Mr Christopher Young b. 1974

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (New Media Artist),
  • Designer
New Zealand born photographer, lives and regularly exhibits in Perth, Western Australia
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Christopher Young was born in New Zealand in the mid-seventies. After finishing his studies he moved to Germany in 1996 before settling in Perth, Western Australia in 2002. Isolation is a recurring theme in his life and work – the remoteness of growing up in semi-rural New Zealand, the loneliness of living in Germany as a poor German speaker and since 2002 the geographic and ideological seclusion of life in the purportedly most isolated city in the world, Perth, have all coloured his artistic practice. Context, broader concepts surrounding the use of captions and a lack of a personal cultural library have been central themes explored in his work.

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2014
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2014

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  • BankWest Contemporary Art Prize 2006 (exhibited at)
  • BankWest Contemporary Art Prize 2007 (exhibited at)
  • BankWest Art Prize 2013 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2006 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2013 (exhibited at)
  • National Photography Prize, 2010 (exhibited at)
  • Bunbury Biennial, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, 2007 (exhibited at)
  • Joondalup Invitation Art Award 2007 (exhibited at)
  • Joondalup Invitational Art Award 2003 (exhibited at)
  • Quiet Moments: contemporary poetic photography (exhibited at)
  • drei (exhibited at)
  • Five (exhibited at)
  • five (epilogue) (exhibited at)
  • What I Am (exhibited at)
  • Transitions (exhibited at)
  • Bunbury Biennial, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Photobook and Art/Text/Clearinghouse Show (exhibited at)
  • Momentum: 21st Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Improbable Returns (exhibited at)
  • BankWest Contemporary Art Prize 2006 (exhibited at)
  • BankWest Contemporary Art Prize 2007 (exhibited at)
  • BankWest Art Prize 2013 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2006 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Fremantle Print Award, 2013 (exhibited at)
  • National Photography Prize, 2010 (exhibited at)
  • Bunbury Biennial, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, 2007 (exhibited at)
  • Joondalup Invitation Art Award 2007 (exhibited at)
  • Joondalup Invitational Art Award 2003 (exhibited at)
  • Quiet Moments: contemporary poetic photography (exhibited at)
  • drei (exhibited at)
  • Five (exhibited at)
  • five (epilogue) (exhibited at)
  • What I Am (exhibited at)
  • Transitions (exhibited at)
  • Bunbury Biennial, 2009 (exhibited at)
  • Photobook and Art/Text/Clearinghouse Show (exhibited at)
  • Momentum: 21st Anniversary Exhibition (exhibited at)