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
- 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
Exhibitions
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.
- “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. - 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.