Current and forthcoming group exhibitions:

V&A New Ceramics Galleries
V&A South Kensington, London
opened 18 September 2009


Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010
The Naughton Gallery at Queen's Lanyon Building, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN

4th August – 12 September


Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010

The exhibition will tour to IC:Innovative Craft in Edinburgh from 24th September – 24th October.
Dovecot, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT.


Korero and Hui Hua – Ceramics in Conversation

Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

1 July 2010 - 31 October 2010


(WCC-BF): Second European Triennial of Ceramic and Glass

Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium
Nov 2010 – Jan 2011



Commissions include:

Selfridges, London;
The Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston;
Nottingham City Council;
Habitat, London;
John Lewis, Victoria Centre, Nottingham;
Waitrose, Marylebone, London;
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent;
The World of Interiors at 100% Design (1999), London;
The Art House, Wakefield;

Churchill Hospital, Oxford;

The House of Words, Dr Johnson's House, London



Public Collections:

The Victoria & Albert Museum, London;
National Museums Liverpool;
The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston;
The British Council Collection, London;
The Gosport Museum, Hampshire;
The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary;
Museo De Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;
Kent State University Museum, Ohio;
Contemporary Art Society purchase for The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent;
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas;
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge;
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester 



Solo Exhibitions:

2008: Ornament & Crime, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2005: Robert Dawson Aesthetic Sabotage , Clay Gallery, Venice, California
2003: Robert Dawson , Window Gallery, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf
1999: Eurostar, Waterloo, London
          Periphera , Royal College of Art, London
1997: Appropriating the Willow , Studio Pottery Gallery, Exeter 



Selected past group exhibitions:


2010: Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010, Jerwood Space, London, and UK tour

          Bypass, New Greenham Arts, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire

          Ospiti Inaspettati - Case di Ieri, Design di Oggi, Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan, Italy

          Intersecting Disciplines, Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London

          Medium Resistance, Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia

                     Exhibition in conjunction with Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious

2009: Art & Utility, West Wales School of the Arts Gallery, Carmarthen

          Non Object Ive, Lodz Design 2009, Poland

          British Ceramics Biennial awards exhibition, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

          Pressing Matter, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009, South Korea

          Three by One: a selection from 3 public craft collections by Alison Britton,

                    Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey

          UK to OK: Exploring Traditions in Contemporary Design, Price Tower Arts Centre, Bartlesville, Oklahoma

          The Revivalists, Contemporary Applied Arts, London 

          House of Words: Celebrating the tercentenary of the birth of Dr Johnson in 2009, Dr Johnson's House, London
          Object Factory: the Art of Industrial Ceramics, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City

          Fragiles, Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection, Kuwait
2008: Tea’s Up , Contemporary Applied Arts, London
          Object Factory: the Art of Industrial Ceramics, The Gardiner Museum, Toronto
2007: Form and Tradition - Contemporary Ceramics , Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
          Func Art , drud & køppe gallery, Copenhagen
          Fragiles, Design Miami, Florida, and world tour
          63rd Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
2006: a-mart , Ale & Porter Arts, Bradford on Avon
          In Production (part of the London Design Festival), T2, Brick Lane, London
          Breakers , PM Gallery, Ealing, London
          European Ceramic Context 2006 , Hjorth Museum of Ceramics, Bornholm, Denmark
2005: Materialize (part of the London Design Festival), The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London
          A Great Mania: the Influence of Delftware , Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Idaho
          Flower Power, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
          Something Borrowed, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
          5 First, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2004: Wedgwood at 100% Design, London
          Resident Alien, Crafts Council Gallery Shop, Islington
          The Home Ideal Show , (Eshoda Arts), Hotbath Gallery, Bath
2003: Everything but ..., British Council exhibition, touring the Middle East and South East Asia
          The Vitrified Image, The Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, California
2002: elit-tile 2002 International Ceramic Tile Triennial, Museo De Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
          Blue + White = Radical, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
          Sleepers, The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, (part of the Ceramica International Festival)
2001: In-Print, Ferens Gallery, Hull, and UK tour
2000: Buildingcraft , Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
          Pattern Transfer , Spode Museum, Stoke on Trent, and Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
          New Routes, New Destinations , Rosenthal, Milan Furniture Fair, and European tour
1999: The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, and world tour
          Rosenthal, Royal College of Art, London
1998: art.tm, Inverness
          Off the wall ..., The London Institute Gallery, London
          The British Council, London
          Exhibitions of the Hot Off The Press Symposium, Kecskemét and Budapest, Hungary
1997: Fired, Harriett Green Gallery, London
1996: Hot Off The Press, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, and UK tour
1994: King Street Studios, London
1993: Against Nature (in collaboration with Richard Slee), Sight Specific Gallery, Arundel
          Ceramic Contemporaries , Victoria and Albert Museum, London
          Maastricht Biennale, Maastricht, Holland



Awards:


Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010

Built Environment Award, British Ceramics Biennial,  2009
The Elle Deco International Design Awards 2006, international winner of the Tableware category
The BDI (Birmingham Design Initiative), Industry and Genius Awards 2005, Award for Excellence, Ceramics & Glass Winner
Elle Decoration UK Design Awards 2005, best in Accessories
The Elle Decoration and Observer Magazine, Readers' Future Classic Award, 2005
elit-tile 2002 Award, Museo De Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 



Screenings:

10th Fringe Film & Video Festival, Edinburgh;
1st Wrexham Maelor Film & Video Festival;
The British Short Film Festival (1995)
, London 



Art Colleges:

1997/99: MA, Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art
1990/93: BA, Art and Design, Camberwell College of Arts