April Gertler
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berlin, germany
info@aprilgertler.com



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education
2002
MFA Photography, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, NY
2001 / 2002
MFA Winter Semester Exchange, Städelschule, Frankfurt/M, Germany
1997
BFA Photography, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
1991
BA Social Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

selected solo exhibitions
2007

- They Looked on While it Happened., Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2006
- Build-Up, PrintServiceGallery, Florence, Italy
- 16 Days in San Francisco, Heimspiel, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2005
- Waiting for the dial tone, Heimspiel, Frankfurt/M, Germany
2004
- Fliegen, Galleri Image, Aarhus, 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
2008
- 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
- Pimp My Walls, Curated by Stefan Schuster, Berlin, Germany
- It Takes Something to Make Something, The Collection Rausch, Portikus, Frankfurt/M
- J&L Show, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
- FOFU07, Fucecchio Photo Exhibition, Terza Edition, Fucecchio, Italy
- Aufzeichnung, Atelier Frankfurt, Rundgang Exhibition, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Portraits. A Trialogue of Identity, Artneuland, Berlin, Germany
2006
- April Gertler, Ben Plefka, Christian Wolte, Galerie Rautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Ways of Seeing: Places and Landscapes, Fundacion Telefonica Espana, Lima, Peru
- FotoGrafia - The International Festival of Rome, Hadrian’s Temple, Rome, Italy
- Lodz International Photography Festival, Lodz, Poland
2005
- Voies Off Festival, Arles, France
- 1+1, Senko Gallery, Viborg, Denmark
- 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
- Aus, Lola Montez, Frankfurt/M, Germany
- Universal Builders Supply, UBS, Red Hook, NY
2001
- Mapping, The WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
- Look Again, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
- Beyond the Center, Universal Builder’s Supply, Red Hook, NY

grants + residencies
2008
Pour l’Instant, Noirt, France
Artist Residency, Exhibition and Catalogue
2005
- Squashteam, Verneusses, Normandy, France
Nomadic Artist Residency
- Hermann & Wagner Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Artist Residency
2004
Pour l'instant, Noirt, France
Artist Residency and Workshop with Joan Fontcuberta
2002 / 2003
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Artist Residency and Book Production Grant: Scars
Edition: 100; ISBN: 1-893125-26-2
2002
- Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, NY
Fellowship and Scholarship: 2000 - 2002
- Städelschule, Frankfurt/M, Germany
Project Grant: Eagle in the City
Edition: 197 C-Prints, Publically posted in Frankfurt/M, Germany
2000
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Artist Residency

selected publications + reviews
2008

- 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
- Candy, Online art magaine, Dublin, Ireland, July/August
- Pirate Cat Radio, me2u Project, An Interview with Unwetter, 87.9 FM, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Nylon Magazine, Small World, Gilewicz, Samantha, www.nylonmag.com, New York, USA, April
- aarhus.nu, They looked on while it happened., www.aarhus.nu, Århus, Denmark
- They looked on while it happened., Exhibition Catalogue, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark
- Århus Stiftstidende, De så det skete, Broch-Lips, Henrik, Århus, Denmark, 6 March
2006
- Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 21/06, Kunst, Frankfurt/M, 6-19 October, p. 59
- Novecento, la necessita della fotografia, Festival Inernazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, in collaboration with NIKE, Barcelona, Spain, June
- Rojo (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Mich, Barcelona, Spain, June
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Blühende Landschaften, Frankfurt/M, Schütte, C., February
2005
- Photo-Book, No. 7, Athens, Greece, November
- Artweek, Vol. 36, Issue 7‚ Sprawl’ at Haley Martin Gallery, Nataraj, Nirmala, SF, CA, Sep.
- Art + Auction, (ISSN 0197-1093), New York, NY, May + October
- pLUK, (ISBN MPLUK022), Euroview, Noll, Ute, January - March
2004
- Asterik, (ISSN 1602 - 6411), "I Knew a Terrorist Once", The Weather Report, Aarhus, Denmark
- Capricious #2, (ISSN 1573-3076), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December
- Camera Austria No. 86 (ISSN 1015-1915), Fliegen, Graz, Austria
- Paper Placemats (ISBN 0-9746908-1-3), J + L Publishing, Fliegen, NY, NY
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Von Vögeln und Menschen, Balk, 4 August
- La Nouvelle Republique, Huit photographes et un seul objectif, Pasquent, Isabelle, 16 Sept.
- La Presse de Tunisie, Je fixais des vertiges, Belhassine, Olfa, 13 July
- pLUK, (ISBN MPLUK022), Euroview, Noll, Ute, September - December- March
- Art Kaleidoscope, Frankfurt/M, Germany, August - December
- Artic, (ISSN 0945-9863), Fliegen, Neu-Isenburg, Germany
2003
- .:Rojo:. (ISSN 1696-1692) magazine, Barcelona, Spain
- Scars (ISBN 1-893125-26-2), Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY


collections
Roman Thomas
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
University of Delaware, Delaware
Yale University, Conneticut
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana

online
38-avg.blogspot.com
flickr.com/photos/aprilvg
buynewart.com
re-title.com
fehe.org
neoimages.net

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