Artist Info
Alison Britton OBE RCA
Alison Claire Britton is a British ceramic artist, with an international reputation, known for her large sculptural, slab-built vessels.
She studied at Leeds College of Art 1966-1967; Central School of Art and design 1967-1970 and the Royal College of Art 1970-1973.
Alison Britton was a part-time lecturer at various colleges until 1984, when she was appointed as tutor at the RCA. She was made a Fellow of the RCA in 1990 and has been a Senior Tutor since 1998. She has been external examiner for BA courses at Camberwell College of Arts, Goldsmiths, the University of Dundee, the University of Westminster, University College Falmouth, the University of Edinburgh and Loughborough University, and BA and MA courses at the National College of Art and Design (Dublin).
She was awarded an Honorary Degree at The University of the Creative Arts in 2006, Honorary Fellow of the University of the Arts London in 2008 and an OBE in 1990.