Education

2014      Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Textiles, Florida International UniversityMiami, FL

2005     Technical Degree in Pattern Drafting & Professional Sewing, Emily Griffith Opportunity School, Denver, CO

Exhibitions

2019

Solo Exhibition, Lucid. Roseate Studio, Old Southeast, St Petersburg, FL (upcoming, December)

2018

Solo Exhibition, Security Blanket. Daysided, a pop-up gallery, St Petersburg, FL

Making Sense, Gallery 221@HCC, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL

2017

Skyway, A Collaboration, Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, FL 

Nasty Women, St Pete Women's Collective, St Petersburg, FL

2016

Concrete Kites, Studio@620, St Petersburg, FL  

Down They Forgot As Up They Grew, the Projects at FATvillage, Ft Lauderdale, FL 

Talking to Hear Our Threads Rattle, Conde Contemporary Project Space, Little Havana, Miami, FL

Solo Exhibition, That Child of Always, Studio@620, St Petersburg, FL

2015

Semiotics, Keep St Pete Lit/Bloom Art Center, St Petersburg, FL

Art in the Natural World and in Cultured Settings, Art Wynwood, curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Miami, FL

From Every Fiber, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX

2014

Murmur in the Glade, BEA Gallery, Miami, FL

Cygnet, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Paper Hearts, Miami Museum of Art and Design, curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Miami, FL

 

Awards

2017

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant Award

2016

Creative Loafing, Best of the Bay, Critic's Choice, for solo exhibition, That Child of Always, at Studio@620

2015

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant Award

 

Bibliography

Caitlin Albritton, "Femme Visuale: April Hartley on Her Upcoming Solo Show", Creative Loafing, Vol.29, Issue 10, May 12-18, 2016. http://www.cltampa.com/arts-entertainment/visual-art/article/20630433/femme-visuale-april-hartley-on-her-upcoming-solo-show