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H SPENCER YOUNG

NEW YORK CITY
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b. Cleveland, Ohio
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

BA Visual Media & Cinema Studies, The American University, Washington, D.C.

Graduate in Directing and Cinematography, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, CZ (Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze)

Graduate, The Majic Bus, traveling experiential learning program created by Dr. Douglas Brinkley. Curriculum: Geography of the American Civil Rights Struggle, American Intellectual History, American Road Literature, and American Social history. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. 


2025

Social Photography XI, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY. Curator: Peter Scott


2024

Steal my Sunshine, Group Exhibition, Curator: Marlee Katz Snow

Social Photography XI, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY. Curator: Peter Scott

Utopian Megapraxis, Brenda Tuxford Gallery, Group Exhibition, Eureka, CA. Curators: Ian Breidenbach, Adam Farcus

UUater (Zine), Utopian Megapraxis, Curators: Ian Breidenbach, Adam Farcus


2023

Essay on Marcel Duchamp at the Norton Simon Museum published in Pasadena Magazine. Editor: Malina Saval

Landscape/Cityscape, Group Exhibition, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham

Social Photography X, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY


2022

Landscape/Cityscape, Group Exhibition, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham. Opening 12/9

Art Basel Miami, Untitled Art, Beverly’s, Group Exhibition, Miama, FL. Curator: Leah Dixon

Social Photography X, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

Interlocutor, a two-person exhibition featuring photographs, collages and a performance-installation by artists Jennifer McDermott and H Spencer Young. Curated by Clifford Owens. Art Club, New York.

Spirit of Peace II, ROOT Hotels Karaköy, Group Exhibition, Instanbul. Curator: Pinar Goodstone

ecoartspace, Drought, 2022, site specific installation, 11h x 22w ft. billboard, with EJ McAdams. North Adams, MA. Curator: Patricia Lea Watts.

“The Patriot,” O’Flaherty’s, Group show, New York, NY. Curator: Jamian Juliano-Villani, Billy Grant

ecoartspace, Drought, 2022, site specific installation, 11h x 22w ft. billboard, with EJ McAdams. New York, NY. Curator: Patricia Lea Watts.


2021

Art Basel, Gallery Sector, Satellite Art Fair, Group Exhibition, Miami, Fla., Curator: Brian Andrew Whiteley

Social Photography IX, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

Center for Art Law Benefit Auction, Capsule Auctions, New York, NY, Curator: Louise Carron, Irina Tarsis

Small Works, Abbatoir Gallery, Group Exhibition, Cleveland, OH, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham

Indexularity, 2014, NFT acquired by Farzin Fardin Fard (3F) collection, March, 2021. More info: Daily Mail


2020

Rapid Response Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Online Show, Detroit, MI, Curator: Wayne Northcross

Small Works, Abbatoir Gallery, Group Exhibition, Cleveland, OH, Curators: Lisa Kurzner, Rose Burlingham

Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott


2019

Taylor | Graham Gallery, Center for Art Law Benefit Auction, New York, NY https://itsartlaw.org/auction/ Curator: Louise Carron

Carriage Trade, Social Photography VII, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

District Gallery, Our Favorite Things, Inaugural Show, Group Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio

Spring Break Art Show, Solo Exhibition (accepted, waitlist), Curator: Kara Brooks, New York, NY 

2018

Galerie Richard, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

Carriage Trade, Social Photography VI, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott


2017

Carriage Trade, Social Photography V, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Peter Scott

Lyles and King, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2016

Chris Davison Gallery, Sensing Place, Group Exhibition, Newburgh, NY, Curators: Chris Davison, Kevin Kearns

New York Public Library, Librarian’s Choice, Group presentation, New York, NY, Curator: Fred Gutzeit

Cara Gallery, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, Group Exhibition, New York, NY


2014

Rox Gallery, Now You See, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Emerald Fitzgerald
Bosi Contemporary, Rema Hort Mann Foundation: Buy What You Love, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2013

Film editor & sound designer, Samuel in Space, directed by Rashid Johnson, Ballroom Marfa

Rox Gallery, Ascension, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, Curator: Emerald Fitzgerald

Katz’s Deli 125th Anniversary Group Exhibition at The Space, Pop-up Gallery, Group show, New York, NY, Curator: Emma Reilly

Our Lower East Side, Group Exhibition, The Yard, New York, NY, Curator: Traven Rice

En Masse, RAW Cleveland, Group Exhibition. Cleveland, OH. More info.


RELATED

  • Mentor, American University, School of Communication, MFA film program

  • Fall, 2019: Image selected for publication in “Simultaneous Soloists: The work of Anthony McCall.”  Pioneer Press, New York.

  • Interviewed for “Media in the Mix” podcast, American University, School of Communication, 12/22


CERTIFICATIONS

  • Mandated Reporter, Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Office of Children and Family Services

  • Using Critical Consciousness to Challenge Inequity, Sanford Inspire, National University Systems

  • Foundations in Health and Safety, Office of Children and Family Services

  • Youth Engagement Matters, University of Minnesota, Extension

  • Teaching Online: Best Practices for the Live Online Classroom

  • Positive Behavior in Schools I: Introduction to Schoolwide Behavior Systems: PBS Teachline

  • Confronting Sexual Harassment - Tools and Strategies to Create a Harassment-free Workplace, NYC Commission on Human Rights

  • Summer & Fall, 2018: Contributor, WFMU Rancho Thatchmo Radio Show, Host: Thatcher Keats (WGXC, WFMU)

  • 2016: Guest Lecturer, Color Photography, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York NY

  • 2015: Guest Artist, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE

  • 2014: Juror, See.me Exposure 2014, International Photography Competition, New York, New York