BCB 2021 Artist Talks: Steve Dixon
Originally recorded on 18 September 2021.
During BCB 2021, Creative Producer Rhiannon Ewing-James sat down with Steve Dixon, one of the many talented artists exhibiting in the biennial. Through these talks, artists shared in-depth and behind the scenes stories about how it was creating work during 2021, their careers as artists, their greatest inspirations and the artwork they created especially for BCB 2021.
About the Artist – Steve Dixon
Steve Dixon, Award Prize Winner, British Ceramics Biennial 2021
Steve’s work operates at the intersection of art and craft. He combines traditions of fine craftsmanship with visual narrative to examine the social and political issues of our troubled times. His installation for BCB 2021 extends his engagement with the ongoing tragedy of forced migration. This was part of an ongoing project, Refugee Tales, initiated in BCB 2017. This new work, Transient: The Ship of Dreams and Nightmares*, compares the contemporary migration routes of refugees and asylum seekers with the historic migration of tin-glazed ceramics. These ceramic pieces travelled from the Middle East through Europe to the UK, through the materiality of maiolica.
*Steve Dixon was announced as the winner of AWARD 2021 for his work, Transient: The Ship of Dreams and Nightmares. Find out more
With thanks to BCB Festival Assistants James and Connor for their support with filming.