Austin young is from Reno, Nevada and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. The foundation of his career is from studying at Parsons in Paris. Early in his career, Austin transferred his interests from traditional portrait painting towards a long celebrated career in portrait photography. In many ways, Austin is more accurately described as an image-maker: his projects illustrate the sublime qualities of character that make celebrated people unique. Based on a nuanced visual language of pop-culture iconography, his trademark style and techniques have captured a broad palette of musicians, artists and celebrities including Debbie Harry, Leigh Bowery and Margaret Cho, among others. In multiple bodies of work, Austin confuses personality and identity issues in confrontational and unapologetic image making about people who often split gender roles, stereotypical constraints and socially-constructed identities. austinyoung.com and austinyoungforever on instagram
Austin is co-founder and artist of Fallen Fruit, artist duo Austin Young and David Allen Burns, a contemporary art collective that uses fruit as a material for projects that investigate the hyper- qualities of collaboration.
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    The Worm
    Short
    Jump Cut #3 (Them)2021
    Experimental, Short
  • Director (2 Credits)
    The Worm
    Short
    Jump Cut #3 (Them)2021
    Experimental, Short
Birth City
Reno
Current City
Los Angeles
Hometown
Reno
Gender
Other
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