April Gertler
news / projects / resume



berlin, germany
info@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

1991 BA Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California


GRANTS, RESIDENCES + PROJECTS
2011

DAMP PATCHES, AML - Press, Paris, France
Artist Book - funded by a Kickstarter pledge


The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland
Artist Residency


All my lovin' festival, Cobh, Ireland
Portfolio Reviewer on behalf of Picture Berlin

Fotofestiwal Lødz, Lødz, Poland
Portfolio Reviewer on behalf of Picture Berlin

2010
PICTURE BERLIN, Berlin, Germany (ongoing project)
Director of summer photography hybrid residency/art academy program in Berlin, Germany

Fotofestiwal Lødz, Lødz, Poland
Portfolio Reviewer on behalf of Picture Berlin

2009
Neither Here nor There, The City Gallery, Leicester, England
Billboard Project Grant

2008

Pour l’Instant, Niort, France
Artist Residency, Grant, Exhibition and Catalogue

2006

Inna, Rojo magazine, Barcelona, Spain
Project Grant in collaboration with Nike

2005

Pour L’Instant, Niort, France
(Artistic Director: Joan Fontcuberta)
Artist Residency, Grant and Exhibition

Galerie Hermann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany
Artist Residency Program

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011

Prisoner of Damp Patches, Basement Project Space, Cork, Ireland

2010
Serendipity, ATELIERFRANKFURT, curated by Anja Rautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
April Gertler and Christof Zwiener, Samsa, Berlin, Germany

2008
They are what they seem., GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany

2007

They looked on while it happened., (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., (Barak Reiser + Gianluca Maver), Heimspiel, Frankfurt/M, Germany
Picturing Berlin, The Project Room, Hermann & Wagner Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2004

Fliegen, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
If Only, Presse und Informationsamte, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Frankfurt/M, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011

From Ana Blume, curated by Sandra Teitge, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Cutters/Berlin, curated by James Gallagher, Gestalten, Berlin, Germany
Cutters/Cork, curated by James Gallagher, West Cork Arts Center, Skibbereen, Ireland

2010
Cutters/Berlin, curated by James Gallagher, Pool Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Celebration!, Uqbar, Berlin, Germany
Radical Adults, curated by Lotte Møller, Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
Outerspace, Agent Double, Geneva, Switzerland
Casting, Visite ma Tente, Berlin, Germany
15 Year Anniversary, Presse und Informationsamte, Franfurt/M, Germany

2009

Photo-Based, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
OCHO, ROJOartspace, Barcelona, Spain

2008

Women, photographers : networking selection 2008, Kellner Studio, Siegen, Germany
Drawing Attention 2, Invaliden1, Berlin, Germany
Winter Salon, GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
Berlin Liste, Stilllife Gallery (Baltimore, MD + New York, NY), Berlin, Germany
Independent Drawing Gig No. 4, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
Collage, Forever and a Day Büro, Berlin, Germany
freunde und bekannte, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany

2007

It Takes Something to Make Something, Collection Rausch, Portikus, Frankfurt/M, Germany
Pimp My Walls, curated by Stefan Schuster, private apartment, Berlin, Germany
Portrait - A Trialogue of Identity, Image, Imagination, Artneuland, Berlin, Germany
Fucecchio Foto Festival - Terza Edition, Fucecchio, Italy

2006

Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
April Gertler, Ben Plefka, Christian Wollte, GalerieRautenstrauch, 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
Outskirts, oh!art, Oxford House on Bethnal Green, London, England
1+1, Senko Gallery, Viborg, Denmark

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

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + REVIEWS

2011
DAMP PATCHES, self-published artist book, Paris, France
22 - Magazine, interview and profile in the online magazine, New York, US

The Trendnet, portfolio presentation in the online magazine, Spain

2009
Oxford American, Ode to the Duckpond, Issue 65, pg. 53, Arkansas, US

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

2007

They looked on while it happened., Catalogue for Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
Århus Stiftstidende, De så det skete, Broch-Lips, Henrik, Århus, Denmark, 6 March
Pirate Cat Radio interview, 87.9FM, San Francisco, California
Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 21/06, Kunst, Frankfurt/M, Germany, 6 - 19 October, p. 59

2006

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Blühende Landschaften, Schütte, Christoph, Frankfurt/M, Germany
Novecento, la necessita della fotografia, Festival Internazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
Rojo magazine, Mich, Barcelona, Spain

2005

Photo-Book, No. 7, Athens, Greece
pLUK, (ISBN MPLUK022), Euroview, Noll, Ute, January - March

2004

Art Kaleidoscope, Frankfurt/M, Germany, August - December
Capricious, (ISBN 1573-3076), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Von Vögeln und Menschen, Frankfurt/M, Germany, Balk
Camera Austria No. 86 (ISBN 1015-1915), Fliegen, Graz, Austria
Paper Placemats (ISBN 0-9746908-1-3), J + L Publishing, New York, New York
Artic Texte aus der fröhlichen Wissenschaft, (ISBN 0945-9863), Fliegen, Neu-Isenburg, Germany