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David Young is an artist investigating how emerging technologies shape and constrain human perception. Working with AI and quantum computing, he creates images that expose the assumptions embedded in technological innovation. Drawing on decades of experience with advanced computation, Young treats code and algorithms as materials for critical inquiry rather than tools for spectacle. His work challenges the technological monoculture and questions the inevitability of “the new,” inviting viewers to reconsider the narratives driving innovation and imagine more humane, diverse technological futures, where aesthetic experience and human consciousness take center stage rather than optimization and scale.

Young is a member of darktaxa-project, an experimental platform exploring the evolving boundaries of photography and digital imaging techniques.

Young’s work is held in public collections including Kunstmuseum Bonn and Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. His work has been exhibited internationally and featured in numerous publications including Artforum magazine, and on the covers of Espace Art Actuel and IEEE Computer Graphics magazines. He holds a master’s degree in visual studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has taught at ArtCenter College of Design and Parsons School of Design.

David lives and works in New York.