Alison Hixon (b. 1992) is a contemporary painter whose practice examines her own personal experiences and all the ways interior emotional states manifest through the body. Working primarily on paper at a large scale, she uses mixed media to construct figurative scenes that oscillate between control and collapse, intimacy and estrangement.

Hixon’s work approaches the figure as a porous site—one shaped by memory, desire, and unresolved emotion. Her compositions unfold within ambiguous, often dreamlike environments, where distortion becomes a language for psychological truth rather than spectacle. Through this lens, her paintings reflect on vulnerability, self-perception, and the quiet negotiations that accompany identity formation.

Originally trained in performance, Hixon began her creative life in theatre and film before turning toward visual art. She earned her BFA from Stephens College and later established her studio practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The influence of performance remains present in her work through gesture, staging, and an acute sensitivity to emotional presence.

Hixon’s work has entered private collections throughout the United States and internationally. She was featured in Vogue in 2023 as an artist to watch on Canyon Road.