April Hickox Gather
Gather is a scanned archive of clusters
of decaying balloons found on the
beaches of Toronto Island. Markers of a
symbolic life passage, balloons live on
in April Hickox’s work as the forgotten
detritus of social occasions reborn in the
digital world.
April Hickox was an established Canadian lens based artist, teacher and independent curator. She produced work in various media including photography, film, video and installation. Hickox was a founding director of Gallery 44 Center for Contemporary Photography, and a founding member of Tenth Muse Studio, and Artscape. She exhibited widely in Canada with shows at Harbourfrount Centre, Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Maclaren Art Centre, Surrey Art Gallery, Oakville Galleries, Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. Her work is held in private, corporate and public collections including the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
