Solo and two-person exhibitions include:
- 2023: Signifying Nothing in Colour, Ken Artspace, London, 11 to 27 May 2023
- 2023: Signifying Nothing, Ken Artspace, London, 15 April to 6 May 2023
- 2021-22: Pièces à problèmes - Robert Dawson and Richard Slee, Musée Ariana, Geneva
- 2017: En Avant, The Shrine of St Augustine, Ramsgate
- 2015-16: Robert Dawson: Pattern Play, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
- 2012: Surface Games / Jeux de Surface, Barthète, Boussan, France
- 2010: Bypass, in collaboration with Steve Bunn, New Greenham Arts, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire
- 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: Robert Dawson, Eurostar, Waterloo, London
- 1999: Periphera, Royal College of Art, London
- 1997: Appropriating the Willow, Studio Pottery Gallery, Exeter
- 1993: Against Nature, in collaboration with Richard Slee, Sight Specific Gallery, Arundel
Collections include:
- The Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
- The British Council Collection, London
- The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
- The Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
- RIAN Design Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden
- Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen
- The Gosport Museum, Hampshire
- The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
- Museo De Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Contemporary Art Society purchase for The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
- Temple Newsam House, Leeds
- Auckland Museum, New Zealand
- Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
- Palais des Evêques de Comminges, Alan, France
- Permanenten Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, Norway
- Maison Patrimoniale de Barthète, Boussan, France
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Musée Ariana, Geneva
Art commissions include:
- Mayforth Property Ltd, Bowmer and Kirkland Ltd and Axiom Architects [link]
- Liverpool City Council [link]
- European Land, Ginkgo Projects
- Hilton Hotels Corporation, The Manser Practice Architects and Designers [link]
- Selfridges, London,
- The Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
- Nottingham City Council
- John Lewis, Victoria Centre, Nottingham
- Waitrose, Marylebone, London
- The World of Interiors magazine, London
- Spayne Lindsay & Co, London, Headline Publishing Group, London
- The Art House, Wakefield
- Churchill Hospital, Oxford
- The House of Words, Dr Johnson's House, London [link]
Design industry commissions:
- Ceramica Bardelli, Milan [link]
- Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
- Volpe and Volpe, London
- tmtmDesigns, Conwy
- Habitat, London
Awards:
- Surface Design Awards 2015, Winner of the Commercial Exterior Surface Category
- 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
Past group exhibitions include:
2020-21: Between Sea and Sky: Blue and White Ceramics from Persia and Beyond, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2019: ‘Mixed Display’, Marsden Woo Gallery, London
2018: ’Porcelain Plus', Køppe Contemporary Objects, Gallery R2, Søndergade 2. Svaneke, Bornholm, Denmark
2018: 'Put it at Stake - Six Voices in Contemporary Ceramics', RIAN Design Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden, [link]
2017: 'Form + Motion', Cheongju Craft Biennale, UK Pavilion [link]
2017: 'Roseberys Introducing Curious SE27', Roseberys, West Norwood
2017: 'Surface Explorers', St Luke's Church, West Norwood
2017: Putting it at Stake – Six voices in Contemporary Ceramics, Porslinsfestivalen Lidköping, Sweden
2017: Køppe Contemporary Objects, Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016-17: Cross Currents: China Exports and the World Responds, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2016: Køppe Contemporary Objects, Copenhagen
2015-16: Drawing, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2015: Re- reanimate, repair, meld & mend, Bluecoat Display Centre, LiverpoolMany
2015: Many a Slip, invited artists juggle with the domestic symbol of ‘the cup’ - Curated by Alison Britton
2013-14: Horizon – Landscapes, Ceramics and Prints, National Museum, Oslo, Norway
2013: New Blue and White, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2012: Blue & White, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012: Manchester Contemporary, Manchester
2012: Curious: A site-specific art trail at West Norwood Cemetery, London
2011: Ting Tang Trash - Upcycling in Contemporary Ceramics, Art Museums in Bergen, Permanenten, The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen [link]
2011: Le décor est planté..., Manufacture Bernardaud, Limoges
2011: Award, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
2011: Thinking Horizontally, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2011: Prints and Transfers - Drucktechniken auf Keramik, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
2010: (WCC-BF): Second European Triennial of Ceramic and Glass, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, Belgium
2010: Korero and Hui Hua – Ceramics in Conversation,Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2010: Hands On: Design Brought to Life, Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London
2010: Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2010, Jerwood Space, London, and UK and Ireland tour, 2010/11
2010: Bypass, New Greenham Arts, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire
2010: Ospiti Inaspettati - Case di Ieri, Design di Oggi, Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan, Italy
2010: Intersecting Disciplines, Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London
2010: Medium Resistance, Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, Exhibition in conjunction with Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious
2010: l'artelier céramique, Cité-Derrière 3, CH 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
2009: Art & Utility, West Wales School of the Arts Gallery, Carmarthen
2009: Non Object Ive, Lodz Design 2009, Poland
2009: British Ceramics Biennial awards exhibition, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
2009: Pressing Matter, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009, South Korea
2009: Three by One: a selection from 3 public craft collections by Alison Britton, Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
2009: UK to OK: Exploring Traditions in Contemporary Design, Price Tower Arts Centre, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
2009: The Revivalists, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2009: House of Words: Celebrating the tercentenary of the birth of Dr Johnson in 2009, Dr Johnson's House, London
2009: Object Factory: the Art of Industrial Ceramics, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
2009: Fragiles, Al-Sabah Art & Design Collection, Kuwait
2008: Tea’s Up , Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2008: Object Factory: the Art of Industrial Ceramics, The Gardiner Museum, Toronto
2007: Form and Tradition - Contemporary Ceramics , Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
2007: Func Art , drud & køppe gallery, Copenhagen
2007: Fragiles, Design Miami, Florida, and world tour
2007: 63rd Scripps Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California
2006: a-mart , Ale & Porter Arts, Bradford on Avon
2006: In Production (part of the London Design Festival), T2, Brick Lane, London
2006: Breakers , PM Gallery, Ealing, London
2006: 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
2005: A Great Mania: the Influence of Delftware , Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Idaho
2005: Flower Power, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2005: Something Borrowed, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2005: 5 First, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2004: Wedgwood at 100% Design, London
2004: Resident Alien, Crafts Council Gallery Shop, Islington
2004: The Home Ideal Show , (Eshoda Arts), Hotbath Gallery, Bath
2003: Everything but ..., British Council exhibition, touring the Middle East and South East Asia
2003: 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
2002: Blue + White = Radical, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2002: 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
2000: Pattern Transfer , Spode Museum, Stoke on Trent, and Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2000: New Routes, New Destinations , Rosenthal, Milan Furniture Fair, and European tour
1999: The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, and world tour
1999: Rosenthal, Royal College of Art, London
1998: art.tm, Inverness
1998: Off the wall ..., The London Institute Gallery, London
1998: The British Council, London
1998: 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
1993: Ceramic Contemporaries , Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1993: Maastricht Biennale, Maastricht, Holland
