recent acquisitions :
J Paul Getty Museum
'Pacific Wave'
Fortuny Museum, Venice, Italy
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Recent photographs:
'Screen Door', 'Burning Bush', 'Pereira',
'Avatar with Schmear', 'Sky and Snake'
Design Museum London
'Does it Make Sense?'
Design Quarterly #133
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Hamburg, Germany
'Does it Make Sense?'
Design Quarterly #133
april
greiman
april greiman
the book,
photography
written contributions:
Lita Albuquerque
Frances Anderton
Jan Angevine
Marian Bantjes
Lyn Bradford
Judith Cahen Crouwel
Donatella Cusmá
Andrea Dietz
Tibbie Dunbar
Kristin Feireiss
Karin Fong
Carolien Glazenburg
Nikki Gonnissen
Jia Yi Gu
Karin Hibma
Gere Kavanaugh
Suzanne Lacy
Anette Lenz
Laurie Makela
Ilaria Mazzoleni
Jennifer Morla
Kali Nikitas
Louise Paradis
Paulette Singley
Elisabeth Workman
"This is important work, This is deep work. Its meaning is under the covers. Not the cover, but under the covers. Young designers should see this and learn.”
— Gere Kavanaugh
about
april greiman is a thinker, transmedia artist-designer whose projects, which address all areas and scale from communications to textiles, from architecture to new media, together with the use of advanced digital technology, have made her studio unique contributors to the art and design world.
career highlights
2024
acquisition, museum of modern art (MoMA)
'does it make sense?' design quarterly #133
new york city, new york
2023
'it's about time' group show, brand library + art center
april greiman photography: 'avatar in flight'; 'end of time'; 'shapely avatar'; 'burning bush'; 'screen door'; 'airglow'; 'atomic wave'; 'airglow with code'; 'body part'; 'pixelava'
glendale, california
acquisition, letterform archive
april greiman / made in space poster collection
san francisco, california
acquisition, los angeles county museum (LACMA)
april greiman photography: 'sceen door'; 'burning bush'; 'pereira'; 'avatar with schmear'; 'sky and snake'
los angeles, california
acquisition, j. paul getty museum
'pacific wave, fortuny museum' poster
los angeles, california
2021
tenured professor, usc roski school of art and design
los angeles, california
'whitespace, april greiman photography'
collection of 33 digital photographs and written contributions of 25 women in the arts
2019
india institute of technology (IIT) lecture
experimental typography, keynote lecture
mumbai, india
2018
lifetime achievement award, society of typographic arts (STA)
chicago, illinois
2012
honorary doctorate, art center college of design
pasadena, california
2007
india institute of technology (IIT) lecture + workshop
design local–stops at all stations
mumbai, india
2003
honorary doctorate, academy of art university
san francisco, california
2002
honorary doctorate, lesley university, boston college of art
boston, massachusetts
2001
honorary doctorate, kansas city art institute
kansas city, missouri