Madalen Dixon
Madalen is a multidisciplinary artist with over 17 years in fashion, design, and prop making. Celebrated for her innovative approach and winner of Young Designer for Britain, Innovation Award, and Young Engineering Award, she fuses traditional illustration with cutting-edge techniques to explore the intricate symbiosis between plants, animals, and humanity. Her work illuminates the hidden ecological connections that shape our natural world.
Madalen has studied and worked in the creative industry for over 17 years.
Graduating from Newport, University of Wales in 2011 with a 2:1 BA Hons in
Fashion Design and swiftly moving into a career in fashion illustration, graphic
design and later prop making.
During this time Madalen’s work gained much attention, winning Young Designer
for Britain as well as multiple engineering awards and prizes for innovation.
Whilst Madalen created art continuously, developing and refining her skills since
she was a child, she had largely kept her creations hidden.
This changed in 2020, when disillusioned by the design industry she committed
herself to focusing on her artwork.
In the time since, Madalen has completed a 2 year artist residency at Powderham
Castle, shown her work in dozens of exhibitions and sold her pieces worldwide. .
Madalen’s creative process is an unlikely marriage between the traditional arts
taught by her mother; a surgical illustrator and the cutting edge techniques and
technologies learnt in her design career.
From mycorrhizal relationships to pollinators and trophic cascades, Madalen’s
practice explores the symbiotic relationships between the plant and animal
kingdom as well as the relationship between humankind and nature.
