April Dauscha is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, motherhood, loss, and devotion through the visual language of Catholic ritual and iconography. Drawing upon the body, costume history, and Victorian culture, she works with materials rich in personal and historical significance -including hair, textiles, family heirlooms, and historic garments. Through sewing, embellishment, installation, performance, photography, and moving image, Dauscha transforms these materials into intimate portraits, memorials, and reliquaries.
In Perpetual Care, Dauscha considers the maternal body as a site of sacrifice, endurance, and care. Handmade objects, symbolic materials, and repeated gestures elevate the often-unseen labor of motherhood into ritual. The resulting sculptures, photographs, and moving images serve as artifacts of these fleeting acts, preserving their traces while reflecting on sacrifice, remembrance, and the passage of time.
