April received her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied the moving image.

Her films have screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center (Views), Film Anthology Archives in New York, Black Maria Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Boston Museum of Fine Art, Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago, and on PBS to name a few. April has taught film production, theory and history at the University level for over 20 years. She started working in Mixed Media in 2021.

Her still images have been shown at The Galleries at Cabarrus Arts Council - LIMINAL Group show and ART IN MIND.
April’s work will be included this year (2024) in the upcoming Mint Museum biennial Coined in the South in Uptown Charlotte.

Artist Statement:
My work explores the relationship between the observer and the observed, reality and illusion and the processes that happen when our perspectives are altered. I am interested in the convergence of still life painting, photography and 3D modeling.