Brian D Hodgson


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Selected solo exhibitions

Dark Snow @ the Exposure Unit: Peckham, London. 2018

Trans( ): Pie Factory, Margate, UK. 2012

Burning: Excelsior Works, Rollins Street, London. 2011

Attack: Area 10, London. 2003

Chemical X: Sun and Doves, London. 2001

Acid Drops in the Pacific: Camberwell, London. 1997

In Transit: London Print Workshop Gallery, London. 1997

New Work: Intaglio Printmaker Gallery, London. 1995

New Ground: Galleri M, Stockholm, Sweden. 1994

Selected group exhibitions

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2024: London. 2024. Shortlisted for Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, International Original Print Exhibition 2024: Bankside Gallery, London. 2024.

LOOP 2024: Bankside Gallery, London. 2024.

Hong Kong Art Book Fair: Panpan Yan and Diyou Yu Stand, Hong Kong. 2024.

Creative Freedom: John Muir Trust, Pitlochry Wild Space, Pitlochry. 2024.

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2023: London. 2023.

Aeonic: An Talla Solais, Ullapool. 2023. Two-person show with Veronica Vossen

The Life Aquatic: Maid of the Loch, Loch Lomond. 2023.

Forces of the Small: Filet Space, London. 2023. Curated by Peter Suchin

Withheld: Safehouse 2, Peckham, London. 2022. Curated by Rosie Zielinski

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2021: London. 2021

Summer Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2021

Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2021 (shortlisted): Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge. 2021

Room: An Talla Solais, Ullapool. 2020

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2020: London. 2020

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2019: London. 2019

Summer Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2019

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018: London. 2018. Winner of Awagami Factory Prize 2018

Bainbridge Open 2018: ASC Gallery and ASC Projects, London. 2018

AP42 Impression · International Contemporary Printmaker Exchange Exhibition: Macao International Printmaking Arts Research Center, Macao. 2016

Conjunctively Evolving: Masters of Contemporary Art in China and Britain: Yun Contemporary Arts Center, Shanghai, China. 2016

IMPACT 9 International Printmaking Conference: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China. 2015

Impressions: Printmaking at Maidstone: Herbert Read Gallery, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury. 2015

Art Athina 2014 (Lubomirov-Easton, Platform Projects): Faliro Pavilion, Athens, Greece. 2014

Contentious: Parr Street, London. 2012

Pushing Print 2012 : Pie Factory, Margate. 2012

John Ruskin Prize 2012: A New Look at Nature (new drawing prize; 1 of 16 shortlisted artists): Brantwood, Coniston. 2012

Bite: Artists Making Prints: Mall Galleries, London. 2012

Tower Hamlets Spring Open 2012 - Scale and Place (selected by Rise Art and ALISN): Mile End Pavilion, London. 2012

The Space Between: Vyner Street Gallery, London. 2012

6: 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London. 2011

Pushing Print 2011 (Solo show prize winner): Margate Gallery and Pie Factory, London. 2011

Sluice Art Fair 2011 (ALISN Stand), London. 2011

Bainbridge Open: Bainbridge Studios and Gallery, London. 2011

Places Called (screening): Portobello Pop Up cinema, London. 2011

Spent: Three Colts Gallery, London. 2006

Ambush Street: (at temporary space in Deptford, London SE8), 198 Gallery, London. 2003

Northern Soul (also curator): 198 Gallery, London. 2002

The Silver Tassie: London Coliseum (ENO), Covent Garden, London. 2000

Blood on the Floor: St John's Church, Waterloo, London. 1998

A*g*b: SNAP (Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists) Gallery, Canada

KIAD - Evidence: Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone, Kent. 1998

A Decade of Printmaking at Camberwell: Centenary Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts, London. 1998

The British Contemporary Printmakers: Sapporo, Japan. 1997

Temple Bar International Print Show: Art House, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland. 1997

A*g*b Box Set: Launched at Hardware Gallery, London. 1997

A*g*b - New Graphics and Print: Touring show in UK (Curwen Gallery and New Academy Gallery, London), Estonia and Lithuania. 1996/97

Transformations: London Institute Gallery, Bond Street, London

Photo-Alt - International Photo Alternative: Waverly City Gallery, Australia. 1996

Galleri M Artists: Galleri M, Stockholm, Sweden. 1994

Galleri Kohler, Knightsbridge, London. 1993

Art 92: Business Design Centre, London. 1992

Intaglio Printmaker Gallery, Islington, London. 1991

Slaughter House Gallery, Smithfield, London. 1990

Integration of Computers and Print Technology: Homerton College, Cambridge. 1989

Computers and Printmaking Exhibition and Conference: Whitechapel Gallery, London. 1989

Art and Computers: Touring exhibition organised by Cleveland Arts. 1988

Other events and projects

Geographies of Print zine (included artist), and one-day Instagram takeover as invited artist. 2022

Withheld zine (included artist), curated by Rosie Zielinski. 2022

Hmmm... Photography and Printmaking zine (included artist), curated by Somewhere In Between Collective. 2021

How to Improve the World: 60 Years of British Art: Hayward Gallery, London
Recreated Gustav Metzger's 1961 South Bank Auto-destructive art - acid on nylon demonstration in collaboration with Metzger and the Hayward Gallery; also exhibited Attack video documenting my 2003 acid action at Area 10. October 2006

Invited Artist: Camberwell College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design Computers and Printmaking Research Project. 1995 to 1997

Teaching and Talks

Specialist Technician in Teaching and Learning: Etching: University of the Arts London. 2009-present

Guest Artist Speaker: as part of Professional Practice/Changing Futures week, University of Northampton. 2020

Tutor in Printmaking: Short Courses at University of the Arts, London. 1998 to 2017

Visiting Tutor: City Lit Fine Art course, City Lit, London. 2002 to 2023

Artist Speaker: as part of book launch of Etching: An Artist's Guide. 2019

Visiting Tutor: University College for the Creative Arts at Maidstone, Kent. 1993 to 2010

Visiting Tutor: University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne. 1998

Visiting Tutor: BA Printmaking: Christchurch College, Canterbury. 1995 to 1997

Awards and prizes

Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize 2024, shortlisted - Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2024

University of the Arts London Outstanding Technical Support Award, 2020

Awagami Factory Prize 2018 - Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018

University of the Arts London Teaching Award, 2015

Special Recognition for White Square Students' Union Teaching Award, University of the Arts London, 2012

John Ruskin Prize 2012 - 1 of 16 shortlisted artists in the first year of this prize

Pushing Print 2011 - Solo show prize

Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Scholarship for exploratory research and development (first visual artist to be awarded a Wingate Scholarship. 1988 to 1990

Press, publications and online

Arts Council Collection, Printed Line exhibition video, 2019-2022 - featured demonstration

Etching: An Artist's Guide, by Ann Norfied, Crowood Press, 2019 - featured artist

Artlyst (online), 'Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018 Round-Up', 26 November 2018, by Jude Cowan Montague - review

Printmaking Today, Summer 2017, 'In Conversation: Paul Haydock-Wilson interviews Brian D Hodgson' - interview

Etching and Photopolymer Intaglio Techniques, by Colin Gale, A&C Black, 2006 - featured artist

Art Education

Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Art, Design and Communication, Centre for Learning and Teaching in Art and Design, University of the Arts London. 2004 to 2005

MA and Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking (both with Distinction), Camberwell School of Arts, London. 1988 to 1992

BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) (with Commendation), Camberwell School of Arts, London