c u r r i c u l u m   v i t a e

   Formal Education/Training
 
2004  -BFA with Honors, School of Art, Australian National University,             
            Canberra, Australia
 
Informal Arts Education/Training
 
2013 - Digital Photography, Northwest Photographic Center, Seattle WA
2006 -Lienors Torre, cold working workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, WA
2003 - Jiri Harcuba, cold-working workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, WA
 
Selected Exhibitions
2019 - 'Salmon School Ambassadors',  Portrait of an Ocean Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2018 – ‘A New State of Matter: Contemporary Glass’, Boise Art Museum, ID.
            - ‘Portrait of an Ocean’ San Juan Islands Museum of Art, Friday Harbor WA
            -‘Charlotte Potter and April Surgent: Cameo Glass in Context’ Curator: Vicki Halper. Wichita Art Museum, Wichita   KS.
2017 – ‘Of Sea and Sky’, solo exhibition with catalog, Traver Gallery, Seattle WA
           -‘Fired Up: Women in Glass’ Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2016 –‘Observations of Life on Ice’ solo exhibition, Museum of Northwest Art, WA
            - ‘32°: The Art of Winter’, group exhibition, Shelburne Museum, VT
2015 – ‘Life on Ice’, solo exhibition Heller Gallery, NYC, NY.
          -Art Miami, represented by Heller Gallery
2014 – ‘64° South’, Solo exhibition and catalog, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
         - SOFA Chicago, represented by Heller Gallery
          -‘Focus, April Surgent’, Heller Gallery, NYC, NY.
2013  - ‘But Mostly Air’, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
           - ‘Australian Glass Now’, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
           -‘LINKS: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest’, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
           - SOFA Chicago, Heller Gallery, USA.
2012  - ‘April Surgent’ Solo exhibition, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
            -‘Chromatic Fusion’, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
            -’Fifty by Fifty: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI.
            - ‘G8’, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA, USA.
            -‘Images’, Group exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH
2011 –  SOFA Chicago, Bullseye Gallery, USA.
            - “Into the Surface”, Bullseye Gallery, Portland USA.
             - Art MRKT San Francisco, represented by Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR.
 
2010 –  “Into the Surface”, solo exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA.
           - “Reflect”, Solo exhibition, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR.
           - “15 Years of Neddy Artist Fellows”, Tacoma Art Museum, WA.
           - ‘Women in Glass’ Group show, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
           - Art Miami, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR.
            - COLLECT, Bullseye Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2009 – “2009 Neddy Artist Fellowship”, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
            -  Art Miami, represented by Bullseye Gallery
            - “COLLECT”, with Bullseye Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK.
2008 – “Traces of Ourselves”, an exhibition and accompanying catalog, April Surgent and Jiri Harcuba, Bullseye gallery,                         Portland, Or.
          - SOFA Chicago, represented by Bullseye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 – “COLLECT”, with Bullseye Gallery, Victoria Albert museum, London, UK. 
2006 -“A Meandering Tale”, solo exhibition, The Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
         - “Painting with Light”, group show, Palos Verdes Art Center, CA
2005 -“Seeds of Light’ group show, School of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia
          -SOFA/Chicago, represented by Bullseye Gallery
2004 -“Emerging Artists 2004”, Tobin – Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY
          - “Intersection: The Canberra Connection”, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
 
Awards, Reviews & Publications  
 
2017 – ‘October Galleries: Apocolypse Now’, Seattle Times exhibition review. October 10, 2017.  Michael Upchurch.
2016 – United States Artist Ford Fellow.
2015 – Hauberg Fellow, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
            -‘Caught in the Act of Science’ American Art Collector #121, Susie Silbert,
            - Museum of Glass visiting artist, 5-day hot-shop residency, Tacoma, WA
2014 –  ‘Artists in Antarctica’ article, TIME for Kids, David Bjerklie
2013 – Artist in Resident at Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
2012 – Museum of Glass visiting artist, 5-day hot-shop residency, Tacoma, USA.
2011 –   ‘Artist Choice Award’, Tacoma Museum of Glass auction award, USA.
        -‘April Surgent: Forging Relationships in Reflections’ Drawing Magazine. Summer, Naomi Ekperigin
2010 - New Talent Award, Urban Glass, New York, USA.
         - Bellevue City Council grant, Bellevue, WA.
         - 4Culture grant, Seattle WA.
2009 – Neddy Fellow, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, USA.
2008 – Artist in Residence, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2005 - University Medal, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2004  -Embassy of Spain Travelling Scholarship, Canberra, Australia
 
Fieldwork & Research
 
2018 – Research assistant Cook Inlet, AK. United States Geological Survey.
2017/18 – Farallon winter research assistant and artist in residence. Point Blue Conservation and US Fish and Wildlife.                               Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge California.
2016 - Artist in Residence. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program.                          Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
2013 – Antarctic Artist and Writers Fellowship recipient. National Science Foundation. Palmer Station. Western Antarctic                     Peninsula.
 
Selected Collections
 
2015 – ‘Sea Ice Moves in Spring’ Toledo Museum of Art acquisition, Toledo, OH
2013 – ‘The Valley’, Museum of Glass acquisition, Tacoma, WA.
2011 – ‘Days Gone By’ Ulster Museum acquisition, Belfast, Ireland.
2010 – “Jiri”, Corning Museum of Glass acquisition, Corning, NY
2008 – “Don’t Wait for Me”, Chrysler Museum acquisition, Norfolk, VA
           -“But You Wont Look Back” Museum of Glass acquisition, Tacoma, WA
2004 -Australian National University Public Artwork Program, Canberra,     
            Australia
 
Professional Experience
 
2012 to Present – Pilchuck Glass School Trustee
2017 - ‘Fired Up: Women in Glass’ Panelist moderated by Annie Carlano. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2015 – ‘Icy Inspirations’ panelist moderated by Andrew Page, SOFA, Chicago.
        -Engraving and Printing class, Instructor, Corning Studio, Corning, NY.
2014 – Presenter at SOFA, Chicago.
         -Review panelist for NSF Antarctic Artist and Writer Program
2013 – Engraving and Printing class, Instructor, Corning Studio, Corning, NY.
2012 – Engraving class, teaching with Jiri Harcuba, Corning Studio, Corning, NY.
2011 – Engraving class, teaching with Jiri Harcuba, Pilchuck Glass School, WA
2010 – Meet the Artist lecture, Corning Museum of Glass, NY        
          - Panelist for: Jaraslava Brychtova, Woman in Glass Forum, Seattle, WA.
2009 – Lecture Tour, Presenting at eight Universities throughout the UK sponsored and organized by Bullseye Gallery,                         Portland, OR.
2008 – Co-instructor with Jiri Harcuba, North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland
            - Engraving class, teaching with Jiri Harcuba, Pilchuck Glass School WA