Education
MFA in Art Studio, University of California, Davis
BFA in Fiber, Cum Laude, Maryland Institute College of Art
Residencies & Awards
2023
Fay Nelson Award, University of California, Davis
2022
Provost Fellowship, University of California, Davis
2018
The Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Semifinalist
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in the field of Crafts
Baltimore Artist’s Retreat, Pearlstone Center, MD
Shore House Residency, Taylor’s Island, MD
2017
Ox-Bow Fall Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Baltimore Goes Elsewhere Fellowship, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro NC
Winter Intensive Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2016
Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Artist in Residence, Ace Hotel, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Work Experience
2018-2021
Textiles Instructor, Station North Tool Library, Baltimore, MD
2021
Fiber Arts Teaching Assistant and Coordinator of the Forest Explorers Aftercare, Waldorf School of Baltimore
2020
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Fiber Department
2018-2019
Adjunct Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Fiber Department
2016-2017
Instructor / Textile Department Head, The Foundery, Baltimore, MD
2016
Fiber Studio Tech, Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
2014-2015
Curatorial Assistant of Historic Textile Collection for Dr. Robert Baum, Baltimore, MD
2005-present
Member of Wham City Collective, Baltimore, MD
2011-2013
Hand Sewing Assistant, Nick Cave Art, Chicago, IL
2012
Installation Assistant, Nick Cave Art, Lille, France
2006-2010
Whartscape, Artist/Coordinator, Baltimore, MD
2007
Co-organizer, Baltimore Fashion Week, Baltimore, MD
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Learning New Powers, Gallery 1855, Davis Cemetery and Arboretum, Davis, CA
2021
Invocation, Motherbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Tight Craft, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2017
Paradigm Shift, Home Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015
Breathing Square, TSA Miami SATELLITE Artist-Run Arts Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Correlations, Gateway Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
The Otherworld, Motherbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Over, Under, Forward, Back, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
You are Standing on a Prehistoric Ocean, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
2018
Sondheim Semifinalist Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Pairings, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Another Dimension, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
Test Pattern, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Micro Mural Project, WRMOTA, West Reading, PA
2017
Maratón Internacional de Arte 2017, Galería Tu Mamá, Mexico City
Whispering Pines Park, SPRING/BREAK, New York, NY
Honeycrisp, The Neon Heater, Findlay, OH
2016
A Tangential Survey, Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
Out Of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
We Make it All to Have it All, La Bodega Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015
Dark Organics, The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Sew Felt Knot Bound, The Projects at FATVillage, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Velocity of Textiles, Chattahoochee Handweaver’s Guild, Atlanta, GA
ALL THAT, Platform, Baltimore, MD
ARTRIARCHY, Gallery 788, Baltimore, MD
From Every Fiber, The Arts Council, Brazos, TX
Alumni Exhibition, Notre Dame, Towson, MD
2014
Twist & Turn, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Binding Gate, Fields Festival, Darlington, MD
Fiber Options: Material Explorations, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
We’re All Strangers Here, EMP Collective, Baltimore, MD
2013
Ply, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011
Best of Poster Show, Roxaboxen, Chicago, IL
Versionfest, Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2008
Wham City Yearbox, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wham City Presents Part II, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2007
Baltimore Fashion Week, Baltimore, MD
Wham City Presents, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Musical Releases
2018
Towards the Shadow, Wume, Northern Spy Records
2016
Songs from the Shoebox, The Snails, Ideas for Housecrafts
2015
Maintain, Wume, Ehse Records
2011
Distance, Wume, Rotted Tooth Records
2008
Bromst, Dan Deacon, Carpark Records
Selected Bibliography
2018
“Tedium, (Re)production, Craft,” Post Office Arts Journal, 8/26/18
2017
“On Paper: April Camlin,” Baltimore Beat, 12/2/17
2016
“April Camlin,” Alt Esc, 5/18/16
“April Camlin,” Wax and Wane Fiber, 4/26/16
“Artists Work: April Camlin,” Bmore Art, 4/13/16
2015
“Putting Artists First at SATELLITE,” Art F City, 12/5/15
“The Anit-Fair Fair: Artist-Run Miami Beach,” Bmore Art, 12/7/15
“Conflating Alchemy: Dark Organics at the Whole Gallery,” bmoreart.com
“MICA Art Walk 2015 Highlights,” bmoreart.com
2014
“Artist Spotlight: April Camlin,” clawclaw.com 12/5/14
“Optic Fiber,” Review of Fiber Options: Material Explorations, bmoreart.com 8/6/14
“Magic 8 Ball,” Review of We’re All Strangers Here, Baltimore City Paper, 7/21/14
2011
“Art Break: A Year of Posters,” Newcity Art, 1/10/11
2010
“Wham City Collective Brings its Crazy Genius,” Spin Magazine, 11/12/10