Carl Yonder

About
My work is all about storytelling. Rather than conveying a specific story to the viewer, I create work with the goal of inspiring a new story within the viewer. All I can do is capture the images that inspire me and ask the viewer to sit with the work, think about what they are seeing, trust their feelings and become a Storyteller all their own.

I tend to be a private person, and am naturally less inclined to speak to the specific meaning of my work. I believe doing so may only work against any deeper meaning conveyed to you the viewer. In an effort to not box the work into something that you either ‘get’ or ‘don’t,’ I aim for the work to be expansive rather than finite in its "understanding".

Bio
Carl Yonder is a self taught visionary surrealist creating art for over twenty years. As a military brat, Yonder and his family traveled around the country and eventually the world. With all of the relocating, his parents and his artwork were the two biggest constants in his life.

Inspired by Transcendental Meditation and lifelong traveling, his work reflects his own journey through the subconscious.

Yonder’s drive to create and exhibit lead to a successful career exhibiting and selling work in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. H...

ARTIST COLLABORATIONS

2024 Snap Collective

2023 COHART

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Caravan, Gallery Blue Door, Baltimore, Maryland

2024 Storyteller III, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, Maryland

2021 Storyteller II, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2018 Storyteller I, Best Med Rep Theater, Gaithersburg, Maryland

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2023 Maritime Arts & Artifacts, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomans, Maryland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Art as Storytelling, Midwest Nice Art, Aberdeen, South Dakota

2024 Arigato, Carrol County Arts Council, Westminster, Maryland

2023 December Showcase, TigerHorseArt Studio, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2023 Fool’s Journey Showcase, Nothing New Press, Virtual

2023 September Showcase, Crown of Creation LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2023 5th Annual Washington Goes Purple: A Journey Through Addiction and Recovery, Washington County Arts Council, Hagerstown, Maryland

2023 Mystical Wonders, Blue Koi Gallery, virtual

2023 Dreamscape, Ten Moir Gallery, virtual

2023 Art Your Way, CalvArts, Prince Frederick, Maryland

2022 Packard Group National Exhibition, No.&7 Gallery, Vermillion, South Dakota

2022 REFUGE, Orica, Decentralland

2021 Mysterious Delights, Kentlands Art...