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1. Umleitung, bracelet, 2001, SLS nylon, SLA resin, 4" x 2" x 4"
2. Mein Liebchen, bracelet, 2001, SLS nylon, SLA resin, 5" x 3" x 4"
3. Vernacular, bracelet, 2004, SLS nylon, SLA resin, 3" x 1" x 3"
4. Systemic, bracelet, 2005, SLS nylon, SLA resin, 3" x 1" x 3"
5. Wald oder Baum, bracelet, 2006, SLA resin, 6" x 3" x 5"

Contact Information
Los Angeles, CA
e-mail: info@aprildawnreigart.com
www.aprildawnreigart.com
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Artist Statement
I don't remember a time when I didn't create. I don't remember a time where I knew how to have idle hands, or a quiet mind. There is another voice inside that is not able to speak in words, and yet must be expressed. This voice is from a higher place and runs through every human. I think that we, as humans, seek to define ourselves or leave evidence of our existence. Since the beginning of time, humans have been telling their lives on the walls of caves and in the form of monuments and statues. The medium may change, the message may vary but the motivation is innate and remains the same: the desire to communicate and to express oneself, as well as the need to understand and define ourselves to define humankind.

My own motivation comes from the need to understand human relationships- the expectation, the demands, the force we exact upon one another from day to day. I have chosen computer-aided design as my medium, partly because of the fluidity of form which it affords me, but also because of the great symbol it is of the time in which we live. In contrast to the modernity of the computer, jewelry and the act of adorning oneself are the most ancient and primitive means of expression or, self-definition.

What is more human than seeking to express oneself? The exact nuances of “what” in particular I am seeking to express are vast and deep. Life can be so complicated and traumatic so much so that you don't know what to say. There are not always words for the things we think and feel we do not always want to say what we've experienced in life. I think making art offers an alternative language to where words do not suffice.

In an effort to over-simplify things: To make art is to be human.

Education
2001
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
MFA, Metalsmithing, Jewelry, CAD-CAM
Thesis

1999
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
BFA, Metalsmithing, Ceramics, Photography, Drawing, Glassblowing

Professional Experience
2005-2006
Instructor, Whitemarsh Community Art Center, Conshohocken, PA

2003-2006
Freelance CAD modeller, Lenox Brands, Lawrenceville, NJ

2001-2005
Adjunct Professor , Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2006
Chairperson, Art Department/Instructor, Belvoir Terrace~Performing Arts, Lenox, MA

2001
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1997-2000
Teaching Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1998-2000
Instructor, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1998-2000
Artist’s Assistant, Robert Farrell, ACC Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA, and Baltimore, MD

1998
Instructor, Abington Art Center , Abington, PA

1996-1997
Artist’s Assistant, Germantown, PA

Awards and Honors
2000-2001
Teaching Assistantship, Received Assistantship to attend graduate program, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1999-2000
Future Faculty Fellowship Award, Received Fellowship Grant, for minority students interested in Education to attend graduate program in CAD-CAM, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1999, 2000
Temple University Graduate Student Association, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Graduate Representative Crafts Department, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA

Bibliography
2006
English, M., “Another Form of Expression”, The Colonial, February 16-22, 2006

”Haute List”, Philadelphia Magazine, August 2006

Lectures and Talks
2003
Panelist, "Aesthetics of Computer-Aided Design", ASA-American Society for Aesthetics, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Presenter at Panel Discussion "Technology and the Artist", NYC Siggraph, Engine 27 Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions

2006
Snap to Grid, LACDA:Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

Homage: A Tribute to Women’s History, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX

2004-2005
Featured Artists, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Women, Trauma, and Visual Expression, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Trunk Show, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

National Exhibition, Long Beach Arts Center, Long Beach, CA

2002-2003
Wearable Art Through Computer Aided Design, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

2002
Bio-Tech, Iniquid at DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2001
Thesis Exhibition: Work in Computer Aided Design and Rapid-Prototyping, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

2000
Telesculpture 2000 , Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

I/O EXPLORATIONS: Computer Generated Jewelry, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

1999
Telesculpture 1999, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Tyler Alumni Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

1998
BFA Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA