Biography

Michael Young is a lens-based artist whose work explores themes of masculinity, personal identity, community, and memory. He has been named a Top 50 artist in Photolucida’s Critical Mass (2023, 2021), a Top 10 winner of LensCulture Critics’ Choice, and a winner of Feature Shoot’s Emerging Photography Award.

Recent shows include Sharp Cuts: Queer Collage at CLAMP in New York City, CURRENTS 2023 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, a solo exhibition at the Rochester Museum of Art, Together Alone at Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Candela Gallery’s Unbound12! and Una historia (no) tan rosa at Archivo Arkhé in Madrid. Young’s images have also been exhibited in Portfolio 2023 at Atlanta Photography Group, Art of Pride at Southeast Center for Photography, Bodily Autonomies at Queer Festival Heidelberg, Center Forward 2022 at Center for Fine Art Photography, and Context 2022 at Filter Photo.

 

Young’s work has been published in Deeply Human (Verlag Kettler, Germany), both of GUP’s Fresh Eyes 2023 books (Documentary and Conceptual). His work has also been featured in Musée Magazine, Fisheye, and two issues of Der Greif. Online articles, interviews, and shows include LensCulture, Humble Arts Foundation, Fraction Magazine, Talking Photographs, The Guardian, Float, and F-Stop Magazine.

Exhibitions
Works
  • Michael Young, Beach Crew, July, 2024
    Beach Crew, July, 2024
  • Michael Young, Captain, March, 2024
    Captain, March, 2024
  • Michael Young, Snow Shower, January, 2024
    Snow Shower, January, 2024
  • Michael Young, A Smoke in the Pines, September, 2023
    A Smoke in the Pines, September, 2023
  • Michael Young, Flannel Shower, June, 2023
    Flannel Shower, June, 2023
  • Michael Young, Garden Hose, August, 2023
    Garden Hose, August, 2023
  • Michael Young, Red and Pink Towels, May, 2023
    Red and Pink Towels, May, 2023
  • Michael Young, In the Shadows, July, 2022
    In the Shadows, July, 2022
  • Michael Young, Purple Steps, December, 2022
    Purple Steps, December, 2022
  • Michael Young, California Highway Patrol, May, 2021
    California Highway Patrol, May, 2021
  • Michael Young, Crown of Bougainvillea, October, 2021
    Crown of Bougainvillea, October, 2021
  • Michael Young, Leather on Leather, February, 2021
    Leather on Leather, February, 2021
  • Michael Young, Reclining Cowboy, March, 2021
    Reclining Cowboy, March, 2021
  • Michael Young, Stripes, a Tank, and a Towel, June, 2021
    Stripes, a Tank, and a Towel, June, 2021
  • Michael Young, Three Guys, August, 2021
    Three Guys, August, 2021
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