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Charles

Young

Disciplines: Sculpture

Location: Edinburgh

Materials: Objects, Paper Cutting, Woodwork
Charles Young is an artist living and working in Edinburgh, where he studied architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. His current work focuses on the idea of architectural ‘holdouts’, buildings that have been left behind within new waves of development and placed in a new context.

Previous Experience

2012 – 2014 ESALA, University of Edinburgh, Master of Architecture 2008 – 2012 Edinburgh College of Art, Bachelor of Arts, Architecture Aug 2014 – Present Artist, animator and model maker Edinburgh, UK Feb – Apr 2023 Goethe-Institut NORDIC LEIPZIG residency Leipzig, Germany 2019 New Media Scotland (with Creative Scotland) funding 2016 New Media Scotland (with Creative Scotland) funding

Collections

Kimono Colours 2025

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