# Danielle April

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{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1949)}}
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'''Danielle April''' (born July 1, 1949)<ref name="AiC " >{{cite web |title=Artists in Canada |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |website=Canadian Heritage |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213954/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=18079 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Canadian artist working in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, printmaking and drawing. April's work often explores [time](/source/time) and [memory](/source/memory).

==Life and work==
Danielle April was born on July 1, 1949, in [Rivière-du-Loup](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup), [Quebec](/source/Quebec).<ref name="Precarious " /> April studied art at the École des beaux-arts de Québec, graduating in 1971, followed by earning a bachelor's degree in visual arts at the [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval) in 1972.<ref name="Precarious " >{{cite web |title=APRIL, Danielle (1949) |url=http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |website=Dictionnaire historique de la sculpture québécoise au XXe siècle |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214213947/http://dictionnaire.espaceartactuel.com/en/artistes/april-danielle-1949/ |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Saatchi " >{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/danielleapril |website=Saatchi Art |accessdate=14 December 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> She lives and works in [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City).<ref name="AiC " /> [Time](/source/Time) and [memory](/source/memory) are common themes in April's artwork. In 2002, April received the ''Prix d'excellence de la Culture Videre'' from the Québec City.<ref name="APM " >{{cite web |title=Danielle April |url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |website=Art Public Montréal |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215023625/https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/april-danielle/ |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Permanent collections==
*''Attente illusoire III'', 1983, mixed media, [Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_national_des_beaux-arts_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)<ref name="Attente3 " >{{cite web |title=Attente illusoire III |url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |website=Collections |publisher=Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec |accessdate=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022152/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/oeuvre/600022286 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''Precarious Balance'', 2009, sculpture, Citizen's Park, [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul), Quebec<ref name="Precarious " />

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Category:1947 births
Category:21st-century Canadian painters
Category:21st-century Canadian photographers
Category:21st-century Canadian sculptors
Category:Artists from Quebec
Category:Canadian illustrators
Category:Canadian installation artists
Category:Canadian women installation artists
Category:Living people
Category:People from Rivière-du-Loup
Category:Université Laval alumni
Category:21st-century Canadian women painters

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