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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 
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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 

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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

1995

“19th amendment to the u.s. constitution”

washington, district of columbia (dc)

u.s. postal commission commemorative stamp

1991

executive board member, alliance graphique internationale (AGI)
1991-1993 executive committee member

1989

"graphic design in america: a visual language history"
featured designer in the exhibition, poster and billboard

walker art center

1988

past president and vice-president of los angeles chapter

former AIGA national board member 

1987

national endowment for the arts (NEA),

computer graphic studies grant

washington, district of columbia (dc)

1986

invited member, alliance graphique internationale (AGI)

walker art center and MIT press, publication design

design quarterly #133: 'does it make sense?'

1984

olympic organizing committee,

official poster, 1984 olympic games

collaboration with jayme odgers

los angeles, california

1975

museum of modern art (MoMA), "the taxi project"

exhibition and catalogue design with Emilio ambasz, curator

new york city, new york

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