Karla Nixon
Durban, South Africa
7 Works exhibited on Kooness
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Works by Karla Nixon
Karla Nixon (1990, Durban, South Africa) works mainly with paper. She hand-cuts and sculpts intricate images and objects from her surroundings. Even if paper is central to her practice, she works also with painting, sculpture, mixed media, collage, video and installation. Nixon has participated in several group exhibitions in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Her works is part of several private collections in South Africa, Lebanon, Australia, Spain and the Netherlands; as well as in public collections, including the Durban Art Gallery and the National Art Bank. Nixon is currently a lecturer in the Arts Extended Program at the Durban University of Technology. Among her main exhibitions: Underfoot, Lizamore, Fairland Gallery, Johannesburg (2022); Commune, KZNSA Gallery, Durban (2021); Be Inspired by Phansi, Phansi Museum, Durban (2019); Karla Nixon, Bremischen Bürgerschaft, Bremen, Germany (2018); Enchant. Celebrate. Create. Disrupt, ICC, Durban, Essence Festival (2017).