About Rob Dixon
Rob Dixon (Radix) creates colorful, geometric artworks by hand-writing lines of code.
Building on the tradition of conceptual and op art, he writes step-by-step rules that a computer can follow to draw both figurative and abstract works. His artworks are built on balance and harmony, on proportion, scale and similarity, while avoiding the perfection of the cold machine.
Patterns are more interesting when you also see how they break.
The little imperfections are the curious parts. In Eccentrics (2021) it's the oddball figure among near-twins. In Exposures (2024) it's lithe, dancer-like figures distracted amidst a fantastical world. In Hatches (2026) it's rigid, interlocking shapes juxtaposed with a hand-made textural layer.
Rob approaches each series with a defined concept and goal, and builds each piece step by step. Through a meticulous layering process he shows that code, driven not by a prompt but by human creativity, can create images that generate emotions and move people.
He started creating code-based generative art in the late 1990's when Flash made creative coding accessible on the web.
Rob is an Art Blocks Curated artist with three collections in the vaunted Art Blocks 500. Rob's Exposures series was featured at the Miami Digital Art Fair at Art Basel 2024. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Japan, France, and Italy.
He lives and works in Marin County in Northern California.
Exhibitions and Events
- 2026, 'Engaged (Exposures 106)' at Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, USA
- 2026, 'Hatches, Exposures, Eccentrics' at Between Code and Canvas, a two-person show with Jeff Palmer, Marin Open Studios 2026, San Rafael, CA, USA
- 2025, 'Exposures' at BYOD2, NEORT Gallery, Shibuya, Japan
- 2024, 'Exposures' at 2024 Miami Digital Art Fair @ Art Basel, Miami, FL, USA
- 2024, 'Ballistics' at CODAME ART + TECH, Mare Cultura Urbana, Milan, Italy
- 2024, 'Windwoven 52' at Edouard 2024 exhibition, NFT Factory Gallery, Paris, France
- 2024, 'Ballistics Box,' top prize winner at MESH Fair (virtual exhibition), Decentraland
- 2023, 'Windwoven' at Proof Diamond Exhibition (group show), Foundry Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2023, 'Ballistics' at Art Blocks Activation Exhibition, St. George Hall, Marfa, TX, USA
- 2023, 'Windwoven 1001, 1002, 1003', House of Web3, San Francisco, CA, USA
Media
- 2024, 'Live from Marfa: In Conversation with Radix', OpenSea
- 2024, 'Macromedia, Metaverse, & Generative Worldbuilding — Interview with Rob Dixon', MakersPlace
- 2024, 'Interview: Radix on GENERAT3D w/SHILLR', SHILLR Space
- 2023, 'Interview: Behind the Work with Radix', Proof
- 2022, 'Behind the Code | the spring begins with the first rainstorm by Cole Sternberg w/Radix', Art Blocks Official on YouTube
- 2021, 'Art Blocks After Dinner Mints w/Radix', Art Blocks Official on YouTube
- 2021, 'In Conversation with Rob Dixon', Jeff Davis, Art Blocks
Art Series by Radix
- 2026, 'Hatches', Art Blocks Studio, series of 300
- 2025, 'Shadow Exposures', Highlight.xyz, series of 64
- 2024, 'Exposures', MakersPlace with gm.studio, series of 15
- 2023, 'Windwoven', Proof Diamond Exhibition, series of 105
- 2022, 'Early Eccentrics', Foundation.app, series of 10
- 2022, 'Eccentrics Playing Cards', Manifold.xyz, series of 110
- 2021, 'Eccentrics 2: Orbits', Art Blocks Presents, series of 400
- 2021, 'Eccentrics', Art Blocks Presents, series of 300
- 2021, 'Inspirals', Art Blocks Curated, series of 1,000