APRIL HAGUE
b. 1975 North Adelaide, South Australia
Living and working on Boandik Country
Academic Qualification
1996 Bachelor of Education (Secondary Art & Design, University of South Australia
Employment
1997-present
Secondary Visual Arts Teacher (Year 7 - 12)
Allendale East Area School, Allendale East, SA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Queendom, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide, SA
2022 April Hague - Gallery 54, Penola SA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Prosthetic Reality, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
2019 Urban Cow Studio Art Prize – Finalists Exhibition, Adelaide, SA
2019 Life Drawing Mount Gambier, Gallery 54, Penola SA
2020 April Hague & Friends, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide, SA
2021 Shifting Art Interventions, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier
2022 The Portrait Project, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier
2022 Places of Eight, Burra Regional Art Gallery, Burra SA
2023 Commission for Museum of Discovery (MOD) - collaboration with Luke Pellen, Adelaide SA
Murals
2018 “Yung Mary” – mural on the wall of artist Guy Detot’s studio, Penola, SA *
2019 Fringe Festival project: Bay Blue Espresso Bar, Mount Gambier
2019 Skate Park: AF Sutton Reserve commission: City of Mount Gambier
2019 Gordon Education Centre, in collaboration with GEC students
2019 Expresso Eatery, Marketplace, Mount Gambier *
2020 Badenoch’s complex, Bay Road, Moorak SA.
2021 Nalou Café, Elizabeth Street, Mount Gambier, SA
2022 Cultivar Mount Gambier
2022 Allendale East Area School
2022 Private Residence - Mount Gambier
2023 Country Womens’ Association – mural at CWA Penola branch
2023. Commission for Mount Gambier & District Health Service - interior murals (forthcoming)
* in collaboration with designer Charlene Riley
Professional Practice
2019 Assistant to artist FinDac (Ireland) – Mural project at Allendale East Area School,
2019 Mentorship with artist Leah Grant – mural for City of Holdfast Bay, Glenelg
2015 – present: Co-facilitator of Life Drawing Mount Gambier group, Riddoch Art Studio with Jane Van Eeten
2021 Project Manager – “The Portrait Project” series of workshops culminating in Public Artwork, City of Mount Gambier Creative Arts Fund
2022 Life Drawing Workshop at Walkway Gallery, Bordertown
2022 Nebula Artists – program of lectures with Dr Sue Michael and exhibition outcome
2023. Presenter - Creative Spaces National Public Galleries Summit - Adelaide
2023. Corporate Team Building Workshop - SAL Consulting - Daylesford, Victoria
2023. Artist in Residence - series of workshops at Relish Art Room - Mount Gambier
Awards
2017 Mayoral Award – Wattle Range Art Prize (Mixed Media)
2018 The Ministers Award for Art Education in SA (Secondary)
2019 Urban Cow Studio Art Prize – Emerging Artist Award
2021 Recipient of a place in Country Arts SA’s Nebula Program
2023. Honorable Mention: Naracoorte Art Gallery Ibis Rising Award