dixon. Manipulating each component to spin wild and sometimes racy narratives. Advertisements seeking discreet and specific kinds of sex inform the next stages of Dixon’s practice and speak to the loss of historical artefacts in the wider LGBTQ+ community, where fictioning is a prevalent tool passed down through generations.

Dixon is a graduate of Central Saint Martins, completing a BA in Fine Art (Hons) in 2023. Recent significant exhibitions include solo presentations SCORE! at Split Rivera (2025), Mercury 13 at WIP Space (2025), and Lesbian Trucker Paintings at The Fores Project (2023). Notable duo exhibitions include Lands End (2024) and the 2026 duo exhibition Top Dog at Parlour Gallery, alongside presentations at Saatchi Gallery, Christie's and Rose Easton. In 2023, they were a recipient of the Maison/0 This Earth award with LVMH and recently was awarded 'Best UK solo presentation' at Minor Attractions. 

Eva’s Instagram: @evadixon.png

Reference links:

• Merlin James

• Ian Kiaer

• Jesse Darling

• Gray Wielebinski

• Sigmar Polke

• W.P. Wakefield (hardware store)

• Phyllida Barlow

• Susan Sontag, Notes on “Camp” (1964)

• Richard Serra, Verb List (1967)

• Ada Lovelace

• Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus (1977)

• Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987)

• Octavia E. Butler, Kindred (1979)

• Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974)

• Samuel R. Delany, Babel-17 (1966)

Episode cover art: “Throttle”, 2025, Polycarbonate Panelling, Screws, Stickers, Cards, Brackets, Metallic Insulation Tape, Fabric Tape and Engraving on Stretcher, 140 x 100cm

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