Coming Up
April 2026 Group Show Islington Mill, Salford
Residencies
2024 PASE Platform, Venice
2023 Rowland’s Leaving at Abingdon Studios, Blackpool
2018 Standpoint Futures residency, 8th January - 16th February, Chisenhale studios, London
2017 Platform, 12th July - 26th August. 6 week residency at The Great Medical Disaster, Manchester
Selected solo
2025 I Still Feel Like a Tourist In My Hometown - Pink Gallery, Stockport
2024 I Feel Like a Tourist In My Hometown - CCA Derry~Londonderry, N. Ireland.
2023 Rowland’s Leaving 100 Videos live, Longsight Art Space, Manchester
2023 Rowland’s Leaving 100 Videos live, Bath House galleries, Huddersfield
2018/19 Coming soon to your screen, 9th November - 6th January, HOME, Manchester.
2015 Launch Pad, 21-31 May, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Selected group shows
2019 Dislocate, 23rd July - 3rd August, CCA Derry~Londonderry, N. Ireland.
2018 Bye Hun, 9th - 22nd September, Royal Standard, Liverpool.
2018 Scenius, 16th August - 22nd September, Bunker Gallery, Manchester
2018 Vision & Signs, 10th August - 17th August, Sluice, London
2018 Transcendence, (group show curated by Sarah Jeffries and Alexander Hinks), The Cello Factory, London
2017 By Distance/Nearer 4-26 February - het_industriegebouw, Rotterdam
2016 Studiobook 5-11 March – Artwork Atelier, Salford
2015 Bankley Open, 9-25 October, Bankley Studios and Gallery, Manchester
2015 By Distance/OP Afstand, A residency by distance between Manchester and Rotterdam artists 28 September-28 October, NY Space Manchester
2015 Manifest, Rogue Studios, Manchester
2013 Beyond Merely Assembling, 8-20 November, Mark Devereux Projects at Federation House, Manchester
2013 Castlefield Gallery at The Manchester Contemporary, 26-29 September, Spinningfields, Manchester
2013 Off Kilter, Piccadilly Place, Manchester
2013 This Me of Mine, APT Gallery, London touring to: Strange Cargo, Folkestone; Kaleidescope Gallery, Sevenoaks; Art School Gallery, Ipswich
2013 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London
As Curator
2025 The Same Deep Water As You - Pink Gallery, Stockport
Commissions
2016 The Awkward Ambassador, a new site responsive painted structure commissioned for Salford University’s permanent art collection.
Text
http://www.darrennixon.com/long-live-the-rehearsal.htm
https://paintingintext.com/tag/darren-nixon/
www.thefourdrinier.com/darren-nixon-painting-and-collaboration
https://www.thefourdrinier.com/playing-with-words
https://www.thefourdrinier.com/flights-of-fancy-a-three-way-conversation-between-natalie-bradbury-laura-hopkinson-and-darren-nixon
April 2026 Group Show Islington Mill, Salford
Residencies
2024 PASE Platform, Venice
2023 Rowland’s Leaving at Abingdon Studios, Blackpool
2018 Standpoint Futures residency, 8th January - 16th February, Chisenhale studios, London
2017 Platform, 12th July - 26th August. 6 week residency at The Great Medical Disaster, Manchester
Selected solo
2025 I Still Feel Like a Tourist In My Hometown - Pink Gallery, Stockport
2024 I Feel Like a Tourist In My Hometown - CCA Derry~Londonderry, N. Ireland.
2023 Rowland’s Leaving 100 Videos live, Longsight Art Space, Manchester
2023 Rowland’s Leaving 100 Videos live, Bath House galleries, Huddersfield
2018/19 Coming soon to your screen, 9th November - 6th January, HOME, Manchester.
2015 Launch Pad, 21-31 May, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Selected group shows
2019 Dislocate, 23rd July - 3rd August, CCA Derry~Londonderry, N. Ireland.
2018 Bye Hun, 9th - 22nd September, Royal Standard, Liverpool.
2018 Scenius, 16th August - 22nd September, Bunker Gallery, Manchester
2018 Vision & Signs, 10th August - 17th August, Sluice, London
2018 Transcendence, (group show curated by Sarah Jeffries and Alexander Hinks), The Cello Factory, London
2017 By Distance/Nearer 4-26 February - het_industriegebouw, Rotterdam
2016 Studiobook 5-11 March – Artwork Atelier, Salford
2015 Bankley Open, 9-25 October, Bankley Studios and Gallery, Manchester
2015 By Distance/OP Afstand, A residency by distance between Manchester and Rotterdam artists 28 September-28 October, NY Space Manchester
2015 Manifest, Rogue Studios, Manchester
2013 Beyond Merely Assembling, 8-20 November, Mark Devereux Projects at Federation House, Manchester
2013 Castlefield Gallery at The Manchester Contemporary, 26-29 September, Spinningfields, Manchester
2013 Off Kilter, Piccadilly Place, Manchester
2013 This Me of Mine, APT Gallery, London touring to: Strange Cargo, Folkestone; Kaleidescope Gallery, Sevenoaks; Art School Gallery, Ipswich
2013 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London
As Curator
2025 The Same Deep Water As You - Pink Gallery, Stockport
Commissions
2016 The Awkward Ambassador, a new site responsive painted structure commissioned for Salford University’s permanent art collection.
Text
http://www.darrennixon.com/long-live-the-rehearsal.htm
https://paintingintext.com/tag/darren-nixon/
www.thefourdrinier.com/darren-nixon-painting-and-collaboration
https://www.thefourdrinier.com/playing-with-words
https://www.thefourdrinier.com/flights-of-fancy-a-three-way-conversation-between-natalie-bradbury-laura-hopkinson-and-darren-nixon