The landscape that draws me in is one familiarity; spaces, memories stories can be joined and exited. The work comes from a place of my hyper awareness of my surroundings.I am a person who walks down the street looking at the brick and mortar ,the markings on the wall, the trash on the ground wondering about its story.My practice starts with the world around me; guided by the happenstance moments that you would miss if you blink just once. I document the small wonders.these range from shadows dancing around objects, visual clutter that tells a story.When I go to bring these creations to life I use observation, studying the tiniest details of information that could be easily overlooked. My landscapes, and buildings are my characters with figures as supporting props. often depicting a drama and story with no figure ever being present.
Nasir Young (b. 1995, Philadelphia, PA) received his BFA from Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (2021) and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of
Delaware, Newark, DE (2026). He has had recent solo exhibitions at Uffner & Liu, New York, NY (2025), and Gross McCleaf Gallery,Philadelphia, PA (2025, 2024). Young’s work has been included in recent group exhibitions atUffner & Liu, New York, NY (2025); Automat, Philadelphia, PA (2025); Fleisher Ollman Gallery,Philadelphia, PA (2025); Scroll, New York, NY (2025); and Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA (2023). He is the recipient of several awards including The Louis & Estelle Pearson Memorial
Prize for Landscape with Figures, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Catherine
Grant Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work is included in the
permanent collection, The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA. Young currently lives and works in Willow Grove, PA.