Professor Stephen Dixon
Stephen Dixon is a member of the Crafts Research Centre.
A selection of recent research outputs.- Exhibitions
Dixon, S., 2013. Cotton Exchange, Rajnagar Mill, Ahmedabad, India, 18 to 21 April 2013.
Dixon, S., 2013. Friendship Forged in Fire: British Ceramics in America, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California, 9 February to 5 May 2013.
Dixon, S., 2013. Restoration Series, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 28 March 2013 to 27 March 2014.
Dixon, S., 2012. Ceramics and Print in International Contemporary Ceramic Art, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery, Copenhagen, October 29 to November 24 2012.
Dixon, S., 2012. COLLECT 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, 10-14 May 2012.
Mitchison, L. Dixon, Stephen, Kettle, Alice, Welsh, Alison, Zapp, Andrea, 2012. Global Threads: The cotton Exchange Project, Queens Street Mill, Burnley, Lancashire, May - August 2012.
Dixon, S., 2011. British Ceramics Biennial Award exhibition, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 30 September to 11 December 2011.
Dixon, S., 2011. COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, 5 to 9 May 2011.
Broadhead, M., Dixon, S., Potter, L., Wilson, E., 2011. Memoranda, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, 26 july to 1 October 2011.
Webb, J., 2011. Pairings, MMU Special Collections, Otter Gallery Chichester, Fairfield Mill, Cumbria, September 2010 -.
Dixon, S. and 98 British ceramic artists., 2010. Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 1 October 2010 to 13 March 2011.
Dixon, S. and 26 artists, including Hatoum, M., Atkinson, T.,Moore, H., Piper, J., Sandle, M., Head, T., 2010. Fall Out; War and Conflict in the British Council Collection, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 26 March to 30 May 2010.
Clare, C., Dixon, S., Lewis, P., Scott, P., Summers, E., 2010. Fired Up: Ceramics and Meaning, Gallery Oldham, 17 July to 14 November 2010.
Dixon, S., Bugg, R., 2008. Brit by Brit: Contemporary British Ceramics, Robert Morris University Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA., 19 March to 19 April.
Dixon, S., 2008. Embedded Narratives, THE LOFT, Mumbai, India, 18 to 30 September 2008.
Dixon, S., Welsh, A., 2008. Mechanical Drawing: the schiffli project, The Hub, Sleaford., 8 March to 27 April.
Dixon, S., Webb, J., 2008. Meeting in the Middle, Alsager Arts Centre, 1 to 29 March.
Dixon, S., 2008. Permanently MAD: revealing the collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA., 27 Sept 08 to 15 Feb 09.
Dixon, S., 2008. You'll Never Walk Alone., National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland., 8 March to 27 April.
Dixon, S., 2007. '200 Years: Slavery Now', Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool., 19 October to 17 November.
Dixon, S., 2007. The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection: A Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco., The de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA., 27 October 2007 to 13 January 2008.
Dixon, S., 2007. THE HAT PROJECT: Here and There., The British Council, New Delhi, India., 28 March to 24 April..
Dixon, S., 2006. Ceramique Contemporaine Biennale Internationale., Musee Magnelli, Vallauris, France., 1 July to 20 November 2006.
Kettle, A., 2006. SOFA with Bluecoat Display centre, Chicago, USA, 10 - 12 November 2006.
Dixon, S., Isupov, S. and Scott, P., 2006. Surface Tension, The Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia., 25 March to 29 May.
Dixon, S., 2005. The Sleep of Reason, Manchester Art Gallery, 5 March to 30 May 2005.
Dixon, S., 2004. 21 Countries, Imperial War Museum North, 21 February 2004 to 31 May 2004.
Dixon, S., 2004. British Ceramic Masterworks, Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum, 25 June 2004 to 25 September 2004.
Dixon, S., 2004. Go Figure, Clay Gallery, Venice, California, September 2004.
Dixon, S., 2004. Savage Indignation, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 17 September 2004 to 30 October 2004.
Dixon, S., Sashida, T., 2003. 03 Ceramics Exhibition, Gallery Ten, Daimaru, Tokyo, 20 october 2003 to 26 October 2003.
Dixon, S., 2003. Shared Passion, Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum., 8 February 2003 to 18 May 2003.
Dixon, S., 2003. Tea, Anyone?, Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 14 September 2003 to 18 January 2004.
Dixon, S., 2003. Tell Tale: Narratives in contemporary craft, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, 19 September 2003 to 2 November 2003.
Dixon, S., 2002. 16/16, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 4 May 2002 to 5 June 2002.
Dixon, S., 2002. Containing Ceramics: Highlights from the British Crafts Council Collection, SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, 24 October to 27 October.
Dixon, S., 2001. British Studio Ceramics: Works from the New Millenium, Philadelphia Clay Studio, U.S.A., 1 June 2001 to 24 June 2001.
Dixon, S., 2001. Engelsk keramik, Galleri Norby, Copenhagen., 28 April 2001 to 12 may 2001.
Dixon, S., 2001. Figurative Ceramics, Crafts Council at the V & A, 20 September 2001 to 4 November 2001.
Dixon, S., 2001. Home Sweet Home, Kulturhuset, Stockholm (and touring), 23rd February 2001 to 15 April 2001.
- Artefacts
Welsh, A., 2012. 'Another Peace - Cotton Exchange', Travellers Tales Contemporary Applied Art. London, 2009.
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Clocking On', Site specific installation piece., Queen Street Mill, Burnley, Lancashire., May - August 2012.
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Restoration 2 (Lui Xiaobo)', Ceramic portrait bust., COLLECT 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London., 11-14 may 2012.
Dixon, S., 2011. 'Letters From Tripoli.', Archival cabinet containing fragments of a fictionalised narrative., Crafts Study Centre, UCA, Farnham., 26 July to 1 October 2011..
Dixon, S., 2011. 'Restoration (Aung San Suu Kyi)', Ceramic portrait head., COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London., 6-9 May 2011..
Dixon, S., 2010. 'Hero.', Indian bicycle with floral ceramic interventions., Ahmedabad International Arts Festival., 29-31 October 2010..
Welsh, A., 2009. 'Armchair Politico. The Schiffli Project', Making and Mending, Bury St Edmonds Art Gallery, 2009.
Dixon, S., 2009. 'Monopoly', Ceramic battleship sculpture, Gladstone Pottery Museum, as part of the British Ceramics Biennial 2009., 3 October to 13 December 2009..
- Book Chapters
Dixon, S., 2011. 'Stephen Dixon'. In Peters, T. and West, J. (eds.) Memoranda, 36-43, Luminous Books, London..
Dixon, S and 37 international ceramic artists, 2009. 'Stephen Dixon'. In Hemachandra, R., Ostermann, M. (eds.) Masters: Earthenware, 38 chapters, with artists contributions., 282-289, Lark Books, U.S.A..
- Journal Articles
Lloyd-Jones, T., 2013. 'Peace Talks', CRAFTS, No 242, May/June 2013, 42-45.
Mitchell, L., 2012. 'Material Memory', Ceramic Review, issue 257, 42-47.
Theophilus, J., 2009. 'Guerrilla Ceramics', Art and Architecture Journal, issue 68.
Amadei, G.L., 2009. 'Produce', Blueprint, issue 284, 73-78.
Dixon, S., 2005. 'Narrativ Keramikk', Kunsthandverk, Issue 2, 2005, No. 96, 22-25.
Dixon, S., 2005. 'The Sleep of Reason', Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 59 March 2005, 70-73.
Dixon, S., 2004. 'Ceramics of Substance', Ceramics in Society, Issue 57 2004 Series, 4-5.
- Presentations
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Ceramics, Print and Narrative.', Ceramics and Print conference., Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Centre, Denmark., 26-27 October 2012..
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Crafting the Contemporary', The Disruptive Difference: Transnational Craft Dialogues, School of Museum Studies, Leicester University, 17 February 2012.
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Differing approaches to artistic research', Agenda conference, KHIO (Oslo National Academy of the Arts), 2 November 2012.
Dixon, S., 2012. 'Why Clay?', Ceramics and Sculpture: Different Disciplines and Shared Concerns, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 5 July 2012, in Interpreting Ceramics, online journal, issue 14.
O'Neill, C. J., Dixon, Stephen, 2010. 'collaboration within manchester school of art', collaboration - research in ceramics now, University of Westminster, 23rd June 2010.
Dixon, S., 2010. 'The Artist as Exhibit', Ceramics on Show: Public and Private Displays., V&A London., 24 to 25 September 2010..
Dixon, S., 2009. 'Guerrilla Ceramics: the Monopoly project', Ceramic City - Design for Public Space, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 9-10 October 2009.
Dixon, S., Sokolowski, T., Bugg, R. and Nichols, S., 2008. 'Ceramics - Breaking the Mold?', CONFLUENCE: Innovation, Community, Environment, the 42nd Annual Conference of NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), David L. Lawrence Conference Centre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA., March 19 to march 22., in NCECA website: www.nceca.net.
Dixon, S., 2007. '200 Years: Slavery Now', The Gardner-Medwin Lecture, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 15 November.
Dixon, S., 2007. 'Beyond the Seas', HAT project conference, Sanskriti, New Delhi, India, 25 to 30 March, in HAT website www.hat.mmu.ac.uk.
Dixon, S., 2004. 'Reflections on Beauty: polarities,dualities, contexts and perspectives', Thoughts on Beauty, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 25 november 2004 to 27 November 2004, in The Impossible Fridge, Thoughts on Beauty, Craft and Art.
Dixon, S., 2003. 'Mind and Material: Contemporary British Ceramics', The Current Situation of the Craft Arts in Japan and Britain, The Japan Foundation, Kyoto, 4 April 2003.
- Other Outputs
Dixon, S., 2010. 'Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection', Work featured in the exhibition publication (book) Annie Carlano (ed.) Yale University Press.
Dixon, S., Buchler, P., 2001. 'But is it Craft?', An exhibition questioning the boundaries and public perception of 'craft', curated by Stephen Dixon and Pavel Buchler..
Dixon, S., 2001. 'Form and Transfer', An exhibition of contemporary printed ceramics, curated by Stephen Dixon..
Dixon, S., 2001. 'The Fired Print: Contemporary Approaches to Printed Studio Ceramics', An educational slide set with accompanying text, published by Manchester Metropolitan university, 2001 (ISBN 1861320787).