​Kayle R. Avery is a curator, historian, and digital artist whose writing is centered at the intersection of imagination, virtuality, and loss. His latest research explores the history and material culture of imagined worlds and its implications. In 2021, Kayle received a M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. His thesis, “History as Database: Bioshock and the New Design Source,” considered digital craftspeople and their rapidly changing relationship with design source media. His latest work is inspired by his time as the Assistant Curator of the University of Wyoming Art Museum where he led a number of 3D virtualization initiatives while developing exhibitions that considered ethnographic works and their diaspora throughout rural America.​