Curriculum Vitae
A J YOUNG

Education
1984-89 Edinburgh College of Art BA (Hons) First Class

Residency
2001 Artist In Residence - Edinburgh Zoo

Awards
1988 Helen A Rose Bequest to fund Postgraduate Diploma at ECA
ECA Traveling Scholarship to s’Hertoggenbosch, Netherlands
1991 British Council 10-month Scholarship to Lodz School of Plastic Arts, Poland
2003 First prize Winner, Haddington open Arts Festival

Solo Exhibitions
1989 “Stage” ,Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh
1993 Iggs Restaurant, Edinburgh
1997 Elephant House Café, Edinburgh
1998 Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
1999 Firth Gallery, Edinburgh
“Fish, Fruit, Feast” Smith Gallery Café, Stirling
“Western Landscapes” , Filmhouse
2000 Helios Fountain Café, Edinburgh
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
2001 “Zoo”, Filmhouse, Edinburgh
Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington
“Living Colour“, Edinburgh Zoo
2003 Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan, Stirling
2005 Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington
Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan
Harbour House, St Andrews

Selected Group Exhibitions
1991 Group Textile Exhibition, 777 Gallery, Lodz, Poland
1988 Travelling Tapestry Exhibition, Australia
1992 Laing Landscape Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Paisley Drawing Exhibition, Paisley
Norwegian Craft Expo Touring Exhibition
1995 Laing Landscape Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 “Woven Image” Contemporary British Tapestry, Barbican Centre, London




Curatorship
2001/02 Paintings in Hospitals Scotland

Commissions and Private Collections
1991 Heriot Watt University
1996 Tods Murray Christmas Card
2001 Paintings in Hospitals Scotland



1997 The Art Supermarket, Jenners, Edinburgh
Christmas Exhibition, Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling
1998 “Menagerie”, Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling
Summer Exhibition, Westgate Gallery, North Berwick
1999 “A Touch of Colour”, Westgate Gallery, North Berwick
“Spring Tides”, Shoreline Studio, Aberdour
The Art Supermarket, Jenners, Edinburgh and Harvey Nichols, London
2000 “New Artists for a New Century”, Hanover Fine Arts, Edinburgh
“New And Familiar Faces”, Westgate Gallery, North Berwick
Summer Exhibition, Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling
“Scottish Art Midway 2000”, Stenton Gallery, Stenton
“Earth, Air, Fire, Water”, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington
Christmas Exhibition, High Street Gallery, Kircudbright
Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling, Summer and Winter Exhibitions
2001 Summer Exhibition Westgate Gallery, North Berwick,
Christmas Exhibition, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington
Spring, Summer and Winter Exhibitions, Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling
2002 Spring Exhibition, Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling
St Andrew Blackadder, North Berwick
Peter Potter Christmas Show
2003 Cancer Research “Art for Life”, Christie’s, London
Paintings in Hospitals Scotland Affordable Art Auction
Fotheringham Gallery, Stirling, Summer Exhibition
The Creative Retreat, Gardenstown
St Andrew Blackadder, North Berwick
Westgate Gallery Summer Exhibition
Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington, Open Art Exhibition
2004 Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville “All Creatures Great and Small”
Harbour House, Elie,
Fotheringham Gallery Summer and Christmas Show
2005 Fotheringham Gallery Summer and Christmas Show
Greens and Blues, North Berwick
Harbour House, Elie and St Andrews