Artist Bio - April Marie Mai
Title of artwork: Neural Connection
April Marie Mai is known for vibrant abstract impasto paintings, fiber art, and explorations of color and pattern in printmaking, drawing, and ink, creating playful abstractions of the beauty of everyday life, writing devastatingly honest poetry, making work about societal expectations surrounding Autism, and exploring identity through art.
April lives and creates art in Overland Park, Kansas. April is autistic, dyslexic, disabled and omnisexual with aphantasia and many other neurodivergencies which affect artistic practice. Chronic migraine and fibromyalgia affect their everyday life and abilities. Art, humor, activism and love are what keep them going.
April's work has been shown at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri.
When not making art, April likes to visit gardens, tend to their plants, hug Squishmallows, stim, have friends over for tea, and host potlucks.