AGE: 28

As a global citizen, Young has studied at Goldsmiths College, London and is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Young received a government grant to study new media art in Germany for a year in 2007. He then moved to New Zealand where he curated over 25 exhibitions while running a gallery. He was named one of the country's top ten emerging artists to watch by the New Zealand Herald's Canvas magazine. Young's work has been exhibited and sold around the world from France to Australia, as well as in the United States. Accomplished in photography, installation, and performance art, his style is known to shift with each project. He considers himself as much a philosopher as an artist, and uses art as a way to visually demonstrate his beliefs. Prepared to showcase his skills to a vast audience, Young brings both a conceptual and heartfelt approach to the competition.