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Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
www.aprilgertler.com
EDUCATION
2002 - MFA Photography, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, New York
2001 / 2002 - MFA Winter Semester Exchange, Städelschule, Frankfurt/M, Germany
1997 - BFA Photography, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
- They are what they seem., GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2007
- They looked on while it happened., (with Barak Reiser & Gianluca Maver), Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
2006
- Build-Up, PrintServiceGallery, Florence, Italy
- 16 Days in San Francisco, Heimspiel, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2005
- Waiting for the dial tone, (with Barak Reiser & Gianluca Maver), Heimspiel, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Bird Watching, IO International, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Picturing Berlin, The Project Room at Herrmann & Wagner Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2004
- Fliegen, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
- If Only, Presse und Informationsamte, Curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2003
- International Meetings of Photography, George Papazoff Art Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
- Niether Here Nor There, The City Gallery (Billboard Project), Leiscester, England
- OCHO, ROJOartspace, Barcelona, Spain
2008
- Drawing Attention 2, Invaliden 1, Berlin, Germany
- Winter Salon, GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Berlin Liste, Group Show, Stilllife, Berlin, Germany
- Independent Drawing Gig No. 4, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Carte Blanche, Moulin du Roc, Niort, France
- 15 Years – Pour l’Instant, Moulin du Roc, Niort, France
- The Gemini Show, Pampero Apartment, Berlin, Germany
- Collage, Forever and a Day Buero, Berlin, Germany
- Women, photographers:networking selection 2008, Kellner Studio, Siegen, Germany
- Anonyme Zeichner N° 8, bluetenweiss, Berlin, Germany
- freunde und bekannte, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2007
- It Takes Something to Make Something, The Collection Rausch, Portikus, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Pimp My Walls, Curated by Stefan Schuster, Berlin, Germany
- Fucecchio Foto Festival - Terza Edition, Fucecchio, Italy
- Portrait - A Trialogue of Identity, Image, Imagination, Artneuland, Berlin, Germany
2006
- ways to see: places and landscapes, Fundación Telefónica España, Lima, Peru
- Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- April Gertler, Ben Plefka, Christian Wollte, Galerie Rautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- FotoGrafia - The International Festival of Rome, Hadrian’s Temple, Rome, Italy
- Lødz International Photography Festival,Lødz, Poland
2005
- Festival Off des Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Voies Off, Arles, France
- 1+1, Senko Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
- Sprawl, Haley-Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
- Outskirts, oh!art, Oxford House on Bethnal Green, London, England
2004
- Pour L’Instant, Moulin du Roc, Niort, France
- Poesie des Funktionalen, Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
- Rencontres Photographiques de Ghar El Melh, Ghar El Melh, Tunisia
2002
- Universal Builders Supply, UBS, Red Hook, New York, USA
- Once Again, 323 West, New York, New York, USA
2001
- Mapping, The W.O.R.K.S. Gallery, San Jose, California, USA
- Look Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California, USA
- Beyond the Center, Universal Builder’s Supply, Red Hook, New York, USA
EXPERIENCE – Including TEACHING, RESIDENCES + GRANTS
2008
- Bard College, New York, USA
Visiting artist guest professor for Barbara Ess’s photography course.
- Pour l’Instant, Niort, France
Artist Residency, Exhibition and Catalogue
2006
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA
Visiting artist guest professor for Susan Ciriclio’s photography course.
2005
Krabbeshølm, Skive, Denmark
Visiting artist guest professor. I worked with Søren Lose and his photography students on a week long project that culminated in an exhibition in Viborg, Denmark at Senko Gallery.
2004
- California College of the Art, Oakland, California, USA
Taught an advanced summer workshop on printing black and white images in the darkroom.
- Pour L’Instant, Niort, France
Artist Residency and Exhibition (Artistic Director: Joan Fontcuberta)
2002 + 2003
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, USA
Artist Residency and Book Production Grant for Scars. Edition : 100 Copies, Assigned ISBN: 1-893125-26-2
It is held in the collections of: Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Delaware, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Yale University Artist Book Collections.
2003 - present
Free-lance English language and American cultural trainer, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, Germany
International clients include; Deutsche Bank (Frankfurt/Main), Siemens (Berlin), and pi4 Robotics (Berlin)
2002
Städelschule, Frankfurt / Main, Germany
Grant: Eagle in the City Project, for the Rundgang Exhibition
Edition: 197 C-Prints, Publically posted in Frankfurt / Main, Germany
1997-2002
Marginalia Press, Oakland, California, USA
Co-founder and partner in a printing company that specialized in fine art letterpress printing with services including graphic design, photography, letterpress and screen-printing.
2002
Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York, USA
Artist Residency
2001
California State University: Hayward California, USA
Taught Photoshop courses for the Adult Extension Program.
1997 – 200
The Urban High School of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
High school photography teacher responsible for creating new curriculum that married digital with manual photography. Also taught book-making and a video classes.
1999 - 2000
Oxbow, Napa, California, USA
Taught courses in new media for students at this art intensive boarding high school founded by Ann Hatch (Capp Street Project – now Wattis Institute). Designed the Black and White Darkroom facilities. Also worked with the school director to develop the core curriculum for the photography and multi-media courses.
1999
San Francisco Center fort he Book, San Francisco, California, USA
Taught classes on alternative approaches to designing and printed letterpress documents
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + REVIEWS
2008
- Carte Blanche – catalogue, Moulin du Roc, Niort, France
- Profifoto, photographer:networking selection 2008 catalogue, Germany
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Sieve: Beautiful Stains, Barcelona, Spain
- Left Hand Rotation, (online only: www.lefthandrotation.com), Collage 55 Issue, Spain
2007
- They looked on while it happened., Catalogue for Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
- Århus Stiftstidende, De så det skete, Broch-Lips, Henrik, 6 March
- Jyllandsposten, Frau nattens mysterium, Hermansen, Tom, Århus, Denmark, 5 March
- Interview with Pirate Cat Radio about me2u Project, 87.9FM, San Francisco
- Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 21/06, Kunst, Frankfurt/M, 6-19 October, p. 59
2006
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Blühende Landschaften, Schütte, Christoph, Frankfurt/M, 9 February
- Novecento, la necessita della fotografia, Festival Inernazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Inna, (with NIKE), Barcelona, Spain, June
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Mich, Barcelona, Spain, June
2005
- Photo-Book, No. 7, Athens, Greece, November
- Artweek, Vol. 36, Issue 7, ‚Sprawl’ at Haley Martin Gallery, Nataraj, Nirmala, San Francisco, CA, September
- pLUK, (ISBN MPLUK022), Euroview, Noll, Ute, January – March
2004
- Art Kaleidoscope, Frankfurt/M, Germany, August - December
- Capricious, (ISBN1573-3076), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Von Voegeln und Menschen, Frankfurt/M, Germany, Balk, 4 August
- La Presse de Tunisie, L’imge en liberte, Belhassine, Olfa, 9 July
- Camera Austria No. 86 (ISBN 1015-1915), Fliegen, Graz, Austria
- Paper Placemats (ISBN 0-9746908-1-3), J + L Publishing, Fliegen, New York, New York
- Artic Texte aus der froehlichen Wissenschaft, (ISBN 0945-9863), Fliegen, Neu-Isenburg, Germany
2003
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Fliegen, Barcelona, Spain
- Scars (ISBN 1-893125-26-2), Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York
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