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April Street

1975
Born in Virginia
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
1998
Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy, Bronze Casting and Art History
1997
BFA, Painting, E. Tennessee University, TN
1996
The School at the Art Institute of Chicago, Painting, Chicago IL

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020
"Circling the Drain Works on Paper," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (online) (Link)
2019
"The Lady of Shalott," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019
"April Street: The Mariner’s Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars and Flying Clouds," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2018
"The Shoulder and the Bow," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016
"Cassiopeia Loves Grimaldi," Kinman Gallery, London, UK
2015
"Lay Down Your Arms," Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
"Nothing Lasts Forever," 5 Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA
2014
"Runner," Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago IL
"A Vulgar Proof," Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"Catherine Czaki and April Street," Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2012
"Portraits and Ropes," Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2011
"Who threw the sunset at Me," Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions

2019
"Undertones: Biomorphic Art in Los Angeles," curated by Lindsay Preston Zappas, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2018
"Pussy, King of the Pirates," Maccarone, Los Angeles, CA
2016
"The good the bad and the ugly part 3," Gesso-artspace,, Vienna Austria
2014
"Remove Clothes," curated by René-Julien Praz, Art is Hope, Paris, France
"Le Coast: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Fine Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"My Self is an Other," curated by Claressinka Anderson and Sonny Ruscha Granade, Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Veils," Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013
"heros," Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
"Managing Modality," POST, Los Angeles, CA
"Anniversary," Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA
"A Point of view from a Cat," curated by Bridget Marrin and Weronika Zaluska, Los Angeles CA
2012
"Baker’s Dozen, 13 curators /13 LA artists,"Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA
2008
"Artrageous Annual Benefit/Exhibition,for Nashville Cares AIDS Org," Nashville, TN
2007
The Dominant Planets of, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

2020
Horst, Aaron. "Review: April Street at Vielmetter Los Angeles," Carla, Issue 19, February/March
2019
Zappas Preston, Lindsay. "Art Insider Dec. 17: immersive soundscapes, and obstacles facing black students," KCRW Insider, December 17 (Link)
Akers, Torey. "8 Not-to-Miss Artworks Under $20,000 at the Armory 2019," Artspace, March 6 (Link)
2018
Zappas Preston, Lindsay. "April Street: The Shoulder and the Bow at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," ArtReview, April (Link)
2015
Brown, A. Will. "A Deconstructed Hunting Cabin Filled with Fabricated Memories," Hyperallergic, December 7
Wagley, Catherine. "Jesper Just and April Street at Various Small Fires," CARLA, November 5
2014
Pagel, David. "Review: April Street conjures gritty romanticism in ‘A Vulgar Proof’," Sun Sentinal, January 23 (Link)
Hernando, Gladys-Katherina. "SFAQ Review: ‘A Vulgar Proof’ solo exhibition by April Street at Carter & Citizen," San Francisco Arts Quarterly, January 23 (Link)
Cheh, Carol. "April Street at Carter & Citizen," Artillery, March 4
Jaffe, Tali, "Critics Pick," Cultured Magazine
2013
Mason, Shana Beth, My Art Guides
McKenna, Klea and Nikki Grattan, Inthemake.com Interview
Moore, Caitlin and Matthew Gardocki, Fabrik Magazine
Buckley, Annie, "Critics’ Pick: April Street," Artforum
2012
Sommer, Danielle, "April Street," Art in America, December 5
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Artsy Things to this Week," LA Weekly, September 26
Bush, Bill, "Art and the Feminine Mystique," The Huffington Post, October 1
2008
Russell, Christopher, Artillery Magazine