Laurence Young
From a very early age Laurence Young had a passion for making art and never veered very far from that conviction. He grew up in Newton Massachusetts and attended the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Laurence graduated with honors in 1974 with a BFA in art education. He was then hired as a middle-school classroom art teacher in Bloomfield Ct. A tenure contract was offered at the end of his 3rd year but opted to attend the Rhode Island School of design receiving his Masters in Printmaking 1979
In 1981 he started his on design and fabric printmaking studio for the sportswear industry in NYC. Never giving up on his ultimate dream of becoming a working artist sold the company after a successful ten year run and headed to Provincetown. Under the tutelage of Lois Griffel, then the Dir. of the Cape Cod School of Art, Young studied and learned what it meant to become a full time artist while honing his painting skills.
For over 30 years Young has been part of the artist community in Provincetown. He has had solo shows and juried into numerous exhibitions. Laurence is currently exhibiting at Ray Wiggs Gallery in Provincetown, Powers Gallery in Acton, MA, to name a few. Laurence’s paintings are part of private and public collections such as Provincetown Art Association and Museum, NJ State Museum, and the Daniel Mullin collection.
Education:
1979 MFA, Printmaking, Rhode Island School Of Design.
1974 BFA, University of Hartford
Solo Exhibition:
2020 Ray Wiggs Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2018 Fire House Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA
2008-16, Alden Gallery
2012 Rue du Ponte Gallerie, Breaux Bridge, LA
2010 Visceral Landscape, Banks Gallery, New London, NH
2009 Ephemeral Light, Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2009 The Banks Gallery, Color in the Landscape Portsmouth, NH
2009 Lyman Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2007 Redmond Bennett Gallery, Forms of Nature and Structure, Dublin, NH
2006 Powers Gallery, New Works, New Year Acton, MA
Invitational & Juried Exhibitions:
2023 PAAM Members Juried,
2019 The Texas National, Nacogdoches, TX -Juried
2018 Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA -Juried
2017 PAAM Juried exhibition-group juried
2016 Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA Juried
2015 A Moment in Time, Powers Gallery, MA-2 person invite
2014 Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA Juried
2011 The Sword of Damocles, The painting Ctr., NYC- invitation
2007 Framing AIDS, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY -invitation
2006 Currier Museum of Art, NAA 58th Annual, Manchester Juried
2006 The Banks Gallery, Visions in Granite Portsmouth, NH-Group Invitational
2005 Currier Museum of Art, NAA 57th Annual, Manchester, NH –Juried
2004 The Human Condition, Cambridge Art Assoc., Cambridge, MA- Juried
2003 Mill Brook Gallery, Dueling Portrait’s, Concord, NH-invitation
2002 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
With and Without You invitation:
2001 Recitation Gallery, U of Delaware-Invitational
Gallery Representation:
Ray Wiggs Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Gregg Irby Fine Arts, GA, Powers Gallery, MA, View Gallery, MS, Mirada Gallery, AZ
