CV
Education
Fellow Washington University in St. Louis, 2019
MFA Washington University in St. Louis, 2018
BFA The University of Wyoming, 2015
Exhibitions
2023
One Eye Closed, Rusha & Co. Los Angeles CA (solo)
Tin Star Tall Tales, Volery Gallery, Dubai UAE (2 person)
2022
The Other side of Quicksand, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis MO (solo)
Zona Maco, Carl Kostyal Gallery, Mexico City MX (solo booth)
Looking West: Anselm Reyle & Jon Young, Morgan Presents, New York NY (2 person)
Manscaping, The Hole, Los Angeles CA (group)
2021
Intersect Aspen, Carl Kostyal Gallery, Aspen CO (solo booth)
Art Crush, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO (group)
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York NY (group)
Strangers In the House, Semiose Gallery, Paris FR (group)
Stockholm Sessions, Carl Kostyal Gallery, Stockholm SE (group)
2020
Straight Shot from Here, J Hammond Projects, London UK (solo)
Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo, LCCC, Cheyenne WY (solo)
Vultures At Midnight, Monaco USA, St Louis MO (3 person)
2.5D, F.A.B. Gallery, UMSL, St. Louis MO (group)
20/20, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis MO (group)
2019
10 Paces, No Place Gallery, Columbus OH (solo)
Pulling at Threads, Marthas Contemporary, Austin TX (2 person)
Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo, GCADD, Granite City IL (solo)
Dream Weavers, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA (group)
Greater Self Portrait, Flood Plain Gallery, St. Louis, MO (group)
Red, Black, Blue, TechArtista, St. Louis, MO (group)
Layered Place, Intersect Art, St Louis MO (group)
2018
Third Post, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis MO (solo)
Waymark Margins, Lewis Center, St Louis MO (solo)
My Spirit Animal Comes with a Pretzel Bun, Lewis Center, St Louis MO (2 person)
GCASH, GCADD, Granite City IL (group)
Small Worlds, Bruno David Gallery, St Louis MO (group)
Lot 49, The Luminary, St Louis MO (group)
2017
Joyride, Bermuda Projects, Ferguson MO (group)
2016
Waymarks, Lewis Center, St. Louis MO (solo)
Shelved, Lewis Center, St. Louis MO (solo)
Parabola, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis MO (group)
2015
A Westward Flow, Gallery 234, Laramie WY (solo)
2015 BFA Exhibition, UW Visual Arts Gallery, Laramie WY (group)
Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY (group)
Turkey “A Journey Though Anatolia”, 234 Gallery, Laramie WY (group)
2014
Broke His Crown, THIS Gallery, Laramie WY, 2014 (solo)
3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of Contemporary Islamic Art, Lumin Art Gallery, Dallas TX (group)
4th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference Juried Exhibition, University of Wyoming Visual Arts Gallery, Laramie WY (group)
Rocky Mountain Invitational Exhibition, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper WY (group)
2013
Periodic End Tables, THIS Gallery, Laramie WY (solo)
Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY (group)
Centennial Complex Gallery, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY (group)
Publications
Galerie Magazine, From New York to Los Angeles, 8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in October, Paul Laster, Oct 24, 2023
Curate LA, Iridescent Alchemy: Artist Jon Young on Navigating the Lines in Sand with only ‘One Eye Closed’, Interview by Shelley Holcomb, Oct 31 2023
Whitehot Magazine, Emann C. Odufu, Feb. 2022
New York Times, Nature Morte, Roberta Smith, May 7 2021
The Catawba Post, Artist Spotlight, Issue 8, April 2021
Art Saint Louis, A Space to be Present, Jasmine Raskas, Feb 5 2020
Silverspace STL, Subverting Solidarity, Marina May, 2017
Awards and Grants
Lighton International Artist Exchange Program Grant, 2020
Sam Fox School Graduate Scholarship, 2016
Russin Excellence in Figural Sculpture Grant, 2014
Cheney Study Abroad Grant, 2014
Thieme International Scholarship, 2014
Russin Excellence in Figural Sculpture Grant, 2013