Aaron Young

Aaron Young (born 1972) is an artist based in New York.

Young was born in San Francisco. He works in sculpture, performance, photography and drawing. [ [http://www.harrislieberman.com/aaron_young/AY06PressRelease.pdf HarrisLieberman.com] ]

His work became known when video documentation of a student project involving a motorcyclist repeatedly cycling around the San Francisco Art Institute was bought by MoMA. [Phillps, Owen, [http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/09/aaron_young Burning Rubber] , [http://www.mensvogue.com MensVogue.com] ] .

Young is influenced by the dangerous performance work carried out by Chris Burden in the 1960s. [ [http://www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Young_Aaron Whitney.org] ]

elected Exhibitions

2003
*"Circus", 8th Havana Bienal, Havana2004
*"Miami Heat", Pacemaker Gallery, Miami, Florida2005
*"Kick the Dog", Herzilya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzilya, Israel
*"New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition", Traun and Salzburg, Austria
*"Withdrawal", Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris 2006
*"Action", FRACPACA, Marseille
*"The Show will be open when The Show Will Be Closed", Kadist Art Foundation , Paris
*"1%", Harris Lieberman, New York
*"Uncertain States of America", Serpentine Gallery, London
*"Day for Night", Whitney Biennial, New York
*"Yes Bruce Nauman", Zwirner & Wirth, New York
*"Greater New York 2005", P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island 2007
*"No. 1: Destroy, She Said", Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
*"2nd Moscow Biennal of Contemporary Art", Moscow
*"Dark Victory", Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
*"Uncertain States Of America", The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

References

External links

*Rosenberg, Karen, [http://nymag.com/arts/art/features/16041/ Ready To Watch: Ten Young Artists With Staying Power] , [http://nymag.com NYMag.com]
*Aaron Young on [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/33849 ArtFacts.net]
*Further information from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/aaron_young.htm Saatchi Gallery]