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April Marie Mai

Education

2005 BFA in Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Solo Exhibition

2002 Interplay Between Human and Divine, F.L. Schlage Library, Kansas City, KS

Group Exhibitions

2024 Her Art / Their Art, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2023 The Queer Experience, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2023 Disability Finding: Creative Expression, The Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2022 Tangled Roots, InterUrban ArtHouse Overland Park, KS

2022 The Queer Experience, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2022 Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities, The Whole Person, Kansas City, MO
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 Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities, The Whole Person, Kansas City, MO
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 Resilience, Reflection, Rebuilding: Artists Respond to Covid-19, Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center, Overland Park, KS

2020 The Queer Experience, InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2020 Her Art: Who Does She Think She Is? InterUrban ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS

2020 Expressions: Featuring Artists with Disabilities, The Whole Person, Kansas City, MO
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

2017 Inspire: KC Corporate Arts Challenge, Union Station, Kansas City, MO

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

2002 Students of Paul Sebben and Juan Ormaza, Destination Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1996 Portrait of Self, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

Awards

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

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

Teaching

2023 Impasto Painting Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2022 Paint Pouring Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2020 Colorful Paper Collage Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2020 Abstract Heart Painting Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2019 Impasto Abstract Painting Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2019 Squeegee Abstract Painting Workshop, Overland Park, KS

2017 Acrylic Abstract Painting Workshop, Overland Park, KS