Aaron Young (born 1972) is an American artist based in

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. Young's work became known when

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purchased video documentation of his student project involving a motorcyclist repeatedly cycling around the

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Early life and education

Young was born in

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Where he attended Salinas High School (Class of 1990). He earned a

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Career

Young works in

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photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

and

drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

. Young is influenced by his former professor,

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, and the dangerous performance work carried out by

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Solo exhibitions

2011 * ALWAYS FOREVER NOW,

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, Paris, France * SPIT & FIGHT CURSE & BITE, Carlson/Massimo de Carlo, London, UK * BUILT TOUGH, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY 2010 * Museo Civico Diocesano of Santa Maria dei Servi, Città della Pieve (PG) Italy * MACRO (Museo d’Arte Contemporanea), Rome, Italy * Teatro di Marcello, Rome, Italy * Repeat Offender, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea * THE RIGHT WAY TO DO WRONG, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles 2009 * SEMPER IDEM, Galerie Almine Rech, Brussels * Pan Museum, Naples * Galerie Almine Rech, Paris 2008 * PUNCHLINE, Bortolami Gallery, New York * Arc Light, Moscow, Gagosian Gallery, Moscow * Smoke Flows in all Directions, Naples, Italy * Pit Stop, Tit Stop, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY 2007 * Greeting Card, Park Avenue Armory 2006 * Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida * 1%, Harris Lieberman, New York * Aaron Young, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) 2005 * Kick the Dog, Herzilya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzilya, Israel (catalogue) * Never Work (Bootlegs and other operations), Sister Gallery, Los Angeles 2004 * Tender Buttons,

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, Minneapolis

Group exhibitions

2012 * Rebel, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA 2011 * Fresh Kills, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City * George Herms : Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown), curated by Neville Wakefield, MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles * Post 9-11, OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA * With One Color, curated by Paul McCabe, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, NY * California Dreamin - Myths And Legends Of Los Angeles, Curated by Hedi Slimane, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France 2010 * Yotta Paintings, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy * Exhibition Exhibition, curated by Adam Carr, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy * Re-Dressing, Bortolami Gallery, New York * Celebration 8, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens * I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU SEE, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dichtor Hallen Aktuelle Kunst Haus Der Photographie, Hamburg * Brucennial, curated by Vito Schnabel, New York * Wall & Floor, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France * Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami 2009 * IT AIN’T FAIR 2009, OHWOW, Miami Beach * Rotating Views #2 - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum Modern Art, Oslo, Norway * Play, Paradise Row, in collaboration with Prakke Contemporary, London * 100 Years (Version #2, PS1) Julia Stoschek Foundation, PS1, New York * Spite House, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA * Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London * The End, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA * Fragile, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany 2008 * Political/Minimal, curated by

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, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and The Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland, 2009 * The Unforgiven, Stellan Holm Gallery, NY * Off, Off Bowery, Curators Aaron Bondaroff & Jen Brill, Chez Colette, Paris, France * For What You Are About To Receive, Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow, Russia * Shaping a space II, Mário Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal * Murder Letters, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal * United Artist Ltd., Marfa, TX * Substraction, Deitch Projects, New York, curated by Nicola Vassell 2007 * Pop Art is: Gagosian Gallery, London * Invisible Colours, Marian Goodman, Paris * Uncertain States of America, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic * Grups, Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece * No.1: Destroy she said, Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany * Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, curated by Nate Lowman and Adam McEwen (catalogue) * Last Attraction, Next Exit, Max Wigram Gallery, London * Dark Victory, Ileana Tounta Contemporary, Athens * Uncertain States of America, CSW Centrum Sztuki, Wspolczesneij/Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland * Uncertain States of America, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark * ParisStop Jalouse Magazine, Palais de Tokyo, Paris * Works from the Berezdivin collection, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico * 2nd Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art, Moscow 2006 * The Show will be open when the show will be closed…., * View (Eleven): Upstate, Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Mary Boone Gallery, New York * Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, U.K. * Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York * Uncertain States of America, American Art in the Third Millennium, Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, New York, NY, U.S.A. * Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York * Action, FRAC PACA, Marseille, France * The Show Will Be Open When The Show Will Be Closed, Curated by Adam Carr, STORE gallery and various locations, London and the

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, Paris Survivor, Curated by David Rimanelli, Bortolami Dayan, New York * Mid-Life Crisis, Salander-O’Reilly, New York * Montezuma’s Revenge, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York * Globalizacion: indicaciones/efectos secundarios/advertencias, Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico 2005 * Uncertain States Of America, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum and Gunnar B. Kvaran, Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway; traveling to Reykjavik Museum of Art; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Serpentine Gallery, London; Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw; Moscow; Musee de Sérignan, Sérignan and Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing (catalogue) * NEW ART. NEW YORK: Reflections on the Human Condition, Traun and Salzburg, Austria (catalogue) * DAY LABOR, P.S.1/MOMA Long Island City, NY (catalogue) * NEW PHOTOGRAPHY, JJC Museum, Kansas City, KS (catalogue) * New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York * Bridge Freeze Before Road, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (catalogue) * Sticks and Stones, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York * Greater New York 2005, P.S.1/MOMA, Long Island City, (catalogue) * Withdrawal, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris * PREMIERES, Museum Of Modern Art, New York * Curatorial Choices: Drawing, University of Minnesota Museum, St. Paul, MN 2004 * Always Already Passé, Gavin Brown Enterprises @ Passerby, New York * Some Exhaust, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York * Let The Bullshit Run A Marathon, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York * Miami Heat, Pacemaker, Gallery Miami, FL 2003 * From Here On, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York * Circus, 8th Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba 2002 * Cinco Artistas Jovenes de Diferentes Paises, Galeria Luis Andelatado, Valencia, Spain 2001 * New Orleans Performance Festival, New Orleans * Strictly Ballroom, Stanford University Museum, Palo Alto, California 2000 * Paladar, 7th Havana Bienal, Cuba

Lectures

2011

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Museum collections

*Los Angeles County Museum of Art *Museum of Modern Art, New York *Astrup Fearnley Museum for Moderne Kunst *JJC Oppenheimer Fund *Jumex, Mexico City

Honors and awards

*The Chancey McKeever Award, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis *The New Genres Award, San Francisco Art Institute

Publications

* ART: Aaron Young The Rake December 2004 * Dunham, Carla Ruth Aaron Young at Midway Contemporary Art Arts US March–April 2005 * Gardner, James Greater New York The Post March 2005 * Gorgon Irreverent Truths Artnet.com March 2005 * Miles, Christopher Exhibitionism: Greater New York Flaunt No. 63, April 2005 * Kley, Elizabeth Greater New York 2005 Art News May 2005 * Rimanelli, David Greater New York 2005 Artforum May 2005 * Aaron Young at Midway Contemporary Art Contemporary July 2005 * The Renegades W Magazine January 2006, pp. 222–36 * Goldfine, Gil Menace of the Forest The Jerusalem Post. February 17, 2006 * McCormick, Carlo What to Look For in the Whitney Biennial Artnet February 23, 2006 * Rosenberg, Karen Ready to Watch New York Magazine February 27, 2006 * Cotter, Holland Midlife Crisis The New York Times, 23 June 2006 * Searle, Adrian Rebels without a cause The Guardian, September 12, 2006 * Mendehlson, Adam E. Aaron Young: 1% Time Out New York, September 28, 2006 * Cotter, Holland Aaron Young: 1% The New York Times, 6 October 2006 * Honigman, Ani Finel New York Horticulture Artnet, October 2006 * Saltz, Jerry All Art is Contemporary Art Modern Painters, November 2006 * Banai, Nuit Review: Aaron Young Modern Painters, December 2006 * Clintberg, Mark Art Positions: Writing in Sand The Art Newspaper, 7 December 2006 * Robinson, Walter Miami Heat Artnet, December 8, 2006 * Smith, Roberta More Than You Can See: Storm of Art Engulfs Miami The New York Times, 9 December 2006 * Stillman, Nick Review: Aaron Young Artforum, December 2006 * We Brake for the Armory The New York Times, 20 July 2007 * Full Cycle The New Yorker, 13 August 2007 * Tough Guys Don’t Paint Men’s Vogue September 2007 * Vogel, Carol After Test Runs, an Armory Is Ready to Declare, ‘Artists, Start Your Engines’ The New York Times, 17 September 2007 * Smith, Roberta Art in Review: Aaron Young, Greeting Card The New York Times, 21 September 2007 * Bollen, Christopher UES Motocross New York Magazine, 1 October 2007 * Allsop, Laura Substraction Art Review, June 2008 * Aaron Young in “Smoke Flows in All Directions” Caserta News, 21 September 2008 * Mazria-Katz, Marisa Russian Evolution on a Factory Floor Financial Times, 22 September 2008 * Marino, Fuani Aaron Young Corriere della Sera, 23 September 2008 * Renata Caragliano and Stella Cervasio Aaron Young, l’Artista Spericolato La Repubblica, 24 September 2008 * Sutton, Kate Red Planet Artforum.com, 26 September 2008 * Pittura d’Azione, la Poesia in Flussi di Fumo e Giravolte di Calore, Il Roma, 26 September * Aaron Young al Volcano Solfatara Arte e Critica, September 2008 * Trione, Vincenzo Young, l’Effimero Si Fa Spettacolo Il Mattino, 27 September 2008 * Performances Exibart.pdf, 28 September 2008 * Aaron Young: Smoke Flows in All Directions RAI Regione Campania, 29 September 2008 * Aaron Young: Smoke Flows in All Directions Arte.go, 29 September 2008 * Motociclisti alla Solatara: “Pittura d’Azione” Sotto le Ruote Leggo, 29 September 2008 * Kim, Sebastian Aaron Young Interview, October 2008 * Douglas, Sarah A Bright Flame Art + Auction. October 2008 * Pigozzi Multitasking Vanity Fair (Italia), 1 October 2008 * Resoconto: Aaron Young Exibart.com, 7 October 2008 * Taylor, Alex Thursday Art Crawl: Two Shows Tonight The New York Observer, 13 November 2008 * Vallora, Marco Aaron Young, la Texture dell’Apocalisse Cronache di Liberal, 15 November 2008 * Fabiola Santiago and Jane Wooldridge Slow But Steady Opening for VIPs at Art Basel MiamiHerald.com, 4 December 2008 * Rosenberg, Karen Aaron Young, Punchline The New York Times, 5 December 2008 * Bones Bones’ Beat: Aaron Young at Bortolami Gallery The Village Voice, 11 December 2008 * Obrist, Hans Ulrich Aaron Young: Warhol’s Child Flash Art, January 2009 * Phillips, Owen Aaron Young Flash Art, March 2009 * Hugon, Francois “I Was Surprised It Went So Fast”: Aaron Young Intersection, Spring 2009 * Valloire, Delphine De Bruit et de Fureur. Créateur en Roue Libre Jalouse (Galerie Almine Rech), April 2009 * Schmit, Sophie Expositions Parisiennes: Entrées Libres 30 April 2009 * Céh, Yan Forever Young Blast (Galerie Almine Rech), 20 May 2009 * Wullschlager, Jackie “Abstract America” at Saatchi Gallery Financial Times, 30 May 2009 * Jones, Laura K. Paris Dispatch Artnet.com * Searle, Adrian Review: The Saatchi’s Art Exhibition Abstract America is Stupid Stuff Turned Out Smart, Guardian.co.uk, 2 June 2009 * Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture on view at the Saatchi Gallery Artdaily.org, 4 June 2009 * Aaron Young, The Parisian, 17 June 2009 * Hackett, Regina Spite¬-The Art Version ArtsJournal.com19 August 2009 * Daly, Ian Artistic License, Details Magazine, April 2010 ill pg 89-92. * Mooney, Christopher, Hellraiser, ArtReview, January/February 2010 * Williams, Maxwell, Aaron Young, Assessing Contentment Through The Collaborative Processes, Flaunt Magazine, 2010 ill. Pg 42 -43. * Il Macro punta sul 7: Da Aaron Young fino a Jacob Hashimoto, Corriere della Sera, April 28, 2010 * Marocco, Terry, Più che un segno, lascerò una sgommata, Panorama, June 3, 2010 * Aaron Young. You can run but you can’t hide, Umbriacity.it, July 12, 2010 * Gaymer, Dann, Aaron Young; Jackson Pollock Meets the Hell’s Angels, Eloquence, July 2010 * A.D.D. Attention Deficit Disorder, Abitare, September 2010 * Perra, Daniele, Aaron Young, Kult, September 2010 * Ng, David, Jefferey Deitch Welcomes You to His Posh L.A. House, Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2010

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