Bio
Darby Marie Agravante Douglas (she/her) is an artist, metalsmith, and teacher based in Chicago, Illinois.
She earned her BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. She is currently teaching metalsmithing classes and workshops at Lillstreet Art Center (jewelry, sculpture, and miniature-making).
Darby fabricates jewelry and sculptures primarily in brass and silver. Her interactable metal-miniatures are inspired by insides jokes and games.
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EXHIBITIONS
2024
Miniature Show, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
Radical Jewelry Makeover: Chicago Artist Edition, Gallery 2052, Chicago, IL
2023
Shared Past Divergent Futures, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2018
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2016
Minute Hand Hour Hand, Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
2012
Chicago Area 4x5 Show, Palatine, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - (current)
Metals Teacher - Jewelry & Sculpture, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 - (current)
Studio Assistant, Lindsay Lewis Jewelry, Chicago, IL
2022
Exhibitions Assistant, National Indo-American Museum, Lombard, IL
2021
Artist Assistant, National Indo-American Museum, Lombard, IL
2018
Studio Intern, Lindsay Lewis Jewelry, Chicago, IL
2017 - 2018
Department Assistant- Instructional Metal and Wood Studio, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2017
Classroom Assistant- Painting & Drawing, SAIC, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2018
BFA Studio Art- Sculpture and Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2014
AA with Honors- Painting & Drawing, William Rainey Harper College
SCHOLARSHIPS
2018
Edward R. Ryerson Fellowship Recipient, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 - 18
Honors Scholarship Recipient, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2014
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Scholar, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL