Hello!
Thanks for stopping by. My name is Ethan Coy and I am from northern Idaho and recently transplanted to LA.
My creative practice is immersive and lends itself to art direction & visual design. I freelance for various clients at a studio I started called Employee of the Month. Check it out here.
This site is (hopefully) more of an idea of who I am as a person.
notes:
visual poetics, research, iteration, contemplation. passion for digital craft, printed matter and experimentation with the graphic impulse.
Employee of the Month is the contemporary graphic art & print studio that I am currently operating.
When a pandemic strikes, you might as well make your dreams a reality.
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education
2019 — BFA Design & Printmaking, University of Idaho
2014 — NYLF Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
experience
2021 — content creator, cypher consulting llc
2020 — freelance design & art direction, employee of the month
2019 — junior designer, highline design company
2019 — editorial designer, blot magazine
2018 — program director, kuoi fm 89.3
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Exhibitions + Collaborations
2020 — “Dear Moscow,” Third Street Gallery, Moscow, ID
2019 — INK! Print Rally, Emerge Gallery, Couer d’Alene, ID
2019 — CRYPTIDS, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA (Curated by: RGZ)
2019 — (in)tangible, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID
2019 — Identity, Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID
2018 — For Freedoms Installation, UIdaho Admin Lawn, Moscow, ID
2018 — INK! Print Rally, Emerge Gallery, Couer d’Alene, ID
2018 — From Matrices, Emerge Gallery, Couer d’Alene, ID
2018 — “Print Combine!”, Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID (RMPA)
2018 — WSU Trade Show, CUB Art Gallery, WSU, Pullman, WA
2018 — Hodge Podge, Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID
2017 — Undergrad. Juried Exhibition, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID, David Herbold
2017 — Undergrad. Juried Exhibition, Ridenbaugh Gallery, Moscow, ID, Zach Mazur
Presentations + Invited Lectures
2021 — (soon) Artist Lecture with June T Sanders, Washington State University
2021 — Artist Lecture with Reinaldo Gil Zombrano, Gonzaga University
2020 — Pop-Up Prose: Be Honest With Yourself – Palouse Literary Festival
2019 — Facing Reality: Life as a Creative… | Bend Design Conference, Bend, OR
2019 — The Role of Persona: Then and Now | UIdaho Innovation Showcase
2019 — ART 110 Approaching Destinations Student Panel | UIdaho, Moscow
2018 — AAF National Student Advertising Competition | Seattle, WA
Awards + Merit
2019 — Magna Cum Laude, University of Idaho, Art+Design Program
2018 — Judge’s Choice | Adobe Creative Jam, Washington State University