About

Megan Young is a transmedia artist underscoring all that is human across technological ecosystems. She explores the rules, codes, and presets of our social and cultural spheres while crafting more humane dwelling places. Her ongoing research into technology as ancestry unfolds through interactive installations, AR/VR design, experimental videos, and immersive performances.

Young’s socially engaged projects and curation have earned critical acclaim through features in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Hyperallergic, and on National Public Radio (NPR). Exhibition credits include commissions for the Armenia Art Fair, ISEA (Hong Kong), Open Engagement (Chicago), Art Souterrain (Montreal), SPACES (Cleveland), Chicago Cultural Center, and the Ammerman Center Biennial Symposium on Arts & Technology. Recognition includes a CEC ArtsLink Art Prospect Residency, Knight Foundation technology grant, Satellite Fund Award funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts as administered by SPACES, and two Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards.

Young holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art + Media from Columbia College Chicago; BFA in Dance from Ohio University. She is a Lecturer and Digital Art Area Head at Indiana University in the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

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