Samson Young
Samson Young, _Nocturne _ at Kunsthaus Bregenz. Photo by Miro Kuzmanovic.
Multi-disciplinary artist Samson Young works in sound, performance, video, and installation.
Young was Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Artist Associate from 2008 to 2009 and – following study in Sydney and Hong Kong – received his PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University in 2013. His compositions, drawings, installations, radio broadcasts, and performances touch upon topics such as identity, military conflict, migration, and political frontiers past and present. In 2015, Young was the inaugural recipient of the BMW Art Journey Award and in 2017, he represented Hong Kong at the 57th Venice Biennale. Alongside a wide variety of Biennials and group exhibitions, including shows at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Shanghai Biennale, Linz’s Ars Electronica, and Documenta; Young’s solo exhibitions include, to mention a few, the De Appel, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Talbot Rice Gallery, Chicago’s SMART Museum, and the M+ Pavilion in Hong Kong. In 2020, he was awarded the inaugural Uli Sigg Prize.
