NEWS
16.03.2023
Panel discussion: Cultural Conversations: Seeing Oneself in the Other
John took part in an online panel discussion with the Curator of Orlando Art Museum, Carolie Claeysen-Gleyzon and conceptual artist Libby Battson.
Seeing Oneself in the Other discusses how empathizing with the other strengthens societies and how migrants can offer entryways into foreign cultures and multifaceted perspectives.
20.10.2021
We are pleased to announce that the exhibition Diaspora, Psyche has been extended, and will now be on display at Bunjil Place Gallery, Victoria until the 7th of December, 2021.
Taking as their subject matter historic and contemporary flows of people, the memories, values and sense of spirit they carry across geographic borders - the paintings and installations of this exhibition invites us to look at diasporic memory as an essential tool in carrying culture across time and space. Diaspora, Psyche invites us to reimagine these histories, to learn from the benevolent and ethical experiences and voices of the past in order to consider the changing world we live and ways in which to shape a possible future humanity.
A panel discussion with artists John Young, James Nguyen and Sangeeta Sandrasegar, moderated by Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes will be held on Saturday the 13th of November at 3.30pm.
Places are limited, please book you tickets here.
30.06.2021
John Clark's expansive study of modern art cultures across Asian from 1850 to the present day has recently been published by the National Gallery of Singapore.
Taking an artist-focused approach, by way of meticulous case studies, Clark proposes a new comparative paradigm for the narration of art.
A section of Chapter 10, John Young: Painting Simulacra and a Re-envisaged History, pp. 381-397, covers John's practice in great detail.
John Young Studio extends a warm congratulations to John Clark on this phenomenal achievement.
23.06.2021
Diaspora, Psyche will open June 26, 2021 at Bunjil Place Gallery, Victoria.
Bringing into dialogue two of Young's most significant cycles of work - the History Projects (2007-2019) and the celebrated Double Ground Paintings (1995-2005), Diaspora, Psyche offers a detailed exploration of the multifaceted experience of migration and its effects upon the human spirit.
Taking as their subject matter historic and contemporary flows of people, the memories, values and sense of spirit they carry across geographic borders - the paintings and installations of this exhibition invites us to look at diasporic memory as an essential tool in carrying culture across time and space. Diaspora, Psyche invites us to reimagine these histories, to learn from the benevolent and ethical experiences and voices of the past in order to consider the changing world we live and ways in which to shape a possible future humanity.
Dates: 26 June - 12 September 2021.
Opening Event : 3 July 2021, 2.30pm with Julian Burnside AO QC
Venue: Bunjil Place Gallery, 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren
Public Programs:
Panel Discussion: Saturday 14 August, 3.30pm
Join James Nguyen, Sangeeta Sandrasegar and John Young with moderator Carolyn Barnes as they discuss how the experience of diaspora has informed their work and ideas about the world.
Art Bites: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism, Sunday 18 July, 2.00pm
In July, Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes will provide an introduction to Post Modernism and Post Colonialism
Art Bites: John Young Artist Talk, Sunday 22 August 2.00pm
This month, artist John Young will speak about his creative practice, and current exhibition Diaspora, Psyche.
Curators Talk: An introduction to Diaspora, Psyche, Thursday 1 July, Thursday 5 August, and Thursday 2 September, 12.00 pm each day
Join us at Bunjil Place Gallery on the first Thursday of the month to hear from Bunjil Place Gallery Curator Penny Teale. Each month, Teale will discuss a work featured in John Young’s latest survey exhibition Diaspora, Psyche.
26.01.2020
We are incredibly pleased and proud to announce that John Young has been conferred as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), in recognition of his substantial and ongoing contribution to the Australian Visual Arts Sector, and for his work as a role model in multicultural advocacy.
https://creative.vic.gov.au/news/2020/2020-victorian-australia-day-honours
11.11.2019
We are pleased to announce John's inclusion in the exhibition Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, a travelling exhibition jointly partnered by the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto and Luciano Benetton Foundation's Imago Mundhi.
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From channels the second-generation immigrant experience in a series of diverse artistic comissions exploring cross-cultural artistic realties.
The exhibition opens at Imago Mundhi's Gallerie delle Prigioni in Treviso, Italy in December 2019, and has its North American permiere at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronoto in March 2020, before travelling to venues across Canada, the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
https://agakhanmuseum.org/exhibitions/dont-ask-me-where-im-from
Date: Opening 6 December 2019
Venue: Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy
12.09.2019
THE LIVES OF CELESTIALS: JOHN YOUNG ZERUNGE
The Lives of Celestials: John Young Zerunge is now showing at Town Hall Gallery, Boroondara. A significant survey of works, the exhibition brings Young's recent investigations into the history of the Chinese diaspora in Australia since 1840 in The History Projects, into dialogue with his wider painting practice. Spotlighting significant Chinese-Australian figures from all stratas of society, the exhibition constructs a nuanced and cross-cultural perspective on the stories of migration, success, misfortune, trauma and transcultural humanitarianism that have shaped Chinese-Australian history over the past 150 years and continue to influence the contemporary social context of Australia.
Dates: 31 August - 20 October, 2019
Walk and Talks: Wednesday 18 September, 11am - 12pm
Panel Discussion: Saturday 12 October, 1.30 - 3pm
Artist John Young Zerunge will be joined by Dr Karen Schamberger and artist Cyrus Tang in a conversation chaired by Michael Do, as they discuss the stories presented in The Lives of Celestials within the context of Australian arts practice.
Venue: Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre
360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn 3122
30.07.2019
An exhibition of new works by John Young opens tomorrow 31 July, at ARC ONE Gallery, Melbourne. Entitled Silent Transformations, the exhibition engages with ideas of metamorphises and the sublime. Included are three groups of work: The Fairweather Transformations take inspiration from Ian Fairweather, tracing the transfiguration of this nomadic artist’s work; Shiva mourns the forms lost within transformation; and finally, The Mute Palace shows that not all transcultural and hybridised forms will be permitted witness.
Like the caterpillar changing into a moth, these paintings are evidence of silent transformation, of that which is unsayable, barely discernible; those gaps between civilisation that abound and enrich our world.
Dates: 31 July - 31 August 2019
Venue: ARC ONE Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
29.07.2019
GATEKEEPING and ETHICS in a GLOBALISED ART WORLD
John Young will be speaking in a panel discussion on 'Looking in and out of Asia', as part of the conference Gatekeeping & Ethics in a Globalised Artworld. Presented by the Centre of Visual Art (CoVA), this conference will draw on many of the ideas in the transdisciplinary book Who Runs the Artworld: Money Power and Ethics (Libri, 2017) and the forthcoming A Companion to Curation (Wiley Blackwell, 2019), in seeking to articulate the forces of gatekeeping and ethics in our shared contemporary world.
This is a free conference, but requires registration via Eventbrite at the link below:
Enquiries: cova-research@unimelb.edu.au
Dates: 17 - 18 August, 2019, 9.30-5pm
Venues: Clemenger Auditorium, NGV and Federation Hall, VCA
29.07.2019
Sacred + Wunderkammern at the Bamberger Diözesanmuseum
'Sacred art meets the contemporary and modern'
Works by John Young are currently featured in an exhibition The Spark of God! curated by Alexander Ochs and Holger Kempkens, where works by significant contemporary artists respond to sacred historical objects, including the ornate golden garments of Pope Clement II from the first half of the 11th century and the imperial robes of Heinrich II and his wife Kunigunde.
The exhibition contains works by around 60 artists, include Marnia Abramović, Ai Weiwei, Joseph Beuys, Karsten Konrad, Meret Oppenheim, Helmut Schweizer, Andy Warhol, as well as John Young.
Venue: Diözesanmuseum, Bamberg, Germany
Dates: 27 July - 10 November, 2019
08.07.2019
OCEANS FROM HERE opens at GOSFORD REGIONAL GALLERY
Oceans From Here, curated by Allison Holland at the Australian Centre for Photography will open at the Gosford Regional Gallery this Saturday 13 July.
Oceans From Here is an exhibition of contemporary photography exploring the aesthetics of water, with 10 artists including John Young asked to respond to water as a vital element.
The exhibition runs until Sunday 1 September.
Venue: Gosford Regional Gallery, East Gosford NSW
Dates: 13 July - 1 September 2019
14.05.2019
JOHN YOUNG STUDIO TOUR, with AUSTRALIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP
The Australian Tapesty Workshop will be hosting an exclusive studio visit to John Young's Studio on Tuesday 2 July at 5.30pm. John has collaborated with the ATW on two significant tapestries, Open World (2005) and Finding Kenneth Myer (2011). Please join the artist on a tour of his studio for insight into his practice, current projects, and studio process. Refreshements will be provided at the conclusion of the tour.
For more information and to book your place, please contact the ATW on 9699 7885, or email contact@austapestry.com.au.
https://www.facebook.com/events/324833294875437/
Admission
Friends of the ATW | $20
General Public | $30
Friends of the ATW + Guest | $40
Date: Tuesday 2 July 2019, 5.30pm
28.11.2018
THE LIVES OF CELESTIALS | HAWTHORN TOWN HALL GALLERY, 2019
We are extremely excited to announce John Young's solo exhibition at the Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery for 2019. The Lives of Celestials represents the culmination of a number of Young's recent History Projects, and will engage with critical and underrepresented histories of the Chinese diaspora in Australia from the last 180 years.
Venue: Town Hall Gallery, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn 3122
Dates: 31 August - 20 October, 2019
21.11.2018
VITA CONTEMPLATIVA | PHILIP BACON GALLERIES, BRISBANE
John Young's solo exhibition Vita Contemplativa has opened at Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. The body of work presented in this show reference classical mythology, in a continuation of Young's technique of meticulous oil painting onto digitally printed ground. Also presented is a collection of paintings based on the work of iconic Australian artist Ian Fairweather.
For all enquiries, interviews and images please contact PHILIP BACON at nsmith@philipbacongalleries.com.au or (07) 3358 3555
Venue: Philip Bacon Galleries, 2 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Dates: 20 November-15 December 2018
25.10.2018
LUCKY? | BUNDOORA HOMESTEAD ART CENTRE, MELBOURNE
John Young is thrilled to be a part of the upcoming exhibition Lucky? to open 17 November at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne. Lucky? explores the history and effects of gold-mining and the pursuit of wealth in Australia through a contemporary lens. The selected works interrogate wealth and the Australian dream of finding a better life — a fair go — in the context of cultural, racial and political inequalities. Please join us for the exhibition opening on Saturday 17 November from 2-4pm.
Venue: Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, 7 Prospect Hill Drive, Bundoora
Dates: 17 November 2018-3 March 2019
27.08.2018
'DYSTOPIAN FORMS' | PEARL LAM GALLERIES, HONG KONG
Works by John have been included in the upcoming group exhibition 'Dystopian Forms', at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong. The exhibition explores "artistic positions of anxiety, melancholy and aspiration" in relation to environmental and societal dystopias.
Venue: 9/F, H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Date: 27 August-10 September, 2018
05.07.2018
JOHN YOUNG AND JASON PHU | 'THE BURRANGONG AFFRAY', 4A CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART, SYDNEY
A new body of work by John responding to the Lambing Flat Riots of 1860-1861 is currently on display at Sydney's 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Researched and produced in collaboration with artist Jason Phu, historian Karen Schamburger and co-curators Mikala Tai and Micheal Do, the exhibition offers contemporary mediations on the nature and legacy of the largest racially motivated riots in Australia's history.
Ongoing public programs held in conjunction to the exhibition have included community-based events and offerings held in Young and surrounding historical sites. A related publication will be produced by 4A.
Venue: 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, 181-187 Hay Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Dates: 29 June-12 August, 2018
08.05.2018
JOHN YOUNG |'LINGERING MANIFESTATIONS', PEARL LAM GALLERIES, SINGAPORE
Works by John are currently being exhibited as part of the show 'Lingering Manifestations' at Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore.
Venue: Pearl Lam Galleries, 9 Lock Road, #03-22, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108937
Dates: 29 April-1 July, 2018
29.03.18
John will be part of a panel of arts industry experts in a discussion of the perceived impacts of blockchain technologies on artistic production and dissemination. This event is being held for the launch of ArtChain global at the NGV on Thursday 5 April.
02.03.18
JOHN YOUNG SOLO EXHIBITION AT OLSEN GALLERY
John Young's exhibition This is a Shelter, will open at Olsen Gallery this May. The exhibition is the artist's first solo show with the gallery and will debut 3 series of work: the abstract Spectrumfigures paintings, The Bridge to Innocence and Safety figurative works, and Chalk drawings-an extension of Young's figurative exploration. This exhibition represents the culmination of over 10 years of experimentation, exploring the relationship between technology and the contemporary body.
For all enquiries, interviews, and images please contact Olsen Gallery at info@olsengallery.com or 02 9327 3922
Venue: Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Dates: May 30 - June 23, 2018
24.01.18
MACAU DAYS EVENT AT READINGS BOOKSTORE
Join John Young and Brian Castro for a conversation about their collaboration between conceptual art and literature based on the history of Macau at the flagship Readings bookstore in Carlton.
Venue: Readings Carlton - 309 Lygon St, Carlton
Date: 6.30pm Thursday 8 March 2018
30.11.17
Macau Days, a trilingual book (Chinese, English & Portuguese), the result of Brian Castro and John Young's collaborative efforts and funded by Art + Australia, is now available to purchase online via Manic Books.
20.11.17
DRAGON TAILS CONFERENCE | HOPES, DREAMS & REALITIES
The fifth edition of Dragon Tails, an Australasian conference on Chinese diaspora history and heritage will be held in Bendigo. John will participate in 'Panel 5- Art and Memory: The Young Project', with fellow artist Jason Phu and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Curator, Micheal Do.
Registration for the conference is now open.
Venue: Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo, Victoria
Date: Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 November 2017
03.11.17
MACAU DAYS BOOK LAUNCH | MPAVILION
Join the conversation between John Young, novelist Brian Castro and writer/curator Natalie King to celebrate the Melbourne launch of Macau Days at MPavilion. The tri-lingual publication which includes poetic texts by Castro and artworks by Young will be available to purchase at this event. This event is supported by the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and the EU Centre for Global Affairs, University of Adelaide and published by Art + Australia.
Venue: MPavilion. Queen Victoria Gardens, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
Date: 5.30 - 6.30 pm Tuesday 14 November 2017
25.09.17
OZASIA FESTIVAL | MACAU DAYS PANEL
As part of the Writing China program for the OzAsia Festival, John Young, Brian Castro and Luke Harrald will talk about their collaboration on Macau Days, an exhibition exploring Macau's rich transcultural history as the oldest European settlement in Asia. Young, Castro and Harrald will discuss the stories, ideas and images that inspired their works, such as artists and writers Wenceslau de Moraes (writer/translator) and Wu Li (Poet/priest), and court artist and Italian Jesuit, Guiseppe Castiglione. Copies of the Macau Days book, published by Art + Australia will be available to purchase at this event.
Venue: Open State Hub, Victoria Square
Date:11.00am Sunday 8 October
28.08.17
JOHN YOUNG | IDENTITY AND TRANSNATIONALISM IN AUSTRALIAN AND GLOBAL ART
To mark the opening of Asian Diasporas/TransPacific Contexts and Global Art Symposium, John will present a talk on 'Identity and Transnationalism in Australian and Global Art.' Throughout a discussion with Dr. Christopher Chapman, Christine Clark and Professor Jacqueline Lo, John will also discuss his figurative, abstract and textual projects which have been realised in the last decade. This is a free event sponsored by the Humanities Research Centre ANU.
Venue: National Portrait Gallery, King Edward Terrace, Parkes ACT
Date: Thursday 28 September 2017 3.30pm - 5pm
24.08.17
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY | AUSTRALIA'S INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
John will be exhibiting a range of new abstract paintings at this years Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with ARC ONE Gallery (Booth B04) and, for the first time, OLSEN Gallery (Booth F01)
Venue: CARRIAGEWORKS, 245 Wilson Street Eveleigh, Sydney
Exhibition dates: 7 - 10 September 2017
21.08.17
MACAU DAYS EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH AT MIGRATION MUSEUM, ADELAIDE
An exhibition featuring the work of artist John Young, acclaimed writer Brian Castro and award-winning composer and media artist Luke Harrold. Macau Days presents images, ideas, and stories surrounding Macau and its transcultural history as the oldest European settlement in Asia. Paintings, Drawings, and Photographs, previously exhibited in The Macau Days at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong in 2012 will be on display. A trilingual book, the result of Brian Castro's and John Young's collaborative efforts, funded by the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and published by Art + Australia will be launched at the opening night of the exhibition.
This exhibition and book are made possible thanks to the generous support of the EU Centre for Global Affairs, The University of Adelaide.
Venue: Migration Museum, 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Dates: 23 September (launch) - 8 October 2017
31.07.17
IAN FAIRWEATHER WORKSHOP AT IAN POTTER MUSEUM OF ART, MELBOURNE
John will be participating in 'Art and Translation: Ian Fairweather's The Drunken Buddha', an international workshop which will examine the translation of The Drunken Buddha, by artist Ian Fairweather, and the accompanying illustrations. John will join scholars with backgrounds in Chinese language, literature and art history to consider this rare example of a serious book-length translation by a practicing artist.
If you would like to be part of the audience for the workshop, please email calire.roberts@unimelb.edu.au
Venue: The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Dates: 10am - 5pm Tuesday 8 August 2017
01.05.17
SOLO EXHIBITION AT ARC ONE GALLERY, MELBOURNE
John Young's exhibition, None Living Knows will open at ARC ONE Gallery this June. This exhibition is the latest installment in a multi-project exploration of the Chinese diaspora in Australia since 1840. A Full media release is available here. For all enquiries, interviews, and images please contact ARC ONE Gallery at mail@arc1gallery.com or 03 9650 0589
Venue: ARC ONE Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne VIC 3000
Dates: 30 May - 8 July 2017
29.05.17
An artwork by John Young is included in Art by Subject; a historical archive of artworks by visual artists who's portraits are included in the Photo by Martin Kantor exhibition.
Venue: BRIGHTSPACE, 8 Martin Street St Kilda Victoria
Dates: 21 April - 13 May 2017
26.04.17
ART COLOGNE - PEARL LAM GALLERIES
Pearl Lam Galleries will present work by John Young
Venue: Stand D-21, Tour & Koelnmesse, Hall 11.2 Messeplatz 1, 50679, Cologne, Germany
Dates: 26 - 29 April
19.04.17
ART BRUSSELS - PEARL LAM GALLERIES
Pearl Lam Galleries will present work by John Young at the historic 35th edition of the Art Brussels Contemporary Art Fair.
Venue: Stand B36, Tour & Taxis Avenue du Port 86c 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Dates: Private Preview 20 April, Vernissage 20 April, Publi Days 21 -23 April 2017
22.03.17
ART BASEL HONG KONG - PEARL LAM GALLERIES
John Young will be represented by Pearl Lam Galleries at the fifth edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong
Venue: Stand 1D15, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates: Preview 21 March - 22 March 2017, Public Days 23 March - 25 March 2017
18.03.17
THE SCRIPT ROAD - MACAU LITERARY FESTIVAL
A selection of works from The Macau Days, previously shown at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in 2012, are presented in The Script Road, the Macau Literary Festival. A conversation between John Young and novelist Brian Castro will take place in conjunction with this exhibition.
Venue: Old Court Building, The Macau Literary Festival
Date: 5pm Saturday 18 March 2017
02.10.16
MOVING TONGUES EXHIBITION - MELBOURNE CITY LIBRARY
A selection of works from 1866: The Worlds of Lowe Kong Meng and Jong Ah Siug, previously shown at Arc One Gallery in 2015 are included in the Moving Tongues exhibition. Curated by La Trobe University's Dr Nadia Rhook, this exhibition tells stories of migration, communication, and translation in 1890s Melbourne. John will also participate in 'Talking about translation: history, art and language' panel discussion on Saturday 15th October.
Venue: City Library, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Australia
Exhibition Dates: 5 October - 30 October 2016
27.06.16
EXHIBITION AT THE NEW SYNAGOGUE BERLIN - CENTRUM JUDAICUM
Alexander Ochs Gallery will present works by John Young in the group exhibition, 'The repetition of the good. The repetition of the bad', at the New Synagogue in Berlin. Selected photographs and drawings from Bonhoeffer in Harlem, Safety Zone as well as a new group of works based on Oskar Schindler will be on display. The exhibition is set against the backdrop of the darkest chapter of German history, addressing the profound loss suffered by the Jewish community of Berlin under the National Socialist dictatorship.
Venue: New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum. Oranienburger Str 28/30. 10117 Berlin
Exhibition Dates: 7 July - 4 September 2016
23.05.16
JOHN YOUNG SOLO EXHIBITION AT PEARL LAM GALLERIES, SHANGHAI
John Young's exhibition, Storm Resurrection, will open at Pearl Lam Galleries this July. This exhibition will bring together three series of works; Storm Resurrection, Naive and Sentimental Paintings and Veil.
Venue: Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai. G/F, 181 Middle Jiangxi Road Shanghai 200002
Dates: 2 July - 21 August 2016
17.03.16
JOHN YOUNG IN CONVERSATION WITH CURATOR, VENITA POBLOCKI
Willoughby City Council Curator, Venita Poblocki joins John Young to discuss his most recent exhibition, Modernity's End: Half the Sky.
Venue: Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street Willoughby
Dates: 2 - 3pm Thursday 17 March 2016
02.03.16
MODERNITY'S END: HALF THE SKY AT INCINERATOR ART SPACE
An exhibition by John Young with invited artists Pei Pei He & Cyrus Tang and music by Theodore Wohng opens at Incinerator Art Space. A Willoughby City Council curated exhibition. Part of Art Month and Spectrum Now.
Venue: Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street Willoughby
Exhibition Dates: 2 March - 3 April 2016
25.02.16
UNIVERSITY QUEENSLAND ART COLLECTION
UQ Art Museum announces acquisition of Moment III into their collection
Moment III was first shown in Eternal Transformation, John's most recent exhibition at Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane.
08.01.16
ART STAGE SINGAPORE
John will be represented by Pearl Lam Galleries at the 6th edition of Art Stage Singapore, Southeast Asia's flagship art fair
Venue: Stand A10 Marina Bay Sands, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Level B2
Exhibition dates: 21 - 24 January 2016
06.11.15
ART021 | SHANGHAI CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
John will be represented by Pearl Lam Galleries at the 19th Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair
Venue: Stand B-12 Shanghai Exhibition Center, No. 1000 Yan'an Middle Road, Shanghai
Exhibition dates: 19 - 20 November 2015
24.08.15
KIAF ART SEOUL | ART SEOUL KOREA INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
John will be represented by Pearl Lam Galleries at this years Korean International Art Fair
Venue: Stand 32 COEX Halls A & B, 513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition dates: 7 - 11 October 2015
28.08.15
PEARL LAM GALLERIES PRESENT JOHN YOUNG ARTIST TALK
The Abstract Project: a Lifetime in a Day
Since 2005 John has been working on a series of paintings that aims to renew the process of abstract art making. Ironically coining this process as 'Human-Computer-Friendship', he utilises fast computer processing, appropriation, and the effective technique of oil painting in the hope of preserving valued resonances form the last century for our phantasmagoric condition of hyper capitalism today.
Venue: Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Pearl Lam Galleries, Booth D03
Date: Sunday, 13th September 2pm
27.08.15
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY | AUSTRALIA'S INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
John will be exhibiting a range of new abstract paintings at this year's Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. You can find his work at ARC ONE Gallery (Booth B03) and Pearl Lam Galleries (Booth D03).
Venue: Carriageworks, Sydney Australia
Exhibition dates: 10 - 13 September 2015
21.08.15
ETERNAL TRANSFORMATION
John Young's exhibition, Eternal Transformation, will open at Philip Bacon Galleries next week. This exhibition presents a triptych of Double Ground Paintings alongside a new series of abstract work - a culmination of various influences from the Northern Sung silk paintings to the hermit-wanderer Fairweather. An opening event will be held on Friday 28 August from 6pm.
Venue: Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
Exhibition dates: 25 August - 19 September 2015
20.07.15
OPEN MONUMENT - ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHINESE PEOPLES' CONTRIBUTION TO BALLARAT
John Young has been commissioned by the City of Ballarat to create a major public artwork acknowledging the History of the Chinese in Ballarat. The monument will consider this context as an open historical event, specific to Ballarat, and encourage future generations to relate to new understandings of this period in Ballarat's history. Construction of the monument will be completed in August 2015.
22.06.15
DRAGON TAILS 2015
John Young has been invited to deliver a paper at Jade Dragon in the Tropics: The 4th Australasian conference on overseas Chinese history & heritage. The conference will be held at the Cairns Sheridan Hotel, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
Symposium dates: 2 July - 5 July 2015
25.05.15
NATIONAL GALLERY AUSTRALIA ARTIST TALK
John Young will give insights into his work, Castiglione's Dream. A key work from the artists critical Double Ground series, purchased by the NGA in March 2014.
Venue: NGA Australian Galleries
Time: Tuesday 23 June 2015 12.45pm
11.03.15
1866: THE WORLDS OF LOWE KONG MENG AND JONG AH SIUG
In response to the themes of the exhibition, composer Theodore Wohng produced an inspired antiphonal sound piece that unfurls in the space. This is Johns return to painting after recently working on international projects and permant installations including Bonhoeffer in Harlem in Bamberg, Germany as well as Open Monument, a major public artwork in Ballarat, Victoria. Open Monument is currently under-construction and due to be opened early 2015.
Venue: Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
Exhibition Dates: 11 March - 11 April
07.11.14
BONHOEFFER IN HARLEM - PERMANENT INSTALL IN THE HISTORICAL CITY OF BAMBERG
After a series of five lectures delivered in 2014 together with a publication by historians and theologians on the work 'Bonhoeffer in Harlem; in Bamberg, Germany - John attends with Professor Renate Wind, Dr. Hans Ulrich and Art historian Dr Brigit Kastner in discussion on Bonhoeffer at the Erlöserkirche and John's work. This marks the final celebration of the permanent installation of Bonhoeffer in Harlem in this historic city.
01.11.13
TILTING THE WORLD SYMPOSIUM
John Young has been invited to deliver a paper at Tilting the World: Histories of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, a Symposium in honour of Professor John Clark. The Symposium will be held at The Power Institute, The University of Sydney and The Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Symposium dates: 29 November - 30 November 2013
01.08.13
BONHOEFFER IN HARLEM
John Young's installation Bonhoeffer in Harlem is now permanently installed in Evangelishe Erlöserkirche in Bamberg.
17.07.13
NYU GLOBAL ARTS EXCHANGE ROUNDTABLE
John was invited to present projects he has worked on since 2009, for the NYU Global Arts Exchange Roundtable, at the Centre for European Studies at Australian National University, Canberra.
05.06.13
CIRCLES
Along with a number of artists including Ai Weiwei, Micha Ullman Jörg Herold and Yin Xiuzhen, John Young has been invited to re-create his installation Bonhoeffer in Harlem in the Erlöserkirche this June in Bamberg, as part of the exhibition Circles. On this site, in 1934, leading members of the Confessing Church resisted the consecration of this church by pro-fascist German-Christians. The exhibition Circles also marks the occasion of the millennial founding of the city in Franconia, Germany.
Exhibition Dates: 8 July - 18 August
08.05.13
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
With or Without You exists in the context of ORIENTing: Ian Fairweather in Western Australian Collections, an exhibition presenting a number of significant early works by Ian Fairweather, focusing on the influence of Asian culture on the artist’s practice. In conjunction with this exhibition, was With or Without You, an exhibition of contemporary art by Australian artists that touch on similar themes of identity and landscape. John Young was commissioned to create a set of drawings for this occasion.
Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
Exhibition dates: 4 May - 13 July 2013
08.05.13
U.F.O.
John Young is participating in U.F.O. Art Exhibition of Global Communication, curated by Andrew Lam. The exhibition will coincide with the Hong Kong International Art Fair.
Venue: Fang Li Jun Art Space, Hong Kong
Exhibition Dates: 23 May – 23 June 2013
21.03.13
THE BRIDGE AND THE FRUIT TREE: MAKING ART IN THE AGE OF POST MEMORY
Convened by Terence Maloon, Jacqueline Lo, Aaron Seeto and John Young discuss Asian-European connections against the backdrop of the Drill Hall gallery survey exhibition of John Young’s works. This event is sponsored by the ANUCES and the Drill Hall Gallery and is part of the Portrayal and Identity Symposium organised by the ANU School of Art (21 & 22 March 2013).
Venue: Drill Hall Gallery, Bld #29, Kingsley Street, Canberra
Time: Thursday 21 March 2013, 5.00pm – 6:00 pm.
17.03.13
MADE IN CHINA
John opens exhibition Made in China. Curated by Greg Long, in this group exhibition contemporary artists consider ideas that surround the meeting of Australian and Chinese cultures. Made in China is a Salamanca Arts Centre and CAST touring exhibition supported by the Australian Government through the Contemporary Touring initiative,the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, the Australia Council and Arts Tasmania.
Venue: The Elizabeth Murdoch Gallery, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park
Exhibiton dates: 17 March - 9 June 2013
27.09.12
THE MACAU DAYS
10 Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong presents The Macau Days, a solo exhibition by John Young. In this exhibition John presents a constellation of ideas and stories surrounding old Macau and its rick trans-cultural history as the oldest European settlement in Asia. Young's works pay homage to the flight out, the peole, and their days spent in Macau.
Venue: 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
Exhibition dates: 27 September - 27 October 2012
01.08.12
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS FELLOWSHIP FOR SENIOR ARTISTS
John Young has been awarded a two year Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship for Senior Artists, to research Chinese Diaspora in Australia from 1850 - present. The culmination of this 24-month research project will be produced in the form of large-scale exhibitions. In the following three years, these works will be exhibited both nationally and internationally in major museums and art spaces. The entire duration of the project is five years.
10.04.12
THE NEW WOLF OF ROME
John Young's exhibition, The New Wolf of Rome, will open at Philip Bacon Galleries next week.
The artist will be giving a talk on this new body of work at the gallery at 2.30pm, Saturday 21 April 2012.
Venue: Philip Bacon Galleries Brisbane
Exhibition dates: 17 April - 12 May 2012
15.02.12
PASSAGES: BRIAN CASTRO, KHAI LIEW, JOHN YOUNG
Passages, an upcoming exhibition curated by Maudie Palmer, invites three senior practitioners - novelist Brian Castro, furniture designer Khai Liew and artist John Young - to create a unique empathic space that interweaves their concerns into an installed form.
A 78-page publication with essays by Prof Jacqueline Lo and Wendy Walker will be available for purchase from the museum bookshop.
Venue: TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria
Exhibition dates: 25 February - 27 May 2012
13.02.12
CHINESE AUSTRALIA PANEL DISCUSSION
John Young will be participating in a panel discussion between curator Venita Poblocki and participating artists of the group exhibition 'Chinese Australia'.
Thursday 16 February 2012, 6-7pm
Venue: Australia China Art Foundation, Prahran
09.01.12
John Young will join fellow artists Tony Clark, John Nixon and Peter Tyndall in conversation at Heide Museum of Modern Art as they speak about their paintings in Forever Young and their practice from the 1980s to today.
Sunday 29 January 2012, 2pm
Venue: Heide III Central Galleries
06.12.11
JOHN YOUNG TAPESTRY PRESENTED TO NATIONAL LIBRARY
Finding Kenneth Myer, a tapestry commissioned by the senior Myer siblings to commemorate the life and achievements of their oldest brother Kenneth Baillieu Myer AC DSC, was presented to the National Library of Australia on 2 December 2011. The tapestry was designed by John Young and woven by the Australian Tapestry Workshop, it is now permanently installed at the National Library of Australia.
05.11.11
John Young's exhibition that celebrates the life of Reverend Dietrich Bonhoeffer opens the Salon at Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin.
Exhibition dates: 5 November - 3 December 2011
02.11.11
FOREVER YOUNG: 30 YEARS OF THE HEIDE COLLECTION
John Young is currently being represented in Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection, an exhibition which traces the history of the Heide Collection. Young's work is featured in the 1980s - Today exhibition curated by Linda Michael.
Venue: Heide III Central Galleries
Exhibition dates: 2 November 2011 - 4 March 2012
Congratulations to JOHN YOUNG on the acquisition of his work, Moment III, into the collection of the UQ Art Museum.
John Young's exhibition, Eternal Transformation,