The relationship between natural landscape and human intervention has been considered by Hickox and become a central theme of her work for over thirty-five years. Since Hickox move to the Toronto Islands at an early age, she has experienced the frequent change of the island's environment caused by human intervention.

Hickox's works are largely based on narratives which record aspects of humanity and nature and contribute to the deeper understandings of its relationship with collective memories from human histories and activities. Hickox' has created works surrounding numerous themes including landscape, history, memory, site, language, communication and voice. She is an associate professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design University. Her personal experiences as a mother of a deaf daughter also contribute as inspirations for her works, such as her installation work Within Dialogue which shows the visual representation of language and communication across individuals and cultures.

Hickox lives on the Toronto Islands from which she derives much of her inspiration. Hickox returned to Canada for the 5th year graduate studies program at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, where she obtained an AOCA degree and further explored her interests in photography and printmaking from 1974 to 1978. In order to continue to explore interests in photography, Hickox went to London to study photography and graphic design in Twickenham College of Technology from 1973 to 1974. She and her family moved to Toronto Islands when she was 3 years old. In 1955, April Hickox was born in Oakville, Ontario.

Hickox is the founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography, as well as a founding member of Tenth Muse Studio and Artscape.Įarly life, education and career Hickox's works are largely based on narratives which record aspects of humanity and nature and explore the relationship between the two with collective memories from human histories and activities. Hickox has created works surrounding numerous themes including landscape, history, memory, site. Hickox has said about her works of the last 10 years, 'I think in my work, I have always worked with history, place and a sense of self, and sometimes language, communication and voice'. April Hickox (born 1955) is a Canadian lens-based artist, photographer, teacher and curator whose practice includes various medias, from photography, film, video and installation.

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