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Liz Young

This article is about the American artist. For the English golfer, see Liz Young (golfer).
Liz Young
BornMarch 29, 1958 (1958-03-29)
Minot, North Dakota, US
DiedDecember 22, 2020 (2020-12-23) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California, US
EducationOtis College of Art and Design
Known for
Awards
Websitelizyoungproduce.weebly.com[dead link‍]
Liz Young, Of Blood and Dirt, installation view with full-sized felt-covered fiberglass horse and mixed-media drawings, 96” x 192” x 240”, 2017.

Liz Young (March 29, 1958 – December 22, 2020[1]) was an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work investigates body- and nature-focused themes, such as loss, beauty, the inevitability of decay, and the fragility of life.[2][3][4] She has produced sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and video incorporating fabricated and recontextualized found objects, organic materials, and processes from industrial metalworking to handicrafts, taxidermy and traditional art practices.[5][6][7][8]

Young exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including solo shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), and alternative spaces such as Hallwalls, Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago) and New Langton Arts (San Francisco); she participated in group shows at Exit Art, Art in the Anchorage, and Armory Center for the Arts, among others.[2][9][10] Her art has been discussed in ARTnews,[11] Artforum,[12] Frieze,[13] Los Angeles Times,[14] The New York Times,[15] and The Village Voice,[16] and is included in the LACMA permanent collection.[17] Critic Peter Frank wrote that her work "reflects both on life's relentless erosion of body and spirit, and on our indomitable struggle against these nagging cruelties."[3]

Artillery Magazine critic Ezrha Jean Black called her 2017 installation a "mordant yet elegiac show" in which "craft bears out the work’s consciousness."[18] In 2016, Young received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship;[19] she was recognized with awards from the Getty Trust and Andy Warhol Foundation, among others.[20] Young lived and worked in Los Angeles from 1981.

  1. ^ Raya, Anna; (February 4, 2021) "Otis College Remembers Alumnx Liz Young (’84 BFA Fine Arts) Archived 2021-05-15 at the Wayback Machine", Otis College of Art and Design; Retrieved February 17, 2024
  2. ^ a b John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. "Liz Young," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Fellows. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Frank, Peter. "Pick of the Week," LA Weekly, March 6, 1992.
  4. ^ Heitzman, Lorraine. "Conduction," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Art and Cake, October 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Urban, Hope. "Forever Young," Los Angeles Reader, December 16, 1993.
  6. ^ Fox, Howard N. "Liz Young," Dignity of Survival: Desire and Destiny, Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
  7. ^ Korten, Noel. "Liz Young," City of Los Angeles Fellowship Grants 2001, Catalogue, Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles, 2001.
  8. ^ Burnham, Linda. "L.A. Reviews," High Performance, August 1986.
  9. ^ Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Dignity of Survival: Desire and Destiny Archived 2016-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  10. ^ Myers, Holly. "Social Issues leave imprint in Touched," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  11. ^ Mifflin, Margot. "Performance Art: What is it and where is it going?" ARTnews, April, 1992.
  12. ^ Rinder, Larry. "Robot Redux," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Artforum, November 1992. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ^ Grabner, Michelle. "Liz Young: Randolph Street Gallery," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Frieze, October 1997.
  14. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne. "One Speaks, the Other Bleeds," Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1986.
  15. ^ Smith, Roberta. "When the Medium Doesn't Agree," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, August.28, 1992. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  16. ^ Hess, Elizabeth. "No Exit Art," The Village Voice, October 11, 1994.
  17. ^ Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The Birth/Death Chair with Rawhide Shoes, Bones and Organs, Liz Young" Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Collections. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  18. ^ Black, Ezrha Jean. "Liz Young – Of Blood And Dirt," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Artillery Magazine, May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  19. ^ Greenberger, Alex. "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Announces 2016 Fellowships," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine ARTnews, April 6, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  20. ^ Muchnic, Suzanne. "City-Sponsored Freedom," Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
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