Personal profile
Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-6820-1740
Scopus Author ID: 56317663300
Impact
Qualifications (Brief)
Ph.D. in Music Composition, Princeton University
M.Phil. in Music Composition, University of Hong Kong
B.A. in Music, Philosophy and Gender Studies, University of Sydney
Biography
Samson Young works in sound, performance, video, and installation. In 2017 he represented Hong Kong with a solo project titled Songs for Disaster Relief at the 57th Venice Biennale. He was the recipient of the BMW Art Journey Award, a Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in Sound Art and Digital Music, and in 2020, he was awarded the inaugural Uli Sigg Prize.
He has exhibited internationally at venues such as the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Gropius Bau, Berlin; Performa 19, New York; Biennale of Sydney; Kochi-muziris Biennial; Shanghai Biennale; Guangzhou Triennial; Sonic Acts Biennial, Amsterdam; Boras Art Biennale, Sweden; National Museum of Art, Osaka; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; the Nam June Paik Art Center, Korea; Ars Electronica, Linz; documenta 14: documenta radio; and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, among others. Selected solo projects include: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; SMART Museum, Chicago; the De Appel, Amsterdam; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf; Villa Hugel, Essen; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art & Manchester International Festival, Manchester; M+ Pavilion, Hong Kong; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Ryosoku-in at the Kenninji Temple, Kyoto; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; and Jameel Art Centre, Dubai, among others.
His works are in the collections of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, UK; M+ Museum, Hong Kong; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan; the Israel Museum of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem; Jameel Art Center, Dubai; Kadist Foundation, Paris & San Francisco; ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart & Berlin; Sunpride Foundation and K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong; Fosun Foundation, Shanghai; SMART Museum of Art, University of Chicago; University of Salford Art Collection, Manchester; Sigg Collection, Switzerland; r/e Collection, Madrid; Taguchi Art Collection, Tokyo; Akeroyd Collection, Burger Collection and Living Collection, Hong Kong; and the UBS Art Collection, among others.
Samson Young holds a B.A. in music, philosophy and gender studies from the University Sydney, an M.Phil. in music composition from the University of Hong Kong, and a Ph.D. in music composition from Princeton University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Research output
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Intentness and Songs
Young, S. (Editor), May 2025, Milan: Lenz Press. 120 p.Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 14 - Edited book (Editor) › peer-review
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Muted Orchestra (Muted Situations #22: Muted Tchaikovsky 5th), "Of Anarchy in Music: More Journeys in Sound", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with Centre Pompidou
YOUNG, S. (Artist), 12 Apr 2025Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
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My Face was... Different Everyday, Cassette Album by Salomé Voegelin (tape score compilation)
YOUNG, S., 9 Jun 2025, Flaming Pines.Research output: Other Outputs › RGC 64A - Other outputs › peer-review
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Risers, "TENDER COMRADE", White Rabbit Gallery
YOUNG, S. (Artist), 18 Jun 2025Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
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the sound of the tongue on the roof of the mouth, "14th Mercosul Biennial", Porto Alegre
YOUNG, S. (Artist), 27 Mar 2025Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 44 - Performance and participation in exhibits
Projects
- 1 Finished
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GRF: Reconfiguration, Appropriation and Creative Misreading of Opera by Chinese Composers
YOUNG, S. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/12/15 → 1/01/17
Project: Research
Prizes
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Prix Ars Electronica (Sound Art and Digital Music Category), Award of Distinction
YOUNG, S. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Honorary Fellowship, Hong Kong Art Centre
YOUNG, S. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Best Artist (Media Arts), Hong Kong Arts Development Awards
YOUNG, S. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
Activities
- 16 Talk/lecture
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Samson Young in Conversation with Indre Viskontas
YOUNG, S. (Speaker) & Viskontas, I. (Speaker)
15 May 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Artist conversation, Asia Art Archive (AAA) at Art Basel Hong Kong
YOUNG, S. (Speaker)
21 Mar 2023 → 25 Mar 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Artist talk, M+ Museum in collaboration with the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA)
YOUNG, S. (Speaker)
14 Mar 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Composers’ talk, Cosmopolis Festival, University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
YOUNG, S. (Speaker)
25 Apr 2022Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Artist in residence lecture, Studio Art Department, Dartmouth College
YOUNG, S. (Speaker)
12 Jan 2022Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
Supervised Students
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Yizhen JIA, 賈亦真
Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student)