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A residency in India, during his second year of BA study, introduced Dixon to the particle-based artworks of the Tibetan sand-mandala and the Indian rangoli. These informed his interest in impermanency, and soon transformed the way he worked. Coming back to England, he threw away his brushes and began to make dust pictures that were swept up on completion.

He later went back to India after graduating, where he lived, travelled, and researched for a year, before returning to Winchester and completing an MA. Since then, David has spent two years working as a Fine Art Technician at Winchester School of Art, has run a variety of workshops, exhibited a bit, and lectured a bit.

Having shown with Dada South, and being awarded their 2008 Go Make! bursary, he now works for them as an Artist Advisor on the Dada Exchange programme. Other Dada South related business involves his work within the artists/architects network (Architecture InsideOut). This started with some one-day workshops and a collaborative installation at the Tate's Turbine Hall, and is planned to expand into Europe over the next couple of years.

Along with fellow artist Louise Stokes, he is staying busy setting up a creative arts business 3feet, and working on some public art projects. The latest of these was as a Practitioner for the Creative Partnerships organisation, where he devised and ran three-month residencies at Court Lane School in Portsmouth, and The Sholing Technology College in Southampton. He now works as an Agent for for Creative Partnerships: project managing three of their schools; he will be participating in the Sync South East scheme for the next two years, and continues to exhibit.

Having been recently appointed Lead Artist and Project Co-ordinator, He is now based at the brand-new Chapel Arts studios in Andover, Hampshire for the next 12 months. Also, as a recipient of the 2009/2010 AA2A Residency Programme at Portsmouth University he will, at last, be making some long-planned work using their splendid facilities.