Timespan: 19 1/2 years - Born and broken in small-town Texas witnessing violence, sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.

Timespan: 19 1/2 years - Discovered myself with the help of art, education, and decent people in Boise until I rebuilt the authentic April from the scattered pieces.

Timespan: TBD - Jostled loose from the safety net of a utilitarian marriage and fled to the beauty that is NW Oregon. Here, I am again inspired.

© 2013 April Hoff. All Rights Reserved.

EDUCATION:
2006 B.F.A., Emphasis Painting and Drawing, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Magna Cum Laude.

AWARDS:
2010 Boise Weekly 2nd Best of Show, Valentine for Aids
2007 Boise Weekly Cover Selection
2005-2006 Ada-Hatch Art Scholarship.
2005-2006 Honors Student, Phi Kappa Phi
2004-2006 Golden Key
2004 Third in Show, Sexuality in a Diverse Society, ‘Point of View’ Conference Juried Exhibition.
2004 Art Department Scholarship.

EXHIBITIONS:
2012
Leftovers II, Wharepuke Print Studio, Kerikeri, New Zealand - Swansea Print Workshop, Swansea, Wales
Leftovers III, Rueff Galleries , Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

2011
Leftovers II, Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance, Boise State University, Boise ID - University of Wisconsin, La Crosse - Sockeye Grill, Silent Auction for Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force, Boise, ID

2010
Leftovers I, Saltgrass Printmakers, Salt Lake City, UT - Oxbow Press, Reno, NV - Woodriver Cellars, Eagle, ID
Love Rocks, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID.
Valentine for Aids, Flying M Coffeehouse, Boise, ID.
Northwest Narratives, Friesen Galleries, Brandt Center, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID.

2009
Steal This Feeling, Alexa Rose Gallery, Boise, ID.
Toast, SpEC Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Art at the Winery, Woodriver Cellars, Boise, ID.
Toast, Woodriver Cellars, Boise, ID.
Valentine for Aids, Flying M Coffeehouse, Boise, ID.

2008
You Are Here...And Other Random Coordinates, SUB Gallery, Boise State University, Boise ID.
V4Aids, Flying M Coffeehouse, Boise, ID.

2007
Silent Night, Red Circle Press, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Close Encounter, Red Circle Press, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Last Minute Group Show, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID.
Points, Plots, Ploys, Southern Graphics Council Conference: Portfolio Exhibition, Kansas City, MO.

2006
Disasters of War, Undergraduate Research Conference Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Peephole, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
Live Lobsters Dancing Nightly, Student Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

2005
Exposure, Solo Exhibition, Boise, ID.
Beaux Arts Ball, Visual Arts League Invitational, Boise, ID.
The Works, Visual Arts Center, Student Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

2004
Sexuality in a Diverse Society, ‘Point of View’ Juried Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

2003
Painting 215 Exhibition, Boise State Albertson’s Library, Boise, ID.

PRESS AND REVIEWS:
Morgan, Tara. “First Thursday at Alexa Rose Gallery” Boise Weekly Sept. 2, 2009.
Love, Benjamin. “Northwest Narratives” Idaho Arts Quarterly. June 2, 2009. Boise, ID.
Garzone, Thom. “Looking through a peephole” The Arbiter. April 20, 2006. Page 7. Boise, ID.
Gustafson, Kim. “Keyboard Art” larrythellama.com. September 5, 2005.

COLLECTIONS:
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
Boise State University Art Department, Boise, ID.
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Southern Graphics Council Archives, Kansas City, MO.
Private Collections, Laguna Niguel, CA., Pueblo West, CO., Boise, ID., Brooklyn, NY., Mineral Wells, TX. & Others.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2010 Boise Open Studios Collective Organization, Membership Chair
2009 Boise Open Studios Collective Organization, President Wingtip Press, Co-owner, Co-founder
2008 Boise Open Studios Collective Organization, Membership Chair
2007 Printmaking demonstrator for Red Circle Press, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID.
2005 Co-juror for Framed Perspectives, Boise State University, Boise, ID.