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
Collections include:
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;
Temple Newsam House, Leeds;
Aukland Museum, New Zealand;
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester;
The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
Art Museums of Bergen, Permanenten, The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen
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:
2011: Thing Tang Trash - Upcycling in Contemporary Ceramics, Art Museums in Bergen,
Permanenten, The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen
Le décor est planté..., Manufacture Bernardaud, Limoges
Award, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Thinking Horizontally, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Prints and Transfers - Drucktechniken auf Keramik, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
2010: (WCC-BF): Second European Triennial of Ceramic and Glass, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium
Korero and Hui Hua – Ceramics in Conversation,Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Hands On: Design Brought to Life, Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London
Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010, Jerwood Space, London, and UK and Ireland tour, 2010/11
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
l'artelier céramique, Cité-Derrière 3, CH 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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