The tools of these different fields act as material for her installations, text works and photographs, as well as for videos in which absurd relationships develop between the performer and the rhetoric of political, commercial or legal discourse
Young’s work often develops from within the particular cultures she explores
She has often immersed herself in the business or legal worlds, donning the appropriate attire and enacting recommended scenarios in order to examine and question the reach of each institution’s power and its ability to shape our contemporary reality
Born in Lusaka in Zambia
Young grew up in Manchester, England and studied at Manchester Polytechnic, the University of Brighton and photography at the Royal College of Art in London
She has dual USA/UK citizenship and lives and works in London, UK
Young has exhibited her work at many galleries all over the world
Young’s work has been included in several publications, such as the book Contemporary Art in the United Kingdom, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK, edited by Adler P. (2012), and a number of videos and audio recordings