My artistic practice centers around cotton, wire, dye, and acrylic, with a focus on transforming these materials into sculptural forms and installations through innovative applications of traditional macrame and textile techniques. Cotton, a material with roots tracing back to Egypt's Nile Valley around 3000 BC, holds profound significance in my work, offering versatility for intricate knotting processes and the application of tension and force. This connection to cotton and macrame techniques aligns my art with the enduring tradition of functional craft, emphasizing a legacy spanning centuries.

I meticulously apply a variety of color gradients to the string, using hand-dyeing and painting processes. The resulting art takes on an organic, three-dimensional shape, both on and off the wall, as sweeping natural forms merge with skeletal, flowing, and otherworldly figures. The distinct aesthetic features bold, gradational color palettes that animate soft fibers and textures, inviting viewers into an immersive, fantastical experience with contemporary soft sculptures that are nearly alien-like.

Inspired by themes of escapism, introspection, and femininity through time, my sculptures explore the tension between desired strength and inherent softness. Evoking personal experiences from childhood to young adulthood, where I sought refuge from conflict by shrinking into small, obedient spaces, my art signifies a journey toward expansion. I break self-limitations through space-taking artworks, ranging from small sculptures to life-size installations designed for interaction. This redefinition of softness amplifies materials through color and shape, adding strength and voice to my creations.

Within the roles of friend, wife, and mother, my art constructs an environment of escape, providing a space to observe and redefine femininity by celebrating the soft touch of womanhood alongside its inherent ferocity.

Education

B.S. GEOLOGY | 2012 | TEXAS A&M
• Major: Geology

M.S. GEOLOGY | 2016 | UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
• Major: Structural Geology

Exhibitions

SOLO

• January 2020 – May 2020, Throughgood Coffee, Studies in Macrame, Houston, TX
• March 2020, Modern Knots - The Copper Shade Tree Gallery, Round Top, TX
• December 2020, Verbena Coffee, Freeform Macrame Studies, Houston, TX

GROUP

• June 2020, Virtual Enneagram Art Show
• June 19th – August 14th, 2021, The Big Show 2021, The Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
• Fall 2021, Intersections II: Art Made in Quarantine, Holy Family HTX, Houston, TX
• Fall 2021, Hardy & Nance Studios Art Crawl Group Show, Houston, TX
• August 2022, 8th Annual Leaves & Petals Art Exhibition, Fusion Art

Awards

• Art Category Winner, The 2020 Etsy Design Awards, https://etsydesignawards.com/
• The Denis Diderot Grant, 2022 Chateau Orquevaux Residency Program
• The Emerging Artist Grant, 2022 Chateau Orquevaux Residency Program

Press and Publications

PRESS

• 2020, Architecture Digest Website, “Our Favorite Home Décor Pieces From the Second Annual Etsy Design Awards”

• 2020, Hunker Website, “The Second Annual Etsy Design Award Winners Are Swoon-Worthy”

• 2020, Refinery 29 Website, “Silk Dresses, Skateboard Credenzas & All Of Etsy’s 2020 Design Awards Winners”,

• 2020, Homecrux Website, “Etsy Design Awards 2020: Four Homeware Items That Won Our Hearts”

• 2020, Apartment Therapy Website, “Drew Barrymore Judged the Etsy Design Awards This Year, And Her Winning Picks Are Too Good”

• 2020, Shoutout HTX, “Meet Demi Mixon, Macrame and Fiber Artist”

PUBLICATIONS & COURSES

• 2020, Snowday Magazine, The Natural Issue #2, p. 102-105.
• 2021, The Heights Pages, Summer Issue 2021, P. 38
• 2021, Colour Hive - London’s MIX Magazine, Issue #63
• Release Upcoming Spring 2022, Domestika Tutorial Courses, “Making a Macrame Wall Planter”