Biography
April Warren has lived in New York’s Hudson Valley for most of her life. She earned an MFA in Visual Arts (2010) and a BFA in Drawing and Painting (2002) from SUNY New Paltz. Her artwork treads the line between realism and abstraction and examines the role of the individual in a variety of environments, both physical and psychological.
Exhibition History:
- April 2011, Terrain, Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art (KMOCA), Kingston
- January 2011, The Dream Portfolio (traveling exhibition), Karma Road, New Paltz
- December 2010, The Dream Portfolio (traveling exhibition), Sojourner Truth Library, New Paltz
- October 2010, Ten, Unison Art Center, New Paltz
- September 2010, Submerged, Unison Gallery at Water Street Market, New Paltz
- June 2010, The Dream Portfolio (traveling exhibition), Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
- May 2010, Discretion: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz
April 2010, 2nd Annual N*t Prints Press Artist Invasion, Snug Harbor, New Paltz - Art Along the Hudson 7th Season Kickoff, Juried Group Show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz
- January 2010, Salad, Part II, Suny New Paltz Faculty Selects, The Shirt Factory #116, Kingston, NY
- December 2009, Art Along the Hudson Juried Group Show, Cuneen-Hacket Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
- December 2009, Postcards From the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
- December 2009, Winter Visions, Gadaleto’s, New Paltz
- October 2009, Betwixt, Unframed Artist Gallery, New Paltz
- October 2009, Celebration of the Arts, Juried Gallery Tent, Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz
- September 2009, Atmosphere, Unison Gallery at Water Street Market, New Paltz
- March 2009, Not Pr*ints Press Artist Invastion, Snug Harbor, New Paltz
- January 2009, Winter Group Show, Cabane Studios, Phoenicia, NY
- December 2008, New Paintings, Main Street Bistro, New Paltz, NY
- October 2008, points and spaces (solo show), Bywater Bistro, Rosendale, NY
- October 2008, Surprise!, Unison Gallery at Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY
- December 2007, Shiny Things (solo show), Unison Gallery at Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY
- November 2007, Postcards From the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
- November 2007, Cornell Street Studios, Kingston, NY
- October 2007, The Sketchbook Show, Art House, Atlanta, GA
- October 2007, A Year, The Parlor Gallery, Lancaster, PA
- July 2007, Ten Words (with Eileen Brand), Shakespeare’s Sister, Brooklyn, NY
- June 2007, Big Art Show, Cuneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepse, NY
- May 2007, A Moveable Feast, Benefit for Junior League of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Golf and Country Club, Poughkeepsie, NY
- May 2007, Imaging Earth, Bywater Bistro, Rosendale, NY
- April 2007, Ten Words (with Eileen Brand), Main Street Bistro, New Paltz, NY
- March 2007, In Ascension, Unison Gallery, New Paltz, NY
- August 2006, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, PooL Art Fair Benefit, New York Academy of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY
- July 2006, Fireflies, organized by Group 113, 425 5th Avenue, New York, NY
- February 2006, Valentine’s Day Show, RBar, Brooklyn, NY
- November 2005, Etchings (solo show), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
- October 2005, The Square Foot Show, ArtGotham, New York, NY
- April 2005, Windows Exhibition, Duchess of Duke, Lancaster, PA
- August 2004, Installation: Receiving Line (solo show), Main Course, New Paltz, NY
- January 2004, Famiglia, Ciao Bella, Brooklyn, NY
- July 2003, Paintings (solo show), Main Course, New Paltz, NY
- January 2003, The Mouth Breathers, Nurtureart, Brooklyn, NY
- July 2002, Paintings (solo show), Main Course, New Paltz, NY
- December 2001, Main Course, New Paltz, NY
- December 2001, Holiday Invitational, Core Gallery, New Paltz, NY
- August 2001, Very Small Works, Core Gallery, New Paltz, NY
- April 2001, BFA Degree Show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
April Warren can be contacted at: april [at] aprilwarrenstudio [dot] com