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April Marie Mai

(They/Them)
Overland Park, Kansas USA

Education

Kansas City Art Institute – BFA in Painting – 2005

Exhibitions

2022 – InterUrban ArtHouse “Tangled Roots” Overland Park, KS. USA

2022 – InterUrban ArtHouse “The Queer Experience” Overland Park, KS. USA

2022 – The Whole Person “Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities” Traveling Exhibition. USA
Rochester Brewing and Roasting Company, Kansas City, MO.
Mid-Continent Public Library – North Independence, Independence, MO.
Mid-Continent Public Library – Woodneath Library Center, Kansas City, MO.
The Whole Person, Kansas City, MO.
Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO.
InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS.

2021 – The Whole Person “Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities” Traveling Exhibition. USA
Rochester Brewing and Roasting Company, Kansas City, MO.
The Thornhill Gallery at Avila University, Kansas City, MO.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library South Branch, Kansas City, KS.
Kansas City, Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS.
The Whole Person, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Artists’ Coalition, Kansas City, MO

2020 – Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center “Resilience, Reflection, Rebuilding: Artists Respond to Covid-19” Overland Park, KS. USA

2020 – InterUrban ArtHouse “Exhibition: the Queer Experience” Overland Park, KS. USA

2020 – InterUrban ArtHouse “Her Art: Who Does She Think She Is?” Overland Park, KS. USA

2020 – The Whole Person “Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities” Traveling Exhibition. USA
Rochester Brewing and Roasting Company, Kansas City, MO.
Thornhill Gallery at Avila University, Kansas City, MO.
The Smalter Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS.

2019 – InterUrban ArtHouse “Exhibition: Illuminating the Queer Experience” Overland Park, KS. USA

2017 – Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City “Outside Inside: Exploring Boundaries and Otherness” Overland Park, KS. USA

2017 – Union Station “Inspire: KC Corporate Arts Challenge” Kansas City, MO. USA

2005 – H&R Block Artspace “Annual B.F.A. Exhibition” Kansas City, MO. USA

2002 – F.L. Schlage Library “Interplay Between Human and Devine” (Solo) Kansas City, KS. USA

2002 – Destination Gallery “Students of Paul Sebben and Juan Ormaza” – Kansas City, MO. USA

1996 – Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art “Portrait of Self” Kansas City, MO. USA

Awards

2022 Artist Inc. Live Seminar Fellow. Kansas City, MO. USA

2022 Expressions Featured Artist. The Whole Person. Kansas City, MO. USA

2021 Expressions Featured Artist. The Whole Person. Kansas City, MO. USA

2020 Expressions Featured Artist. The Whole Person. Kansas City, MO. USA

2016-2017 Midwest Jewish Artists Lab Fellow. Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. Overland Park, KS. USA

Teaching Experience

2023 – Impasto Painting Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2022 – Paint Pouring Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2020 – Colorful Paper Collage Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2020 – Abstract Heart Painting Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2019 – Impasto Abstract Painting Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2019 – Squeegee Abstract Painting Workshop. Overland Park, KS. USA

2017 – Acrylic Abstract Painting Workshop “Know the Soul of the Stranger” at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City. Overland Park, KS. USA