Isabelle Young
Isabelle Young blends a keen eye for detail and perspective with a poetic narrative ability. Often informed by shade and absence, Young weaves the presence of stories into the curious and intriguing architecture and interiors she photographs. ‘I like the details. The details say much more than wide shots. The framing and compositions do not speak of the whole but bow down before quieter moments. I often think of my work alongside the unreliable literary narrator who is also God within the world I created. My photographs, akin to the narrator, may appear to be all knowing but they are certainly not all telling.’ Colours come together like in a masterful painting, sometimes rich and bold, sometimes idiosyncratic and warm and gentle but always arranged like a painting. The architectural form is central to the artist’s work, and the act of devotion is always present – not in the religious sense, but in Young’s approach to the subjects she depicts. There is mystery in what has been captured, and an incredible sense of presence, as if the actors in a melodrama have just vacated the frame.
Isabelle Young graduated from the Royal College of Art, London with an MA in Photography (2022). Her solo exhibition ‘Isabelle Young: In Camera’ at Galerie Fabian Lang, Switzerland (2022) focused on various architectural series, and the gallery recently presented her work at Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA (2023). Additionally Galerie Fabian Lang and the artist Isabelle Young have transformed the top floor of a Victorian building in Wardour Street, Soho, London into a temporary exhibition space to showcase Young’s latest series ‘Stills’ in June 2023. In September 2023 the group exhibition ‘Painting with Light’ opened at the same location in London, which was curated by Isabelle Young and Vortic Curated. Further exhibitions include Palazzo Monti: Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, USA (2020); Van Gogh House, London, UK (2020); Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, Germany (2019). Collections include Credit Suisse Collection, Switzerland; Museo Casa Mollino, Turin, Italy; Katrin Bellinger Collection, London, UK; Simmons and Simmons, London, UK; and Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy. Isabelle Young was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2024.
Young was born in 1989, London, UK. She lives and works between London, UK and Venice, Italy
