Contemporary Sculptor
About April Terra Livingston
“Art is the best way to put into being those things for which you don’t have words.”
April Terra Livingston is a classically trained sculptor, photographer, and painter whose works have been exhibited both nationally and abroad. She studied art in both the United States and Italy. Her works are primarily made of cast and fabricated metals, as well as new materials such as plastic and resin. Along with her more traditional work, Livingston has created sculptures and scenic art for several films, including Get Out (2017) and Before I Wake (2016).
Many of Livingston’s creations are poignant and humorous--Cast iron coyotes wearing tin-foil hats and giant Faberge eggs made of steel and glass. She also enjoys taking on politically motivated or memorial projects. In 2016, she helped raise money to fund the creation of a cast iron portrait bust of Cudjoe Lewis, a man believed to be the last living slave from the last slave ship to enter America.
Livingston’s art is inclusive and accessible. She encourages viewers to make their own conclusions about her work.
Livingston is a member of IATSE 478, and she is a certified welder. When Livingston is not creating, she works as a university professor teaching visual arts and art history.
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TIMELINE
Selected Press/ Publications
*EPIX -Enslaved (S1 E4): New World Cultures- 2020
*PBS News Hour- How discovery of the slave ship Clotilda informs U.S. history-2020
*archleague.com- Image and article- 2020
*The Philadelphia Tribune- Image and article- 2019
*BBC News- Image and article- 2019
*latimes.com -Image and article- 2019
*smithsonianmag.com- Article and Image- 2019
*Curiosity Stream- The Illegal Arrival of America's Last Slave Ship-2019
* boredpanda.com- Image-2019
* theatlantic.com- Image and article- 2018
*National Geographic – images and articles 2018 – 2020
92ZEW – radio interview 2020
*Washington Post – images and article 2018
New York Times – article 2018
Access Magazine – featured article, “Whole New Weld” 2018
Alabama Public Radio – featured story 2018
WKRG, WPMI, and Lagniappe – Cudjoe Lewis project 2016 & 2017
Professional Experience—Education—Selected Exhibitions—Awards/Honors
2021-GisfjordurArts Residency, Northern Iceland, 2021
2021- “Best Sculptor” at Lagniappe Weekly’s Nappie Awards – Mobile, Alabama
Official Alabama 200 Bicentennial Artist 2018-20
2018 – Guest Curator: For Freedoms- 50 State Initiative at the Alabama Center for Contemporary Art – Mobile, Alabama
2018- Visiting artist at Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry – Solsberry, Indiana
2018 – Commission-Trio of Sculptures for Mobile Medical Hospital – Minorities in Medicine: Honoring Midwives, Bessie McGhee, and Dr. James A. Franklin – Mobile, Alabama
2017 – Commission- Arty Awards-Mobile Arts Council. 13 original sculptures
2017 – Scenic Artist for the Oscar-winning film, Get Out
2017 – Memorial Bust of Cudjoe Lewis for Union Missionary Baptist Church – Plateau, Alabama
2016 – Sculptor for the film Before I Wake
2016 – Began Professorship at Spring Hill College
2015 – Visiting Artist at Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry – Solsberry, Indiana
2014 – Selected Annual Sculptor at the New Orleans Healing Center – New Orleans, Louisiana
2014 – Internship at Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum and Foundry—Solsberry, Indiana
2011 – Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa, Alabama