Born in Massachusetts, April Popko has presented her work in numerous solo exhibitions for the United States, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, and beyond. She has exhibited for multiple international group shows in Norway, Canary Islands, Singapore, USA, Switzerland, CZ, Germany, Dubai, South Korea, France, Mallorca and Grenada. A featured artist in publications and magazines, Popko also uses her art to support charities and organizations, to promote communication and connectedness.  

​Currently based in the Czech Republic since 2003,  April paints from her Prague studio, using the energy she gains from her summers in Cape Cod, a "home away from home.” While abroad, she is still an active member of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, home to America's oldest continuous art colony. 

Much of her work communicates her experiences of living between two worlds.  April is also inspired by dynamic interests that yield her diverse artwork.  Collections such as Fleet, Horizons, and Flowers & Trees illuminate her connection with the natural world, highlighting its elements, textures and vibrant colors.  Popko also explores the limitless possibilities of what is beyond the world as she observes it - with a strong interest in quantum physics and quantum theory, exploring vibrational frequencies, energy transfer, and multi-dimensionality.  Examples of this can be seen within her use of metallic details, and bold, kinetic splashing in collections such as Between Two Worlds, Voices are Vibrations, and Journeys & Pathways. It can be said that Popko is a vessel through which energy is channeled, harnessing the phenomena that connect different dimensions of the universe through her paintbrush.

“My obsession to paint was born from the need to communicate in a complex, foreign world. Since 2003, I lived abroad, and in a diverse, “global community” I was searching between language barriers and cultural differences. I had questions around what I could contribute to society by being an American living in Czech Republic and I needed to express myself without words.  Through art, I reinvented myself to convey what I needed the outside world to understand. In this transformative process, I discovered fearlessness and, unexpectedly, a massive sense of connection. My art became the medium in which I could communicate my energy and build bridges between the gaps which I thought had existed—linking countries, communities, genders, lifestyles, cultures, languages, and even the space between heaven and earth. I aim to bring viewers together through my art so that they too find purpose, connection, and understanding as an essential part of the universe.”     --April Popko

INSPIRATION

"I find inspiration everywhere I go.  Here is what the world looks like from my perspective.  My vibrant, texturized abstractions are often inspired by my travels abroad.  Soaking up the fresh, salty air of the Atlantic ocean, seeing the crisp light reflected off the sand dunes and hearing the soft sea grass swaying in the wind, can be felt and experienced in my paintings."