top of page

About

PXL_20250521_084331936_edited.jpg

April unlocks the door to her studio—an industrial room filled with the presence of large, colourful canvases. They greet her like old friends, standing tall and waiting for reunion. She slips into her brightly stained boiler suit, layers of dried paint marking the days before. There’s ritual in the routine: ordering a coffee in a paper cup that, by afternoon, might be repurposed to mix colour; a message from her partner Garrett, a conversation started, music in her ears, a commute from rural Scotland into the built textures of Glasgow.

​

In the city, she moves through sways of green and concrete, listening to the world around her—people talking, traffic rising, wind in the leaves. April is often found to be dressed in sync with her paintings. If yellow is the mood, she becomes yellow too. Friends say they can always tell what she’s painting by how she appears—her palette woven into her clothes. Chunky beaded necklaces sourced from charity shops, DIY polymer clay earrings, bold choices in colour and texture—fashion here is not just an aesthetic, but an extension of the work. A wearable practice. A tactile, joyful curation of self.

​

In this space—alive with light, mess, and movement—painting begins not with a plan, but with a feeling. April is a composer of colour, a material thinker. Her studio becomes a stage where intuition and improvisation lead, and where the everyday—coffee cups, texts, clothes, walks—quietly shapes the work.

Education

2025

​

  • The Glasgow School of Art, Post Graduate Certificate (Course 1) in Learning and Teaching in the Creative Disciplines. 

 

2023-2024

​

  • The Glasgow School of Art, Master of Letters in Fine Art Practice. (Distinction)

​​

2019- 2023

​

  • The Glasgow School of Art, BA(Hons) Sculpture and Environmental Art. (First-Class)

​

2018- 2019

 

  • The Tramway Visual Arts Studio, Foundation Art Course.

​

2016-2018

 

  • City of Glasgow College, Diploma in Contemporary Art Practice. 

Solo Exhibitions

2025

 

  • (Pending, September) SWG3, Glasgow, UK.

  • (Pending, August) The Printworks, Portobello, Edinburgh, UK.

​

2024

​​

  • Echoes of Renewal in Rust, Gleneagles Hotel, UK. 

  • Beyond The Surface, The Briggait Front-Galleries, Glasgow, UK. 

  • Print! W2 Men's Store, West End, Glasgow, UK.

​

 â€‹

​

Group Exhibitions

2025

​

  • Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK. 

  • Never go out, SWG3 Glasgow, UK.

​

2024

​

  • 30 x 30, Society of Scottish Artists Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 

  • The Beat, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, UK & Echo's Studios, Rau Pelotas, Sao Paul, Brazil. 

  • T H E U N F O L D P R O J E C T: A GRADUATE SHOWCASE 2024-2025

  • Dreams, Part Crowd Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 

  • Landscape Painting Today, London Messum's, West East, Online Exhibition, London, UK.

  • Postgraduate Degree Show, Fine Art, Stow Building, Glasgow, UK.

  • Salon Des Inclusions, Annex Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.

  • Do you know who I am? Wasps South Block Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

  • Come for Supper, The Drawing Room, The Glasgow School of Art, UK. 

​

 2023

​

  • Early Days, Barnes Garage Space, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.

  • Shoulder's of Giants, GSA Graduate Show, Glasgow Art Club, UK.

  • Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, McLaurin Gallery, Ayr, UK.

  • Big Arts Show, Paisley Art Department, Glasgow, UK.

  • Undergraduate Degree Show, Stow Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.

  • WEST, Visual Arts Scotland, The Briggait, Glasgow, UK.

  • Surplus, The Axiom Building, Glasgow, UK.     

  • Exhibit A, Govan Project Space, Glasgow, UK.

                

2022

​

  • 130 Years, Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Edinburgh, UK. 

  • Past-Present-Future, Sink Space, Stow College, Glasgow, UK.

  • Material Matters-Remade, French Street Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

  • Artefact, Sink Space, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.

  • Infinite Worlds, Saltspace Gallery, High St, Glasgow, UK.

  • Autumn Exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

  • Argyll Art Map, Midton Open Event, Lochgilphead, UK.

  • Big Art Show, Outspoken Arts Scotland, Department A, Paisley, UK.

  • Annuale 2022, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK.

  • Reconfiguration, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

  • Spring Exhibition, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

  • Shedded Wheat, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, UK.

 

2021

​

  • Maximum Tilt, Saltspace Members Exhibition. Saltspace Gallery, High St, Glasgow, UK.

  • Art of the Possible, Glasgow Art Club, Bath St, Glasgow, UK.

  • The Walking Forest, Strathclyde University Gardens, Glasgow, UK.

 

2020

​

  • Emergence showcase, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow School of Art, UK.

  • Meet the Members Exhibition, Scottish Society of Artists online exhibition, UK.

  • Conscious Subconscious, McLellan Galleries, McLellan works, Glasgow, UK.

  • Representing Reality, McLellan Galleries, McLellan Works, Glasgow, UK. 

 

  2019

​

  • Visual Arts Studio, End of Year Showcase. Tramway, Albert Drive, Glasgow, UK.

 

 2018

​

  • Contemporary Art Practice Showcase, Ralph Cowan Gallery, City of Glasgow College, UK.

​

​

​

master-m-e.jpg

Awards

2025

  • Jackson's Art Prize, Extended Long List. 

  • Innovator & Entrepreneur Award Winner, with Garrett Ure, The Glasgow School of Art.

  • Scottish Landscape Awards Bursary. 

 

2024

  • SWG3 Graduate Award.

  • Women in Art Prize, Longlist, 2024. 

  • Wasps Studios: Most Original Artwork at 'Do you know who I am' Exhibition. Glasgow, UK. 

  • Selected Artist: Emerging Sculpture Award at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, UK.

  • GSASA Student Initiated Funding Award.

  • GSA People 2024: Partnership Award, Library Services.

  • GSA Teaching Awards, 'Students do great stuff' Runner up.

 

2023

  • The WASPS Award (Solo Show) Scottish Society of Artist's Show at the MacLaurin Gallery, Ayr, UK.

  • Society of Scottish Artists, New Graduate Award (Highly Commended).

​

2022

  • Barns-Graham Prize, Scottish Society of Artists at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK.

  • Duais a' chon mhoir prize, Big Arts Show, Paisley, UK.

  • Midton acrylic's year long research collaboration, Glasgow School of Art, UK.

 

 2021

  •  Cop 26, Golden Monkey Award. 

​

   2020 

  • SIE, Scottish Institute of Enterprise. SISA Level 2 Innovation Catalyst. Glasgow School of Art, UK. 

​

​

​

Professional Experience

  • Art Tutor, Open Studio Department, The Glasgow School of Art, July 2024-Present. 

  • Art Tutor, The University of Strathclyde, CLL, January 2025-Present. 

  • The University of Cumbria, Teaching Associate Pool, October 2024- Present. 

  • Society of Scottish Artists Committee Member, September 2024-2025.

  • Learning & Technology, User Support Assistant, Library Services. The Glasgow School of Art, January 2024-Present.​

  • West College Scotland, Bank Lecturer of Design, June 2024-Present.

  • The University of Glasgow, Widening Participation Postgraduate Tutor. October 2023- June 2024

  • Glasgow School of Art, Student Ambassador. September 2022-August 2024.

  • Art Tutor, Studio Glasgow, UK. July - Oct 2023

  • Midton Acrylics Research Collaboration 2021-2022

​

PXL_20240410_083749190_edited.jpg
profile.jpg

Features

2025

​

 

2024

​

​

2023

​

​

2022

​

​

    2021

​

2020

  • Glasgow University Magazine (GUM) Facebook

Talks

  • ELIA Conference, Milan, Italy, Artists think differently. April Lannigan, Garrett Ure, Justin Carter. Susan Brind. 

​

PXL_20250516_141611777_edited.jpg
bottom of page