Sean Caulfield - prints and biography
Sean Caulfield
Biography
Sean Caulfield is a Canadian printmaker, draftsman, installation artist, and creator of artist's books whose work has been exhibited extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. Born in Rhode Island and based in Edmonton, Alberta, he is currently Professor of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, where he previously served as Canada Research Chair in Fine Arts (Tier 2) and Centennial Professor. In 2017, he was elected to the Arts Division of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his contributions to contemporary art and research.
Caulfield's work explores the complex relationships between technology, the environment, and the human body. Drawing upon science, literature, mythology, and history, he creates images that blur the boundaries between the biological and the mechanical, the organic and the constructed. His prints, drawings, sculptures, and installations frequently combine references to industrial landscapes, scientific illustration, medieval narratives, and contemporary culture, resulting in evocative works that are at once poetic, unsettling, and deeply relevant to contemporary life.
Related artists exploring material-driven abstraction and printmaking processes:
Rosalyn Richards
Elise Wagner
Seiko Tachibana
Renaud Allirand
Charles Eckart
By: Sean Caulfield and Timothy Caulfield
Medium:Inkjet and relief
Image Size: 23 × 46 inches
Edition size: AP
Year: 2020
#Infodemic offers a thoughtful reflection on the challenges of navigating information overload and distinguishing knowledge from noise. In #Infodemic, Sean Caulfield explores the overwhelming volume of information that characterizes the digital age. The print’s imagery evokes both growth and contagion, suggesting how facts, opinions, and rumors can spread simultaneously through interconnected systems. Executed in relief and inkjet on rag paper, the work combines traditional printmaking with contemporary digital methods. Produced in 2020 during the Covid epidemic, but with themes that resonate more than ever now.