Bob Dawson Resumé

 

Public & Individal Commissions

  • City and Guilds Medal for Aeronautical Engineering.
  • Alter and Font (marble) for St Nicholas Church, Hayes.
  • Crucifix (concrete) and Alter (slate) for St Edmunds Church, Hayes. 1969.
  • Inscriptions for Foundation Stone for St Edmunds and St Nicholas Church.
  • Alter for St. Matthew’s Church, Bethnal Green.
  • Group (concrete) for Corley Residential School, Coventry.
  • Coat of Arms (stove enameled aluminum) for Cordwainers Technical College, Hackney.
  • Relief ‘World-Wide’ carried for the offices of Merrill-Lynch Stockbroker, Davies Street, London. 9 Architectural Review. March 1969.
  • Exterior sculpture ‘Lotus’ for William Tatton – Brown (private commission).
  • ‘Red Kite’ sculpture for school in Oundle.
  • Portrait sculpture of Godric E.S. Bader (Scott Barder Wollaston). 1989.
  • Portrait of Dame Theadora Turner for St Thomas’s Hospital, London. 2002.
  • Portrait of Godric E.S. Bader. 1989.
  • Commander Michael Saunders Watson (Rockingham Castle).
  • Sir Anthony Almet.
  • Portrait ‘Ursula Buchan’ for Gardening writer and journalist who lived in Oundle. (Private commission). 1989.
  • Portrait ‘Sheila Stone’ for the Curator of the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
  • Sculpture celebrating the Miners of Desford Colliery, Bagworth, Heath Woods, Leicestershire. 2000.
  • ‘Bird in Flight’ sculpture (stainless steel) for the Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel. 2001.

Awards

  • City and Guilds Lutyens Medal for Sculptures - 1951
  • City and Guilds travelling Scholarship - 1951-52
  • Exhibitions

  • Young Contempories - 1954, 1955 & 1956.
  • Allen Gallery, Niels Bjorr - 1959.
  • Copenhagen Gallery - 1963,1965.
  • Ewan Phillips Gallery - 1967-72.
  • O’Hana Gallery - 1967-72.
  • Grosvenor Gallery - 1964-67.
  • Galerie Vercamer, Paris - 1966, 1968 & 1969.
  • Handenschild and Laubscher Bern - 1967 & 1969.
  • Central Polytechnic, London - 1974, 1981 & 1985.
  • Welsh Arts Council - 1968.
  • London group - 1959.
  • Royal Acadey - 1956-76.
  • The Alfred East Gallery, Kettering - 1996 & 1997.
  • Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton - 1997.
  • ‘Sock it and See, Allcock and Grieves Gallery, Loughborough - 1998-99.
  • Olney Gallery - 1998 & 2003.
  • Fermyn Woods Contemporary Art - 1999 & 2000.
  • Leicester Museum and Art Gallery - 2000.
  • Millennial Exhibition, Milton Keynes Gallery - 2001.
  • Business Arts Gallery, Cambridge - 2001.
  • Dolby Gallery Oundle - 2002.
  • Leicester University - 2003.
  • Northampton Open Studio’s (one man) - 1998-99, 2003-04, & 2011-12.
  • Northampton Museum and Gallery - 2013

Publications (Books)

  • Robert (Bob) Dawson, Starting with Sculpture: The Elements of Modelling and Casting. London: Studio Vista, 1968.
  • Robert (Bob) Dawson, Practical Sculpture; Creating with Plastic Media. London: Studio Vista, 1970.
  • Robert (Bob) Dawson, Practical Carving: In Wood, Stone, Plastics and Other Materials. London: Studio Vista, 1972.
  • Critical Reviews

  • “Sculpting… Artist Bob Dawson.”
    Evening Telegraph. 3rd November 1999.
  • Round Anglia.
    Anglia Television. 9th September 1997.
  • Animal Images.
    The Guardian. 15th June 1996.
  • “Mythical Fenland Bird Graces Wheel.”
    The Evening Telegraph. 2001.
  • Consultancies

  • Hertfordshire and Nottinghamshire C.C Architects Department: Development of light modulating surfaces for pre-cast cladding.
  • Raymond Andrews and Partners London House Conversions: 3-D design. 1969-75.
  • Alec Tiranti Ltd. Publications: Consultancy on technical publications.