Skyler DeYoung Backside Bank

Turning Tricks, a show by Michèle Lamy and Danny Minnick reimagines some of southern California’s most iconic skate locations in an exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery Los Angeles. Unique within an edition of 3, this skateboard, designed by Skyler Deyoung comes with a unique print.

Skyler DeYoung, born 1994 in Los Angeles, CA, is a third generation artist, carpenter and designer. His creative interests took shape at a young age after discovering the work of Italian designer Carlo Mollino and American architect Buckminster Fuller. DeYoung’s artistic process is greatly inspired by reimagined forms; exploring the various perspectives that can be manipulated into undiscovered configurations. This process of exploration creates a rich foundation upon which DeYoung builds his work.

DeYoung has always appreciated the art of collaboration. He has worked with The Full Belly Project, a non-profit organization based in Wilmington, NC, that fabricates labor-saving devices to improve the livelihood of developing communities. DeYoung developed mechanical tools that streamline agriculture and designed vital recycling programs to aid refugees. In 2015 and 2016, DeYoung was an exhibiting artist in the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s annual Print Big Festival. Most recently, his site-specific installation was showcased at THE SKATEROOM’s What Are We Skating For? exhibition, 2022 (Brussels). DeYoung was also a sponsored skateboarder for Reggie Barnes’ Eastern Skateboard Supply Incorporated.

DeYoung attended the Art Center in Pasadena, CA, and the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, where he studied industrial and product design. DeYoung has a true passion for furniture design, a space where art and carpentry meet. A happy connection led him to a position with fashion and design icon Michèle Lamy.

DeYoung currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Paris, France.