Samson Young

Originally trained in music composition, Samson Young’s (b.1979) creative outputs now manifest in a variety of media and across disciplinary divide. His works are seen and heard in galleries, museums, concert halls and performance spaces.

In 2007, he became the recipient of the inaugural Bloomberg Emerging Artist Award with his audio-visual project The Happiest Hour,which marked his entry into the worlds of art outside of the concert hall. Other honors include an honorary mention at the digital music and sound art category of Prix Ars Electronica; a Jury Selection award at the 15th Japan Media Art Festival; and the New York Society for New Music Brian M. Israel Prize. CNN’s global portal identified him as one of the “Top 20 People to Watch in Hong Kong,” and in 2013 he was named "Artist of the Year" in the Media Art category by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

Young received a Ph.D in composition at Princeton University under the supervision of computer music pioneer Paul Lansky. In 2007, he founded the experimental sound advocacy organization Contemporary Musiking. He was Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s Artist Associate in the 2008 – 2009 concert season. He is currently an assistant professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

To access Young’s biography, bibliography, contact information and detailed information about Young’s works, please visit http://cargocollective.com/samsonyoung.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2014. "Journal of a Plague Year," the Cube Space, Taipei
  • 2014. "A Time for Dreams - IV Moscow Biennale of Young Art," Museum of Moscow
  • 2014. "I wanted to see everything: the Liquid Borders Project," AM Space, Hong Kong*
  • 2014. "Distilling Senses: A Journey through Art and Technology in Asian Contemporary Art," Hong Kong Arts Centre
  • 2013. "Sound Art China," Shanghai West Bund Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Shanghai
  • 2013. "Test City: Analog to Digital TV," CAB Art Gallery, University of North Carolina Wilmington
  • 2013. "The Wizard's Chamber," Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
  • 2013. "Enigma Machine," Fisher Pavilion, Seattle
  • 2013. "Crossroads, Another Dimension" Touring Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; Kaohsiung Museum of Art, Taiwan; Macau Museum of Art; City Hall, Hong Kong
  • 2013. "Journal of a Plague Year," Para/site, Hong Kong
  • 2013. "Samson Young: On the Musically Beautiful," Goethe-Institute, Hong Kong*
  • 2013. "Revolution Per Minute - Sound Art China," Colgate University, New York  

*Solo exhibition