Artist

Samson Young

Born in Hong Kong, 1979 and lives in Hong Kong

Multidisciplinary artist Samson Young works in sound, performance, video and installation. He graduated with a PhD in Music Composition from Princeton University in 2013.

In 2017, he represented Hong Kong at the 57th Venice Biennale. Other solo projects have been presented at the de Appel, Amsterdam; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Manchester; M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Ryosoku-in Temple, within the Kenninji Temple, Kyoto; and Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; among others. Young’s work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Gropius Bau, Berlin; Performa 19 Biennial, New York; the 21st Biennale of Sydney; the 12th Shanghai Biennale; National Museum of Art, Osaka; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Seoul; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; and documenta 14: documenta radio; among others.

In 2020, he was awarded the inaugural Sigg Prize. His works are in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and Kadist, San Francisco.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Samson Young: Artist’s Room, Reasonable Music
Samson Young’s Artist’s Room features a new, site-specific installation, Reasonable Music – an interactive environment consisting of (text as) sound and (text as) image.
30 Oct 2021 - 07 May 2022
Jameel Arts Centre
Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
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Samson Young: Closer Reading
Samson Young's first solo exhibition in Italy
14 Apr 2021 - 05 May 2021
Ordet
Milan
Exhibitions
Samson Young: Close Reading
"Close Reading" is part of the RYOSOKU art project started in 2017 with the goal of stimulating minds through creativity.
07 Mar 2020 - 05 Apr 2020
Ryosoku-in Temple
Japan
Exhibitions
Unconstrained Textiles: Stitching Methods, Crossing Ideas
Celebrating CHAT’s first anniversary in March 2020
15 Mar 2020 - 14 Jun 2020
CHAT – Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
A Luxury We Cannot Afford
A Luxury We Cannot Afford, is an intergenerational explorative essay reflecting on the formation, development,...
19 Sep 2015 - 29 Nov 2015
Para Site
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
MTVs: Samson Young’s Screen-based Works
a.m. space presents MTVs: Samson Young’s Screen-based Works 2006 – 2015, a solo exhibition...
12 Mar 2015 - 21 Apr 2015
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Sparkle! I Wanna Eat Yummy Yummy
Reflecting the importance of eating in the lives of local residents, the oft-heard refrain has inspired...
30 Jan 2015 - 31 May 2015
Oi!
Hong Kong
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15 Invitations: a short history of the art book bag (and the things that go in them)
Asia Art Archive marks its 15th year by extending 15 Invitations to creative practitioners to look...
24 Aug 2015 - 24 Oct 2015
Asia Art Archive
Hong Kong
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15 Invitations: Int Guerrero: Udlot udlot
For 15 Invitations, Hong Kong-based curator Inti Guerrero presents his research on the work of Filipino...
14 Dec 2015 - 13 Feb 2016
Asia Art Archive
Hong Kong
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Before. After
What comes before the process, what comes after it? Are before and after cause and effect, or are they...
27 Nov 2015 - 28 Mar 2016
Oi!
Hong Kong
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Motions
Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Motions“, a group exhibition by 7 artists...
02 Apr 2016 - 19 May 2016
Ota Fine Arts Singapore
Singapore
Exhibitions
Samson Young: Orchestrations
Para Site presents, Orchestrations – a solo exhibition by Samson Young that looks at the modalities...
27 May 2016 - 12 Jun 2016
Connecting Spaces Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Motions
Ota Fine Arts presents “Motions“, a group exhibition by 6 artists from different parts of...
06 Aug 2016 - 17 Sep 2016
Ota Fine Arts Tokyo
Tokyo
Exhibitions
Container Artist Recidency 01: Creative Operational Solutions
Para Site announces “Creative Operational Solutions” the first show from Container Artist...
10 Dec 2016 - 26 Feb 2017
Para Site
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Roaring Guardians
Asia Society presents “Roaring Guardians: The Mari- Cha Lion with Asian Traditional and Contemporary...
20 Jan 2017 - 19 Feb 2017
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Samson Young: Songs for Disaster Relief World Tour
“Samson Young: Songs for Disaster Relief World Tour” is a new presentation of Hong Kong’s participation...
09 Feb 2018 - 06 May 2018
M+ Pavilion
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Samson Young: The highway is like a lion’s mouth
At the core of this exhibition is an animated music video titled “The highway is like a lion’s...
06 Nov 2018 - 23 Dec 2018
Edouard Malingue Shanghai
Shanghai
Exhibitions
An Opera for Animals
“An Opera for Animals” explores the highly contrived and controlled environment under the...
23 Mar 2019 - 09 Jun 2019
Para Site
Hong Kong
Exhibitions
Now is the Time
Wuzhen Contemporary Art Exhibition aims at linking global contemporary art with Wuzhen’s distinctive...
31 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2019
The North Silk Factory & Rice Barn
China
Exhibitions
Walking Through Walls
Directly referencing the historically charged location of the Gropius Bau, “Walking Through Walls“,...
12 Sep 2019 - 19 Jan 2020
Berlin
Art Spaces
Kiang Malingue
Galleries in Hong Kong
Edouard Malingue Shanghai
Galleries in Shanghai
Related Content
Interviews
BMW Art Journey, trip of creative discovery, a conversation with Thomas Girst – Read
For Whom the Bell Tolls, an interview with Samson Young – Read
Articles
Samson Young wins the Inaugural Sigg Prize – Read
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