About Anna
BIO.
Anna E. Young received her MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2018. She received her BFA in Photography from the University of Akron with minors in printmaking, art history, and professional photography in 2014. She is the co-owner of KINK Contemporary, an exhibition space in Cleveland, Ohio. Young currently works at the Massillon Museum as an administrative assistant and social media manager, and is an assistant lecturer in 2D Design at the University of Akron’s Myers School of Art. She lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and focuses her practice on anxiety, aging, and mortality.
C.V.
Anna E. Young
annaeyoungphoto@gmail.com
Education:
2018- MFA Photography Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2014- BFA Photography, Minors in Printmaking, Art History, Professional Photography, The University Of Akron, Myers School Of Art, Akron, OH
Solo Exhibitions:
2014–Life In Progress, Palladian Palette, Akron, OH
Group Exhibitions:
2023–BAZAARBEQUE VOL 10, Group Exhibition, KINK Contemporary, Cleveland OH
FRESH Juried Exhibition, Summit Artspace, Akron OH
2021–Photography by Supporters of Relay for Life, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
2020–Boschian Beautifully Bizarre, Summit Artspace, Akron, OH
2019–Subception, KINK Contemporary, Cleveland, OH
2018–High Arts Festival, Summit Artspace, Akron, OH
Bazaarbeque Vol. 9, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Touch Me, Hold Me, Squeeze Me, Hangar Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017–I Don’t Know What You Did Last Summer, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015–Self and Others, Summit ArtSpace, Akron, OH
2014–Bazaarbeque Vol. 5, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH
Under Pressure, Honors Complex, Akron, OH; Curator: Hui Chu Ying
2013–Zygote Press 4U, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
2012–Folk Photography Association group exhibition, Akron, OH
Press:
2022–Michael Gill, “A new KINK on Waterloo”, CAN Journal, June 1, 2022, http://canjournal.org/2022/06/a-new-kink-on-waterloo/.
2018–Michael H. Hodges, "Cranbrook Art Academy hosts Sunday open house,” The Detroit News, April 27, 2018, https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2018/04/27/cranbrook-graduate-degree-exhibition-openstudios-institute-science-house-ash-arder-conrad-egyir-anna-young-michael-hodges/34329963/.