Mr Christopher Young b. 1974

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (New Media Artist),
  • Designer
New Zealand born photographer, lives and regularly exhibits in 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. He then moved to Margaret River in 2017. 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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2018

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Residences
  • 1996 - 2002 Germany
  • 2002 - 2017 Perth, WA
  • 2017 - Margaret River, Western Australia
  • 1996 - 2002 Germany
  • 2002 - Perth, WA
Related collections
  • City of Perth Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • City of Wanneroo, Wanneroo, WA (collected in)
  • Department of Housing and Works (collected in)
  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Office of Shared Services (collected in)
  • Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Subiaco Museum (collected in)
  • City of Perth Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • City of Wanneroo, Wanneroo, WA (collected in)
  • Department of Housing and Works (collected in)
  • Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Office of Shared Services (collected in)
  • Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Subiaco Museum (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • St John of God Hospital (collected in)
Related events
  • 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)
  • A Matter of Response (exhibited at)
  • South West Art Now 2018 (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)
  • Improbable Returns (exhibited at)
  • South West Art Now 2018 (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
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