m6 toll road
John Hodgett

exhibition venue: Town Hall

The M6 Toll Road is geographically redefining the area to the north of Birmingham, and when completed will be the first new toll road in the UK. I decided to record the building of the road, and examine some of the visual peculiarities and disparities presented by such an enormous construction project. It is not my intention to comment directly on the merits and/or ethics of building road systems, or to react in a political way to the impact the road has had on the environment, but rather to simply respond to the visual incongruities it creates.

Biography / curriculum vitae:
Education:
1968 Foundation - Stafford; 1971 Cert. Ed - Portsmouth;
1996 MA - UCE, Birmingham

Positions Held:
1971 -73 Art Teacher - Bay House School;
1973 - 83 Head of Art - King Edwards;
1983 - 87 Photography Tutor Bournville College of Art;
1987 - 1991 Head of Photography Birmingham Polytechnic;
1991 - date - Photography Senior Lecturer - UCE, Birmingham
Selected Exhibitions
Solo:
1980 Holt Street Gallery, B’ham;
1980 Midlands Arts Centre, B’ham;
1981 Stafford Art gallery;
1982 Untitled Gallery, Sheffield;
1982 Photography over the Rainbow - Bristol;
1985 Birmingham Canals - IKON Touring ;
1989 Midlands Arts Centre;
2001 Midlands Arts Centre

Selected Exhibitions -
Group:
1982 IKON Group Show;
1988 Two-Person Show with David Buss;
1990 Group Show Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery;
1994 Zhejang Academy, China;
1997 Beatnik Gallery, Birmingham;
1998 Two Person Show with Clare Smith, Margaret Street, Birmingham;
1999 Group Show B16, Birmingham;
2000 Two Person Show with Clare Smith Midlands Arts Centre;
2001 Two Person Show with Clare Smith Himley Hall, Staffordshire

Selected Publications:
1980 Camera Magazine "Landscapes";
1981 "Half a Dozen Photographers" Publications; 1991 "Sharp Voices, Still Lives" Publication;
1992 Digital Photography Magazine "Ground Scans";
2000 BJP "Ground Scans";
2001 BJP "M6 Toll Road".

Selected Publications:
1980 Camera Magazine "Landscapes";
1981 "Half a Dozen Photographers" Publications; 1991 "Sharp Voices, Still Lives" Publication; 1992 Digital Photography Magazine "Ground Scans"; 2000 BJP "Ground Scans";
2001 BJP "M6 Toll Road".

For further information on John Hodgett 's work visit this web site: www.johnhodgett.co.uk/
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