DAREN KURT YOUNG Telephone: 801.644.7921 • E-Mail: daren@darenyoung.com EDUCATION
Masters of Fine Art, August 2008 Major: Visual Arts (Painting & Drawing) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004 –2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, May 2006 Major: Studio Art (Painting & Drawing) Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1979 –1984 Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, December 1984 Major: Merchandising & Retail Management
Honorable Mention, "Duality" oil on panel, University of Utah BFA Graduate Exhibition, May 2006 Fine Arts Advisory Board Scholarship, College of Fine Arts, University of Utah, 2005-2006 Carmen Morton Christensen Scholarship, Art Department, University of Utah, 2005-2006 Kennecott Scholarship, University of Utah, 2005-2006 Anne Cannon Scholarship, Art Department, University of Utah, 2004-2005
Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah September-October 2013 and 2014 Intersections Group Exhibition (Juror, curator, and participating artist) Urban Utah Homes and Estates, Salt Lake City, Utah June 2014 300 Plates Group Exhibition Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah May 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Utah Statewide Annual Juried Exhibition Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah February 2006. 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 Fall Statewide Juried Exhibition Holladay City Hall, Holladay, Utah October 2013 19th Annual Partners Exhibition Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah August-September 2013 Holiday Group Show and Sale Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah November-December 2012 Child's Play Solo Exhibition Art Access Gallery II, Salt Lake City, Utah October-November 2012 Escalating Densities Group Show Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah January 2012
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah December 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Monthly Group Exhibitions Gray Wall Gallery, Salt Lake City,Utah August 2010 through November 2011 Religious and Spiritual Art Exhibition Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah October-December 2009 and 2010 Spring Salon Juried Exhibition Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah April-July 2006, 2007, and 2009 HOMO/evocative Solo Exhibition Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah January-February 2009 Tough Love Two-Artist Exhibition Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, Weston, Massachusetts December 2008-February 2009 MFA Graduate Thesis Solo Exhibition T. W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont July-August 2008 MFA Student Residency Exhibitions Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Vermont August 2006, February 2007, August 2007, and February 2008 Printmaker Group Show Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah October 2004 and 2006 University of Utah BFA Graduate Exhibition Utah Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah May 2006 Student Gallery Stroll Union Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah March 2006 Mini-Print Group Show Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah December 2005 Selected Student Works Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah June 2005 Art Department Student Group Show Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah April 2005
growing older--gay in 'Homo/Evocative," article by Brian Staker, January 22, 2009. Gavin's Underground: January Gallery Stroll blog interview, KUTV Channel 2 Community website (now part of CityWeekly.net), January 21, 2009 One Boy's Story: Snapshots from my Youth, autobiographical book of drawings and narrative text, Print House Express, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008 Artists of Utah 15 BYTES newsletter, "Utah Arts Alliance hosts annual U of U BFA exhibition," article by Kent Rigby, May 2006 edition University of Utah 2006 Annual Calendar featuring student work from the College of Fine Arts, University Print & Copy Services, 2005
Marriott Library Special Collections, University of Utah Raymond Tymas-Jones, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Utah State Farm Insurance, Salt Lake City, Utah State Farm Insurance, Sandy, Utah Kathryn Goodfellow and Mary Tullius, Centerville, Utah Robert and Elaine Fisher, Salt Lake City, Utah Robyn Airmet, Salt Lake City, Utah Lynette Malmstrom and LaDonna Moore, LCSW, Salt Lake City, Utah The Elden Brown Family, Salt Lake City, Utah
Bill and Linda Lockhart, Placerville, California Pauline Blanchard and Lynn Decker, Salt Lake City, Utah Paul Taylor, New York City, New York |