Exhibitions

Ohio Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH                   October  2021 through January 2022

​Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2021

Projecting Grace, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA                                                                  August  2020

Ohio Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH                                                        January 2018

Hear Our Voice, Art of the Women's March, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC                             June 2017

Come Along with Me, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH curated by Richard Fletcher                                 April 2017

Hear Our Voice, Art of the Women's March, Seattle Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA  February 2017

Teachers Exhibit, The University if Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH                                                 February 2017

Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2016

Ohio Rising, Lancaster Festival, Lancaster, OH                                                                               August 2015

Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2014

New Neon, The Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA                                                                     February 2014 

Teachers Exhibit, The University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH                                             November 2013

Once Upon A Time, The Pump House, Chillicothe, OH                                                             November 2013

​Reincarnate, Gallery 2011, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH                                               April 2013

course/discourse, Baltimore, MD curated by Rick Delaney                                                         December 2012

AC-3D, The Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT.                                                                                  July 2012

Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2012

The Hillel Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH                                                       February 2012

Forgotten, Short North Tattoo, Columbus, OH                                                                            December 2011

Eleven, Columbus, OH                                                                                                                November 2011

Brothers Drake Meadery, Columbus, OH                                                                                         August 2011

Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2010

Cream of the Crop, The Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH                                            July 2008

Awakenings, M.A. Exhibition, Birke Art Gallery, Huntington, WV                                            December 2007

Exhibition 280, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV                                                            April 2007

Body Shots, Marshall University, Huntington, WV                                                                            March 2007

B.F.A. Exhibition, Lynn Mayhew Gallery, Delaware, OH                                                                   March 2001

Five Colleges of Ohio Art Exhibition, Wooster, OH                                                                                      2001


Awards and Publications

Commendation from Senator Uecker, Human Rights Garden Project                 Portsmouth High School 2017

Outstanding Teacher of the Year                                                            Portsmouth High School 2017

People's Choice AwardCream of the Crop                                                  The Southern Ohio Museum 2016

Best of Show, Cream of the Crop                                                                  The Southern Ohio Museum 2014

Make Your Mark                                                                                                                   Lark Books, 2014

Ohio Portfolio Artist, Joseph Editions                                                              Sponsored by Ron Pizzuti  2013

course/discourse by Rick Delaney                                                                                                              2012 

Outstanding Teacher of the Year                                                            Portsmouth High School 2011

Education

Master of Arts, Art and Design, Painting                         Marshall University, Huntington, WV  December 2007 

Teaching Certification, Visual Arts K-12                           Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH   July 2003

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting                                         Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH June 2002








April Deacon Art & Design