Resume
KYLE D’AURIA (they/he)
hello@kyledauria.com
www.kyledauria.com
Born in Tucson, AZ, 1988
Currently lives and works in Portland, OR
EDUCATION
2027 expected MFA, Emily Carr University, Vanouver, British Columbia, Canada
2013 BFA, 3D + Extended Media, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
POSITIONS HELD
2023-2025 Owner, Designer + Furniture Maker, Commoner Goods, Portland, OR
2017-2022 Owner + Furniture Maker, Kyle D’Auria, Tucson, AZ (2017-19) & Portland, OR (2019-22)
2022 Artist Assistant, AUXART + Philip Krohn, Portland, OR
2014-2017 Owner + Woodworker, Deoria Made, Portland, OR
2018-2019 Furniture Maker Assistant, Boundary Fog Furniture, Portland, OR
2017-2019 Wood + Metal Shop Technician, University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
2017 Artist Assistant, Carrie Seid, Tucson, AZ
2017 Maker + Designer, Portland Razor Co., Portland, OR
2014-2015 Introduction to Wood Instructor, ADX Portland, Portland, OR
2014 Fabrication Team Member, ADX Portland, Portland, OR
2013-2014 Shop Steward, ADX Portland, Portland, OR
2012-2013 Lead Photographer, Fairwheel Bikes, Tucson, AZ
2013 Museum Studies Intern, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2012 Photographer Assistant, Ashley Samuela Raasch, Tucson, AZ
2010-2013 Wood + Metal Shop Technician, University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Portland 2022, PDX Red Wall, Portland, OR
2016 Three Years / and the things that prevented passage, Good Coffee, Portland, OR (solo)
2014 Contained, Emerson Space Case, Portland, OR (solo)
2013 Bildungsroman, Steinfeld Warehouse, Tucson, AZ (solo)
2013 Emerging Artists, The Loft Cinema, Tucson, AZ
2012 Annual 3D Juried Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2012 On The Verge, Steinfeld Warehouse, Tucson, AZ
2011 Time, Firestone Gallery, Tucson, AZ
PRESS
Voyage Phoenix, “Check out Kyle D’Auria”, Voyage Phoenix, April 30, 2019,
http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-kyle-daurias-artwork/
Derringer, Jamie. “Renegade X Design Milk Spotlight: Deoria Made”, Design Milk, June 29, 2017,
https://design-milk.com/renegade-x-design-milk-spotlight-deoria-made/
Tepler, Benjamin. “Four Reasons to Visit the New Portland Knife House”, Portland Monthly, May 26, 2015,
https://www.pdxmonthly.com/eat-and-drink/2015/05/four-reasons-to-visit-portland-knife-house-may-2015
AWARDS
2017 Featured Maker, Design Milk x Renegade Craft Fair Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Oregon Media Arts Fellowship Application
Work Samples
Retellings, 2024, 6:17, video art
Retellings revisits stories of the artist’s heritage through a baseball - a family memento, dissecting it as a metaphor for taking time to break those stories down into parts, reexamine them, and contemplate their veracity. Those parts are reassembled and transformed anew into jacket patches, worn with honor in a way now more aligned with the artist’s truth. Retreats to the wild for mountain mediations - a place to contemplate and soothe oneself in the process - are interspersed throughout the video. Retellings is part of an ongoing series, including Unmasked exploring unprocessed stories that make up the artist’s self identity.
Unmasking, 2025, 6:59, video art
In Unmasking, the artist uses stones as metaphor for the weightiness of self concepts. Captured, and collected in the mind, these self concepts are grappled with, with the weightiness of them ultimately taking hold before they’re cut free to reveal their true fragility. Retreats to view monumental stones amongst the sea serve as a meditative reassurance that despite unsettled, chaotic waters, the enduring stoicism of the individual persists. Unmasked is part of an ongoing series, including Retellings exploring unprocessed stories that make up the artist’s self identity.