April Dawn Parker

April Dawn Parker's abstract paintings are inspired by cartography, aerial photography and intracellular imagery. Each work is an abstracted map that shows a broad view of a scene overlaid with zooms, simultaneously showing multiple levels of magnification. Parker's formal technique embodies this tension of visual mash-ups, where she pairs warm colors with cool, lays in light against dark, and large shapes next to small to create her richly layered works. Her medium can vary from oil and collage, to gouache and pen.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND HONORS
2013 
Narbutas Spring Art Salon, two-person show, private event hosted by Kes and Laura Narbutas, Ross, CA
Work exhibited in conjunction with group show “OnPaper,” Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
"Works on Paper," national juried exhibition, juror Katherine Blood, Maryland Fed. of Art, Annapolis MD
"Bold," juried exhibition, juror Robert Green, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"Out of the Blue," juried exhibtion, juror Ruth Braunstein, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA

2012
Colorida Gallery, group show, Lisbon, Portugal
Dwell Magazine Home Tour for Marin, featured artist for Dehn Bloom Design Loft, Mill Valley, CA
Marin Designer’s Showcase, presented by SBFA, Tiburon, CA
One King’s Lane Fine Art Sale, presented by SBFA, on-line group show, San Francisco, CA

2011
Headlands Center for the Arts Auction, San Francisco, CA
Chocolate Party Art Show, group show, Mill Valley, CA
Serena and Lily Art Bazaar, presented by SBFA, on-line group show, Mill Valley, CA

2010
Selected to join Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts Consulting, Mill Valley, CA
Industrial Center Building Open Studios, Sausalito, CA
Marin Arts Council Open Studios, Sausalito, CA

2008
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Auction, live drawing group show, Portland OR
Our House Charity Exhibition and Auction, live painting group show, Portland, OR
 
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Alison and Jim Bloom, Mill Valley CA
Rob and Mary Bole, Silver Spring MD
Bill and Jennifer Lynch, Portland OR
Offices of Alto Law, Portland OR
Offices of One Economy, Portland OR
 
EDUCATION
Brown University, BA
Yale School of Art, 1 year of MFA program in Graphic Design