Todd Hoyer was raised in Phoenix, AZ., where he attended Arizona State University majoring in manufacturing engineering and design technology from 1970-1975. He moved to Bisbee Arizona in 1976 and started woodturning. He has taught many workshops over the last twenty years in the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia. His work is included in many museums including the National Museum of American Art; Smithsonian Institution and the Detroit institute of Art, along with many private collections.

My work has been based on change. Each piece and idea is an integral step on the path of growth. From my production items where I learned the use of tools and techniques, to my vessels where I explored the material, each step had been towards greater understanding of the material and myself.

My work has been a reflection of the changes in my life. Consciously and subconsciously, ideas and images have paralleled and expressed major shifts in my life. I have developed a personal language, through imagery to communicate. The sphere, which is the heart and soul of my work, is the foundation of most of the Series I work with. Simple surface treatments like blackened interior surfaces represent the void within. Weathered exteriors represent aging. The combinations of these and other images and forms, create a record of growth and change.

Many pieces were turned and then weathered outdoors for up to two years to create the cracking and silver patina on the surfaces. Some were then re-turned and wrapped with rusted wire, combining metal which creates tension with the wood surface while defining a form of its own.

My creative process is reliant on the need not to be dazzled and stalled by technique and the beauty of the material. For me, success is to move forward, balancing the manipulation of form and expression with the organic nature of wood.

• Art of Woodturning American Craft Museum, NY.

• Arizona Biennial 82, 84, 93 Tucson Museum of Art, AZ.

• Featured Artist Contemporary Craftsman Gallery, NM.

• Lathe Turned Objects Show 1983-91 Highlights Gallery, CA.

• Splendid Bowls Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ.

• Turned Wood Show 1984-2003 del Mano Gallery, CA.

• Featured Artist The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, AZ.

• Woodturning Maple Hill Gallery

• Woodturning Show Signature Gallery

• American Contemporary Works in Wood Dairy Barn, OH.

• Woodturning 10 Arrow Gallery

• American Woodturners Brookfield Craft Center, CT.

• Arizona Artists The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, AZ..

• Beyond Its Limits: The Art of the Turned Wood Bowl Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking, WA.

• The Artform of Turned Wood Joanne Rapp Gallery, AZ.

• Featured Artist del Mano Gallery, CA.

• Works off the Lathe: Old and New Faces Craft Alliance Gallery, MO.

• Masters of Turned Wood Elements Gallery

• On Land; Interpretations of the Southwest The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, AZ.

• Featured Artist Mendelson Gallery, CT.

• The New Spirit; Wood Turned and Carved The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, AZ.

• Wood and Fiber New Visions Gallery

• International Turned Objects Show Port of History Museum, PA.

• Turned Objects Show Snyderman Gallery, PA.

• Woodturning Show 1988, 90 Sansar Gallery, DC.

• Works off the Lathe: Old and New Faces II Craft Alliance Gallery, MO.

• Woodworking Show 1989-91 Banaker Gallery, CA.

• Woodturning Show The Society of Arts and Crafts, MO.

• International Lathe-Turned Objects Challenge IV Port of History Museum, PA.

• The Turned Wood Vessel Joanne Rapp Gallery, AZ.

• Revolving Techniques James A. Michener Art Museum

• Redefining the Lathe Turned Object Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ.

• A Double Anniversary Celebration Renwick Gallery, DC.

• The Collectors Eye American Craft Museum, NY.

• Out of the Woods Connell Gallery, GA.

• The Manipulated Turned Object Creations Gallery

• Woodturning – Small Treasures 1993-96 del Mano Gallery, CA.

• Contemporary Woodturning Elsa Mott Ives Gallery

• Turned Wood Carlyn Gallery, CA.

• Masters del Mano Gallery, CA.

• Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects Berman Museum of Art, PA.

• New Works in Wood The Wetsman Collection, MI.

• National Woodturning Exhibition Australia

• Lathe Turned Wood IV Carlyn Gallery

• Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object III Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ.

• Three Generations of Woodturning Connell Gallery, GA.

• International Turning Exchange (residency) Woodturning Center, PA.

• AllTURNatives Berman Museum of Art. PA.

• Woodwork Arizona Museum of Youth, AZ.

• 6 Turning 7 Boarman Arts Center

• Artforms in Wood Malton Gallery

• Growth Through Sharing Guilford College Art Gallery

• Out of the Woods Tohono Chul Park, AZ.

• The Cutting Edge of Contemporary American Wood Stones Gallery

• Artistry in Wood Hanson Gallery

• Working Beyond Tradition: A Turned Wood Invitational Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Musem, AR.

• Out of Focus; Turned Wood Objects Internet

• Turned Wood Now; Redefining the Lathe Turned Object IV Arizona State University Art Museum, AZ.

• Collaboration: Todd Hoyer / Hayley Smith Joanne Rapp Gallery, AZ.

• The Art of Turning; Masters in Wood Barry Friedman Ltd, NY.

• Working With the Grain; Wooden Bowls and Boxes Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

• Rings of Time; Wooden Visions for the Millennium West Valley Art Museum, AZ.

• American Woodturners Profile I R. Duane Reed Gallery, MO.

• Revolution / Evolution I del Mano Gallery, CA.

• Collectors of Wood Art Invitational SOFA Chicago, IL.

• ’99 Cups Galleria Mesa, AZ.

• Craft Weekend 2000 James Renwick Alliance, DC.

• Wood and Form Hodges Taylor Gallery, NC.

• Alchemy in Wood The Sybaris Gallery, MI.

• Horizons 2000: Artist Woodturners Brookfield Craft Center, CT.

• American Woodturning; An Emerging Contemporary Art Form Rochester Art Center, NY.

• The Fine Art of Wood – The Bohlen Collection Detroit Institute of Art, MI.

• Todd Hoyer Gallery Materia, AZ.

• Masters of Wood Art Finer Things Gallery, NC.

• The Birthday Party, An Installation Brand Library Arts Gallery, CA.

• Diversity and Exploration: New Forms in Wood R. Duane Reed Gallery, MO.

• 25 Years of Fine Craftsmanship Brookfield Craft Center, CT.

• Nature Takes a Turn Minnesota Museum of American Art, MN.

• Woodturning Invitational Exhibition Snyderman Gallery, PA.

• Woodturning in North America Since 1930 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN.  Against the Grain: Turned and Sculpted Wood McAllen International Museum, TX.

• Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002 Ellipse Art Center, VA.

• Designing Futures Craft West Gallery, Australia

• Materials and Contemporary Illusions Brookfield Crafts Center, CT.

• Horn Collection Yale University Art Gallery, CT.

• Collectors Choice 2002 SOFA Chicago, IL.

• New Visions in Wood Gallery Materia, AZ

• Arizona Artists Gallery Materia, AZ

• The Language of Wood: Todd Hoyer & Hayley Smith Patina Gallery, NM.

• One Step Back, Two Steps Forward Patina Gallery, NM.

• Into the Woods Long Beach Museum of Art, CA.

• Under the Bark: 25 Years of Wood Turning Brigham Young University Museum of Art, UT.

• Nature Transformed University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI. 

• Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC.

• American Craft Museum New York, NY.

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA.

• Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI.

• Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk, VA.

• Minneapolis Institute of Art Minneapolis, MN.

• Mobile Museum of Art Mobile, AL.

• Mint Museum of Crafts and Design Charlotte, NC.

• Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, CA.

• Wustum Museum of Art Racine, WI.

• Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI.

• Yale University Art Gallery Newhaven, CT.

• Arizona State University Art Museum Tempe, AZ.

• Arkansas Art Center Little Rock, AR.

• Gallery of Art and Design : North Carolina State University Raleigh, N.C.

• The WoodTurning Center Philadelphia, PA.

• Jacobson Collection

• Wornick Collection

• Horn Collection

• Mason Collection

• Bohlen Collection                

• Fine Woodworking Biennial #3 and 4 1981, 1983 CT.

• The Art of Turned-Wood Bowls; The Jacobson Collection 1985 AZ.

• Modern Style, Contemporary Designs 1987 NY.

• American Woodworker 1988, 1994 PA.

• Undercover KAET-TV 1989 AZ.

• The Craft Factor 1988 Canada

• Holz Und Elfenbein 1988 West Germany

• Sculpture 1988 DC.

• Practical Woodworking 1989 England

• Lathe Turned Objects 1988 PA.

• Arizona Artforms (Television Video) KAET-TV 1989 AZ.

• Out of the Woods, The Jacobson Collection (Television Video) KAET-TV 1991 AZ.

• International Lathe-Turned Objects, Challenge IV 1991 PA.

• Home and Garden 1991 DC.

• Revolving Techniques 1992 PA.

• The Collectors Eye 1991 NY.

• Out of the Woods 1992 AL.

• Challenge V; International Lathe Turned Objects 1993 PA.

• Art in Arizona 1994 AZ.

• Growth Through Sharing 1996 NC.

• Woodworking West 1997 CA.

• Expressions in Wood 1997 CA.

• Turned Wood Now, Redefining the Lathe Turned Object IV 1997 AZ.

• Moving Beyond Traditions: A Turned-Wood Invitational 1997 AR.

• Contemporary Turned Wood 1999 WI.

• Living With Form: The Horn Collection 1999 AR.

• The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection 2000 MI.

• Woodturning in North America Since 1930 2001 CT.

• Craft Arts International #55 2002 AUS.

• Scratching the Surface-Art and Content in Contemporary Wood 2002 Guild

• Nature Transformed 2004 MI.

• Woodturning Symposium 1988, 2001 UT.

• Greenwood Turning Brookfield Craft Center CT.

• Southern California Woodworking Conferences CA.

• AAW Chapter Woodturning Workshops AZ, IL, CA, MI, KY, PA, WA.

• Turned Wood Boxes Brookfield Craft Center CT.

• 6^th Annual Woodturning Symposium Ireland

• International Woodturning Symposium Australia

• Woodturning Workshops Arrowmont School of Crafts TN.

• – Appalachia School of Crafts KY.

• – Anderson Ranch CO.

• World Turning Conference DE.

• American Association of Woodturners Symposium TX., OH.

• Osolnik Benefit Arrowmont School of Crafts TN.                

• Turning Plus AZ.

• Texas Turn or Two TX.

• Yuma Symposium AZ.

• Artist Residency PA, AUS.