Bio:
April received a 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 New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center (Views), Film Anthology Archives in New York, Rotterdam Film Festival, Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago and many more.
April taught film production, theory and history at the University level for over 24 years.

Her mixed media work has been exhibited in many group shows including the Mint Museum in uptown Charlotte NC.
Her first solo show Through the Ether at Cabarrus Arts Council, was in 2026.

Artist Statement:
I am deeply interested and drawn towards the exploration of loneliness-
that of the unfrequented and the remote. 

Mixed Media Work Process:
I use found images to create new, original content.  I collect and store unrelated images from different modalities and mediums—photographs, paintings, advertisements and film stills. I digitally isolate and manipulate each item by removing the color, texture, and the context from its original source.

This process disembodies each item from its original composition and narrative; rendering it relationship-less, environment-less and devoid of its conceptual intent. Only the object’s original position or perspective remains intact. 

These objects then form a visual depository or footage bin, from which I create new compositions on cotton rag paper, mount to wood and paint using only natural plant-based archival paints made from earth pigments.