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Young will deliver an artist鈥檚 talk on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. in Cook Auditorium of the De Pree Art Center, with a reception following in the gallery from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The public is invited to the exhibition, artist鈥檚 talk and reception.  Admission is free.

During the , millions of African Americans left the Jim Crow South seeking better lives in the Northeast, Midwest and West.  Based on family oral history and relics, 鈥�(re)collection鈥� interprets and mythologizes the life of Young鈥檚 great-grandfather, who was among those who made the journey.

The initial version of 鈥�(re)collection鈥� 鈥� which will include new work that Young has created specifically for the exhibition in De Pree 鈥� debuted at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond in Virginia in 2017.  I, the center notes, 鈥淚n an emotionally moving and exquisitely crafted exhibition, the artist brings together the hand-made wooden objects for which he is best known, along with jewelry making, printmaking and a sculptural sound installation made during his recent Quirk+VisArts residency. Both personally sourced and historically resonant, (re)collection reflects on the ways in which identity is formed through action and circumstance and transformed by archive and memory.鈥�

In addition to 鈥�(re)collection鈥檚鈥� premiere in Richmond, Young鈥檚 recent solo exhibitions include 鈥淐leromancy,鈥� moniquemeloche, Chicago (2017); 鈥淪tations,鈥� Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy (2016); 鈥淭he Unseen Evidence of Things Substantiated,鈥� Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, (2015); and 鈥淏ut not yet: in the spirit of linguistics,鈥� moniquemeloche, Chicago (2015). His work has been included in many group exhibitions, including 鈥淔our Saints in Three Acts,鈥� DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, (2017); 鈥淐hicago Invites Chicago,鈥� Galerie Lelong, New York (2016); 鈥淩etreat,鈥� curated by Theaster Gates, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (2014); the Soap Factory鈥檚 鈥淢innesota Biennial鈥� (2013); 鈥淔ore,鈥� Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2012); and 鈥淕o Tell It on the Mountain,鈥� California African American Museum, Los Angeles (2012).  His work is in notable collections, including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.; Mott Warsh Collection, Flint; and the Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia.

Young is an assistant professor of studio arts at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and is also co-founder and director of the artist-run exhibition space The Bindery Projects, in Minneapolis. He was a 2015 Artist-in-Residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and he is the recipient of the Knight Arts Challenge Fellowship from the Knight Foundation (2014); the Jerome Fellowship for Emerging Artists (2014); and the Bush Fellowship for Visual Artists (2010). He is represented by Monique Meloche Gallery, the same Chicago-based gallery that represented Amy Sherald when she was commissioned to paint the 2018 official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Young received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2009 and BA from Northwestern College in Minnesota in 2004. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2009.

Audience members who need assistance to fully enjoy any event at Hope are encouraged to contact the college's Events and Conferences Office by emailing events@hope.edu or calling 616-395-7222 on weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Educators and others interested in visiting the exhibition with classes or groups are asked to make arrangements in advance by calling the college鈥檚 Department of Art and Art History at 616-395-7500 during weekday business hours.

The De Pree Art Center and Gallery is located at 275 Columbia Ave., between 10th and 13th streets.  The gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.