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Biography

Carey Young (b. 1970, lives and works in London) has developed her artistic practice from a cross-fertilization of disciplines including business, law, politics, science and communication. The tools and language of these different fields act as material for her installations, performances, text works and photographs and videos. In the recent, widely exhibited Palais de Justice (2017) the artist surreptitiously filmed female judges working at the main courthouse of Belgium. Young’s work has been shown in one-person exhibitions at La Loge, Brussels (2019); Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (2019); Dallas Museum of Art (2017); Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2013); The Power Plant, Toronto (2009); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2009); Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2009); MiMA, Middlesbrough (2010); and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2001). Young has participated in numerous biennials, including Moscow (2013, 2007), Taipei (2010), Sharjah (2005), and Venice (2003). Public collections include the Tate Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE; Arts Council Collection, UK; the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, TX; and Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland.

Selected Works

Selected Works Thumbnails
Carey Young The Vision Machine, 2020 Single-channel HD (from 4K) 16:9 format, color, sound duration: 13:27 Edition of 5, 2 APs

Carey Young
The Vision Machine, 2020
Single-channel HD (from 4K) 16:9 format, color, sound
duration: 13:27
Edition of 5, 2 APs

Palais de Justice, 2017, single-channel video, color, 5.1 surround sound, running time: 17:53 (approx.), Edition of 5, 2 APs. Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017

Carey Young
Palais de Justice, 2017
single-channel video, color
5.1 surround sound
running time (approx.): 17:53 
Edition of 5, 2 APs

Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017

Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017.

Carey Young Body Techniques (after Lean In, Valie Export, 1976), 2007 lightjet print 48 x 59 3/4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm) frame: 49 x 61 1/4 in. (124.5 x 155.6 cm) Edition of 5

Carey Young
Body Techniques (after Lean In, Valie Export, 1976),
2007
lightjet print
48 x 59 3/4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm) frame: 49 x 61 1/4 in. (124.5 x 155.6 cm)
Edition of 5

Carey Young We The People (after Pierre Cavellat), 2013 photograph mounted on aluminum 204.5 x 138.5 x 8 cm frame: 80 1/2 x 54 1/2 in. (204.5 x 138.5 cm) Edition of 5, 2 AP APs Produced with the support of Le Quartier - Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper

Carey Young
We The People (after Pierre Cavellat), 2013
photograph mounted on aluminum
204.5 x 138.5 x 8 cm frame: 80 1/2 x 54 1/2 in. (204.5 x 138.5 cm)
Edition of 5, 2 AP APs
Produced with the support of Le Quartier - Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper

Carey Young C-type print from the Redshift series (exposed from a slice of pallasite meteorite, formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, at the birth of the Solar System. The artist hereby declares that with effect from 1st January 2110 copyright protection in this work shall be abandoned on a country by country basis. This global abandonment of copyright is to begin with the Prime Meridian and will proceed westerly across the globe at the rate of 1000 miles per year, as measured from the Equator), 2010 C-type print mounted on aluminum frame: 44 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (113.7 x 136.5 x 3.8 cm) ​Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young
C-type print from the Redshift series (exposed from a slice of pallasite meteorite, formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, at the birth of the Solar System. The artist hereby declares that with effect from 1st January 2110 copyright protection in this work shall be abandoned on a country by country basis. This global abandonment of copyright is to begin with the Prime Meridian and will proceed westerly across the globe at the rate of 1000 miles per year, as measured from the Equator), 2010
C-type print mounted on aluminum
frame: 44 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (113.7 x 136.5 x 3.8 cm)
Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young Everything You've Heard is Wrong, 1999 Single channel video (DVD) color, sound, 6 minutes, 35 seconds Edition of 5

Carey Young
Everything You've Heard is Wrong, 1999
Single channel video (DVD)
color, sound, 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Edition of 5

Carey Young Obsidian Contract, 2010 vinyl text and black mirror mirror: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm) text: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm) distance from text to wall: 3 in. (7.5 cm) Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young
Obsidian Contract, 2010
vinyl text and black mirror
mirror: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm) text: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm) distance from text to wall: 3 in. (7.5 cm)
Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young Declared Void II, 2013 vinyl drawing, text dimensions variable Edition of 3, 2 APs

Carey Young
Declared Void II, 2013
vinyl drawing, text
dimensions variable
Edition of 3, 2 APs

Carey Young The Vision Machine, 2020 Single-channel HD (from 4K) 16:9 format, color, sound duration: 13:27 Edition of 5, 2 APs

Carey Young
The Vision Machine, 2020
Single-channel HD (from 4K) 16:9 format, color, sound
duration: 13:27
Edition of 5, 2 APs

Palais de Justice, 2017, single-channel video, color, 5.1 surround sound, running time: 17:53 (approx.), Edition of 5, 2 APs. Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017

Carey Young
Palais de Justice, 2017
single-channel video, color
5.1 surround sound
running time (approx.): 17:53 
Edition of 5, 2 APs

Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017

Installation view, Carey Young: Palais de Justice, Paula Cooper Gallery, September 7 – October 14, 2017.

Carey Young Body Techniques (after Lean In, Valie Export, 1976), 2007 lightjet print 48 x 59 3/4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm) frame: 49 x 61 1/4 in. (124.5 x 155.6 cm) Edition of 5

Carey Young
Body Techniques (after Lean In, Valie Export, 1976),
2007
lightjet print
48 x 59 3/4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm) frame: 49 x 61 1/4 in. (124.5 x 155.6 cm)
Edition of 5

Carey Young We The People (after Pierre Cavellat), 2013 photograph mounted on aluminum 204.5 x 138.5 x 8 cm frame: 80 1/2 x 54 1/2 in. (204.5 x 138.5 cm) Edition of 5, 2 AP APs Produced with the support of Le Quartier - Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper

Carey Young
We The People (after Pierre Cavellat), 2013
photograph mounted on aluminum
204.5 x 138.5 x 8 cm frame: 80 1/2 x 54 1/2 in. (204.5 x 138.5 cm)
Edition of 5, 2 AP APs
Produced with the support of Le Quartier - Centre d'art contemporain de Quimper

Carey Young C-type print from the Redshift series (exposed from a slice of pallasite meteorite, formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, at the birth of the Solar System. The artist hereby declares that with effect from 1st January 2110 copyright protection in this work shall be abandoned on a country by country basis. This global abandonment of copyright is to begin with the Prime Meridian and will proceed westerly across the globe at the rate of 1000 miles per year, as measured from the Equator), 2010 C-type print mounted on aluminum frame: 44 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (113.7 x 136.5 x 3.8 cm) ​Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young
C-type print from the Redshift series (exposed from a slice of pallasite meteorite, formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago, at the birth of the Solar System. The artist hereby declares that with effect from 1st January 2110 copyright protection in this work shall be abandoned on a country by country basis. This global abandonment of copyright is to begin with the Prime Meridian and will proceed westerly across the globe at the rate of 1000 miles per year, as measured from the Equator), 2010
C-type print mounted on aluminum
frame: 44 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (113.7 x 136.5 x 3.8 cm)
Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young Everything You've Heard is Wrong, 1999 Single channel video (DVD) color, sound, 6 minutes, 35 seconds Edition of 5

Carey Young
Everything You've Heard is Wrong, 1999
Single channel video (DVD)
color, sound, 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Edition of 5

Carey Young Obsidian Contract, 2010 vinyl text and black mirror mirror: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm) text: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm) distance from text to wall: 3 in. (7.5 cm) Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young
Obsidian Contract, 2010
vinyl text and black mirror
mirror: 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (69.9 x 54.6 cm) text: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm) distance from text to wall: 3 in. (7.5 cm)
Edition of 3, 1 AP

Carey Young Declared Void II, 2013 vinyl drawing, text dimensions variable Edition of 3, 2 APs

Carey Young
Declared Void II, 2013
vinyl drawing, text
dimensions variable
Edition of 3, 2 APs