Joseph Murdock Dixon was born in 1932 in Salt Lake City. He now lives in Ogden, Utah. Dixon is a printmaker who creates woodcut images of visionary and social themes with expressionist force.

He studied history at Stanford where he recieved his B.A., M.A., and his Ph.D. He received lessons from Harry Taylor in 1988, and later from Moishe Smith, Sid Chasetz of Ohio State, and Carol Summer of Santa Cruz. He also studied with Susan Makov at Weber State.

Biography adapted from Artists of Utah

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Newspaper Articles

"Coming Up: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 2001.

"Coming Up: Visual Arts Calender." The Salt Lake Tribune, January 1, 1995.

"Coming Up: Visual Arts." The Salt Lake Tribune, February 6, 1994.

"Springville Show is Spiritual Smorgasbord." The Deseret News, December 17, 1995.

"Utah Marquee: Visual Art." The Salt Lake Tribune, January 11, 2002.

Book

Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. Artists of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999.