Christopher Young's love for the photographic art form began in South Africa, where he studied under renowned photographer Obie Oberholzer.
After many years in London, where he worked with some of the city's leading photographers, he moved to Auckland, where he spent four years as photography lecturer at Raffles College of Design and Commerce.
He is now actively focusing on his practice, exhibiting around New Zealand and completing his Masters at Elam School of Fine Arts. When not behind the lens, you'll find him wading the rivers of the Waikato, fly rod in hand, in search of the ever-elusive trout.
Exhibitions
Glaister Ennor Graduate Awards Group
Sanderson Gallery Newmarket, Auckland
Pocket Lint, Unitec GRADFEST Group
Snow White, Unitec Auckland
Work: Life Support System
Emerging Artists Exhibition Group
Studio 541 Auckland
Work: Aestival
The Force of Days Group
Snow White, Unitec Auckland
Work: Life Support System
Future Projections Group
Snow White, Unitec Auckland
Work: Life Support System
Waters Edge, Auckland Photography Festival Group
Silo Park Auckland
Work: Hamer Street
Awards
Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Award nominee, Glaister Ennor
Highest Academic Achievement Award, Visual Arts, Unitec
Life Support System
Eden Art Award First Runner Up, Eden Arts Trust
Panuku Development Auckland Student Photography Award, Panuku Development Auckland
Education
PGDipFA at Elam School of Fine Arts
January 2017 – Present Auckland
Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts majoring in Photography at Unitec
January 2016 – December 2016 Auckland
Diploma of Fine Arts majoring in Photography at Rhodes University
January 1992 – December 1995 Grahamstown