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Everyday Ethereal brings together various memories, dreams, and daily experiences in order to embrace the beautiful randomness of life.  These prints and paintings showcase  moments that are simultaneously personal and communal. The magic of a clear night, the warm company of friends, the passage of time, the joy of new places, caring for new life and magical wonderings all blend together. Whereas much of my past work has been organized into linear stories, this series is designed to be non-linear. You can put things together as you see fit.


One particular influence on this new series is Gilvan Samico, a Brazilian printmaker who I studied during my early years and had the honor of meeting in 2012. His dreamy folklore style and delicate panel layouts have stuck with me for over a decade. In Everyday Ethereal I pay homage to this master of woodcut by organizing my visual universe into geometric panels that simultaneously break up and balance each composition. I encourage you to explore his woodcut prints.


Woodcuts


Down is the New Up

Produced as artist-in-residence at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in 2009




Life is Fiction

Produced as artist-in-residence at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and Recess Press 2011-2013

Performances

Cranky shows made in collaboration with musicians, voice actors and visual artists.


Print Exchanges

International and national projects linking printmakers of all backgrounds.


Etcetera Print Exchange (2020)


**COMING SOON***

Etcetera Print Exchange (2016)

Pittsburgh



Local Idiosyncrasy Print Exchange (2011)

Minneapolis, São Paulo, Curitiba




Parallel Universes Print Exchange (2010)

Minneapolis, Curitiba


Artist Bio

My name is Cole Hoyer-Winfield and I am an artist and educator from the Great Lakes. Part of my formation as an artist also took place in Southeastern Brazil.

For over ten years I have been pursuing my career as an international artist across various media. My work explores folklore, visual language, and narrative traditions from different cultures and the curiosities of everyday life.


Artist Statement

As humans, each of our identities develop in a spontaneous manner as our lives unfold. Each experience and interaction sprouts new strands of reality, new lines of narrative. These strands often become tangled, however, causing confusion between our future and our past-- between the real and the imaginary. Through our imagination we gather these strands to make sense of the world around us.

My artwork extends through multiple formats, from woodcuts to performances, exploring this dynamic of storytelling in everyday life.

My goal as an artist is to pay homage to the original sequential woodcut masters and to create new, live storytelling techniques. I will attempt to extend these two storytelling media into the social, political, and cultural dialogue of the twenty-first century.