Christine
Dixie is an established South African artist, who has regularly exhibited in that
country, the US and Europe. She is primarily a printmaker, but
her art also finds expression through films or elaborate installations.
Her work challenges the ways gender
roles have been historically conditioned by society, myths, and image-making. The
manifestation of the colonial history that haunts the town of Makhanda, (the Eastern
Cape city where she lives) has compelled her preoccupation with Europe’s legacy
in Africa. Her practice and aesthetic rely on archival imagery and in-depth
research.