Born in Erie, Pennsylvania

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, 2001

BA, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1989

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

2010

Ebb and Flow:  Broad Cove, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine

2008/2009

Free Form, Carlos Gallery, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, curated by Julie Püttgen

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011

2010

2010 CMCA Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

2007

One Pill Makes You Small, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Sherry Bittle

Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York

2006

Summer Thunder, Art Gotham, New York, curated by Kimberly Salib

Speed Limit, REDHEAD, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, curated by Seth Cameron

2004

New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, Texas, selected by Jerry Saltz

Selections: Abstractions, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

2001           

The Brewster Tree Project, Southeast Museum, Brewster, New York, curated by Rachel Gugelberger

Hot Lunch, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, curated by Shelly Bancroft

Designerly Paintings, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, curated by Rachel Gugelberger

2000           

Search For Art, Limited Edition Publication Exhibition of Selected Artists, Sponsored by Mandarina Duck, Bologna, Italy

Paintings: Organic and Abstract, SVA Gallery, New York, curated by Rachel Gugelberger

1991           

Artists Respond to the Gulf War, Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania

1989           

April Hannah/Yvonne Sharbaugh, Bayfront NATO Center for the Arts, Erie, Pennsylvania

Interpretation, Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania

65th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, selected by Charles Miller

COMMISSION

2001

Evolving Art Project, Outdoor Posting, Commissioned by School of Visual Arts and Wieden+Kennedy Advertising, Exhibited at the corner of Bleecker and Lafayette Streets, New York

RESIDENCIES

2010/2011

MAD Museum (Museum of Arts and Design), Open Studio Residency Award

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2008

Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee

1999

Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania

BIBLIOGRAPHY

New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Catalogue essay by Jerry Saltz, 2004

Sparks, Amy Bracken, “A Multitude of Ideas, Shapes in Gathering of Abstractions,” The Plain Dealer, February 2, 2004

“April Hannah,” Portfolio Section, Visual Opinion, School of Visual Arts, December 2000