Emma Duehr (she/her, b.1995) is an artist, educator, and storyteller living and working in Portland, Oregon. Her work is multidisciplinary, incorporating digital fabrication with woodworking, metalworking, and mold making and casting projects. Her creative expression is driven by spectrums and actively works to foster understanding, access, and community within the middle ground. Her work addresses themes of the everyday while examining the intersection of the body, the self, and reason. Her practice is process, community, and knowledge-oriented and navigates through experimentation and play.
Emma is currently the COTA Workshops Manager at Portland State University (PSU) which includes an equipped wood shop, metal shop, casting lab, and digital fabrication lab. Her recent roles include: Adjunct Professor teaching Sculpture at PSU; an Artist Mentor at King School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, Africa, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, and across the United States.
Emma earned her MFA in Art and Social Practice Program from Portland State University in 2021 and her BFA from Clarke University in 2017.
Email: em.duehr@gmail.com