Alex Young

Alex Young is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator whose research-based practice examines ruderal ecologies, systems, species, and spaces as well as forms of human and other-than-human co-creation. Solo and collaborative projects have been presented internationally at numerous venues, including: 4GROUND: Midwest Land Art Biennial, US; Radiophrenia, CCA Glasgow, Scotland; Beyond/ In Western New York Biennial, US; Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Spanien 19C, Aarhus, Denmark; ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany; Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, US. Curatorial projects include “Ruderal Futures” at SixtyEight Art Institute, Denmark; “GROPING in the DARK” at MOCA Tucson, US; and “Universal Dissolvent: Fragments from the Southern California Megalopolis” at San Diego Art Institute, US. Recent editorial and writing projects include “Ecology of Bad Ideas” for Drain Magazine and “A brief constellation towards a ruderal futurism” for Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research.