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April Gertler Page 1 | 2 | Biography |
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Born: Wiesbaden, Germany Lives: Berlin, Germany |
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Education 2002 MFA Photography, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, New York 2001 / 2002 MFA Winter Semester Exchange, St�delschule, Frankfurt/M, Germany 1997 BFA Photography, California College of the Arts, Oakland, California |
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Solo Exhibitions 2010 - Serendipity, curated by Anja Rautenstrauch, Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt/M, DE 2008 - They are what they seem., GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, DE 2007 - They looked on while it happened., (with Barak Reiser & Gianluca Maver), Galleri Image, �rhus, 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: Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany 2004 - Fliegen, Galerie 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 2002 - Untitled, Women�s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York |
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Group Exhibitions 2010 - Outerspace, Agent Double, Geneva, SU - Casting, Visite ma Tente, Berlin, DE - 15 Year Anniversary, Presse und Informationsamte, Franfurt/M, DE 2009 - Childhood Stories, Artneuland, Munich, DE - Photo-Based, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Niether Here Nor There, The City Gallery (Billboard Project), Leicester, GB - OCHO, ROJOartspace, Barcelona, SP 2008 - Drawing Attention 2, Invaliden 1, Berlin, DE - Winter Salon, GalerieRautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, DE - Berlin Liste, Stilllife Gallery (Balitmore + New York), Berlin, DE - Independent Drawing Gig No. 4, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, TR - Carte Blanche, Moulin du Roc, Niort, FR - 15 Years - Pour l�Instant, Moulin du Roc, Niort, FR - Collage, Forever and a Day B�ro, Berlin, Germany - Women, photographers:networking selection 2008, Kellner Studio, Siegen, DE - Anonyme Zeichner N� 8, bl�tenweiss, Berlin, DE - freunde und bekannte, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, DE 2007 - It Takes Something to Make Something, The Collection Rausch, Portikus, Frankfurt/M, Germany - J&L; Show, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA - Portrait - A Trialogue of Identity, Image, Imagination, Artneuland, Berlin, Germany - FOFU07, Fucecchio Photo Exhibition, Fucecchio, Italy - Aufzeichnung, Atelier Frankfurt, Rundgang Exhbition, Frankfurt/M, Germany 2006 - ways to see: places and landscapes, Fundaci�n Telef�nica Espa�a, Lima, Peru - Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden - J&L; Show, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA - April Gertler, Ben Plefka, Christian Wollte, Galerie Rautenstrauch, Frankfurt/M, Germany - FotoGrafia - The International Festival of Rome, Hadrian�s Temple, Rome, Italy - L�dz International Photography Festival, L�dz, 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 - Once Again, 323 West, New York, New York - The Reading Room, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California |
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Grants/Awards 2008 - Pour l�Instant, Niort, FR Artist Residency, Exhibition and Catalogue 2005 Krabbesh�lm, Skive, DK Visiting artist 2004 Pour L�Instant, Noirt, France Artist Residency and Exhibition with Joan Fontcuberta 2002 / 2003 Women�s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York Artist Residency and Book Production Grant for Scars Edition: 100; ISBN: 1-893125-26-2 2002 - Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College, New York Fellowship and Scholarship: 2000 - 2002 - St�delschule, Frankfurt / Main, Germany Grant: Eagle in the City Project for the Rundgang Exhibition 2002 Edition: 197 C-Prints, Publically posted in Frankfurt / Main, Germany 2000 Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York Artist Residency |
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Projects 2005 - G -> G, and ongoing polaroid mail art project (started in 2001) with Elise Gardella (this can be seen at : www.fehe.org) - Picturing Berlin, curatorial slide show project including 20 international artists - Waiting for the dial tone, collaborative project and exhibition with the same name, with Gianluca Maver and Barak Raieser 2003 - Scars, a limited edition screenprinted and letterpressed book (100 copies) project, made with a Book Grant and Residency at the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York |
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Publications 2009 - �Ocho, N�mero Atomico, ROJO magazine, Barcelona, SP - Millinneum: A compendium, Millinneum Photographic Agency, London, GB - Oxford American, Ode to the Duckpond, Issue 65, pg. 53, Arkansas, US - This is that, Interview, Blog about Art and Design, January (thisisthat.blogspot.com), US - Nymphoto, Interview, Photography website, January (nymphoto.com), US 2008 - Carte Blanche � catalogue, Moulin du Roc, Niort, FR - Profifoto, photographer : networking selection 2008 catalogue, DE - Sieve: Beautiful Stains, ROJO magazine, Barcelona, SP - Left Hand Rotation, (online only: www.lefthandrotation.com), Collage 55 Issue, Madrid, SP 2007 - 5 Approaches � Open Shutter � On Contemporary Photography, 30th Anniversary Publication of Galleri Image, �rhus, DK - They looked on while it happened., Catalogue for Galleri Image, �rhus, DK - �rhus Stiftstidende, De s� det skete, Broch-Lips, Henrik, �rhus, DK , 6 March - Jyllandsposten, Frau nattens mysterium, Hermansen, Tom, �rhus, DK, 5 March - Interview with Pirate Cat Radio about the me2u Project, 87.9FM, San Francisco, US - Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 21/06, Kunst, Frankfurt/M, DE, 6-19 October, p. 59 - Empty Magazine, Feature Article, Philips, Carli, Australia, September - Candy, Online art magaine, (www.candycollective.com), Dublin, Ireland, July/August - Pirate Cat Radio, me2u Project, An Interview with Unwetter, 87.9 FM, San Francisco, CA, USA, May - Nylon Magazine, Small World, Gilewicz, Samantha, www.nylonmag.com, New York, USA, April - aarhus.nu, They looked on while it happened., www.aarhus.nu, �rhus, Denmark - They looked on while it happened., Exhibition Catalogue, Galleri Image, �rhus, Denmark - �rhus Stiftstidende, De s� det skete, Broch-Lips, Henrik, �rhus, Denmark, 6 March - Jyllandsposten, Frau nattens mysterium, Hermansen, Tom, �rhus, Denmark, 5 March 2006 - Journal Frankfurt, Nr. 21/06, Kunst, Frankfurt/M, Germany, 6-19 October, p. 59 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bl�hende Landschaften, Sch�tte, Christoph, Frankfurt/M, Germany - Novecento, la necessita della fotografia, Festival Inernazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy - Rojo�Inna, (with NIKE), Barcelona, Spain - Rojo�Mich, Barcelona, Spain 2005 - Photo-Book, No. 7, Athens, Greece, November - Artweek, Vol. 36, Issue 7, �Sprawl� at Haley Martin Gallery, Nataraj, Nirmala, San Francisco, CA, USA, September - Art + Auction, New York, NY, USA, May + October, - pLUK, Euroview, Noll, Ute, London, England, January � March 2004 - Art Kaleidoscope, Frankfurt/M, Germany, August - December - Capricious, (ISSN 1573-3076), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December - La Nouvelle Republique, Huit photographes et un seul objectif, Pasquent, Isabelle, 16 September - La Nouvelle Republique, Huit regards se croisent, Pasquent, Isabelle, 11 September - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Von Voegeln und Menschen, Balk, 4 August - La Presse de Tunisie, Je fixais des vertiges, Belhassine, Olfa, 13 July - La Presse de Tunisie, L�imge en liberte, Belhassine, Olfa, 9 July - La Presse de Tunisie, Regards du monde, Aouadi, Mounira, 4 July - Camera Austria No. 86 (ISSN 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, (ISSN 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 2002 - Frankfurter Rundschau, Hohmann, Silke, 26-Cent-Bath; Staedel-Gastschueler stelle aus, June 4 1997 - The Children�s Kitchen Garden (ISBN 0-898158-73-7), Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California - Bay Area Reporter, Jenkins, Steven, Fahrenheit 451, October 2, pp. 42 � 43 |