Trevor Young’s paintings have one foot in an old world of craft, skill and an understanding of materials and one in the more nuanced world of symbols and metaphor laden imagery. With the artist’s knowledgeable direction parking lots, planes, city light grids, off ramps and buildings under construction assume an ethereal, partially ambiguous existence, lit and infused with an accomplished light as subtle as an old master painting and as brash as an iconoclastic modern masterwork. The works of this Washington, DC based painter are at once understated and deeply moving.
Flourishing Trap, K St., 2023, oil on panel, 18 x 36 inches
Romantique Illumination, 2023, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
PSI, 2023, oil on canvas, 38 x 50 inches
Vacuum Deposit, 2023, oil on panel, 20 x 30 inches
Dissimilar Gold, 2023, oil on panel, 30 x 30 inches
Sodium Descent, 2023, oil on panel, 36 x 24 inches
Byproducts Naturally, 2023, oil on canvas, 70 x 64 inches
Superstructure, 2023, oil on panel, 24 x 36 inches
Acidic Lowlands, 2023, oil on canvas
Bluest Vapor, 2015, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches
TREVOR YOUNG:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Wastelands,” Addsion/Ripely Fine Art, Washington, DC
2020 “Seeing in the Dark,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2019 “Night Moves,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2018 “Light Structures”, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
“Introducing Trevor Young,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 “Night Gallery: Works on Velvet,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, DC
2016 “Voltage”, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
”Super Structure,” Noerr, New York, NY
2013 “Torque,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Exit the Freeway,” J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2011 “Thrust,” Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
“Pardon my French,” Collector Series, San Diego, CA
2010 “Emissions,” Orlando Museum of Art, FL
“Premium,” Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
2009 “Non-places,” Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
“Homogenizer,” M Gallery, Truth and Consequences, NM
2006 “Dead Nature,” University of the Arts Thesis Show, Philadelphia, PA
2005 “Trevor Young Has Gone Postal,” Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Strictly Painting 12,” Mclean Projects for the Arts, Mclean, VA
2017 “Silent Stories: Space as Narrative,” Concord Center for Visual Arts, Concord, VA
“Cityscapes: A Group Exhibition,” George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, MD (finalist)
“Re-locations,” Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
2016 “ Infrastructure,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
13th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
“Sumer Selections,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, MD (semi-finalist)
“Pictures of You: Jamie Adams, Andrew Krieger, Stephen Magsig, Robert Schefman, Trevor Young,” David Klein Gallery, Detroit,MI
2015 Group Show, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Lyric,” Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Blast Off!” Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
2014 “Virtual Sublime” J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Art Miami, represented by David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
Context, represented by J. Cacciola Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 “Napoleon Complex,” J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Art Miami, represented by David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
J. Cacciola Gallery, Summer Show, New York, NY
Armory Show, represented by David Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Art Platform, David Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Good For You,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham MI
2012 Bristol Biennial, Bristol UK,
“Lyric,” 323 East Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Curated by Glenn Barr
“Beyond the Parking Lot,” Artisphere, VA
2011 “La Luz de Jesus 25 ‘Part One’,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Works, SCOPE Miami, Miami, FL
SCOPE, New York, NY
2010 “By Request,” Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC, Curated by Jeffry Cudlin
2009 “Natural Beauty,” Mondo Bizzarro, Rome, Italy
2008 “Summer Salon,” Sloan Fine Art, NY
“Luster,” Lee Jensen Brake Shop, Washington, DC
2007 “The Best of Maryland’s Artist Equity,” Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
“Carrie Ann Baade, Fiona Hewitt, Corey Sandelius, Nicola Verlato & Trevor Young,” Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA
2006 “Flash 3,” Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington, DC
2005 “Vote,” G1, Philadelphia, PA Group Exhibition,
University of the Arts Group Show, Sande Webster Gallery, PA
2004 “Flesh and Concrete,” Hill Gallery, Middleburg, VA
“6 x 6,” NKU Gallery, Highland Heights, KY
2003 “Man vs. Nature,” Covington and Burling Gallery, Washington, DC
2002 “Recent Work,” Michael John Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
“Literal and Lyrical Landscapes,” Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
“Young Painters,” Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Eric Hope, “East City Art Reviews: Strictly Painting 12 at McLean Project for the Arts,” East City Art, July 8, 2019
• Mark Jenkins, “In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos,” Washington Post, July 5, 2019 (reviews Strictly Painting 12)
• Mark Jenkins, “A Painter Who Finds Revelation in Darkness,” Washington Post, May 20, 2018
• Louis Jacobson, “Trevor Young: Light Structures,” Washington City Paper, May 18–24, 2018
• Neil LaBute, “How to Fight Loneliness,” August 2017 (cover art)
• “Addison/Ripley Fine Art Presents Trevor Young Night Gallery,” East City Art, July 12, 2017
• Fondue Pot, “Trevor Young Now at Addison/Ripley,” The Georgetown Dish, February 24, 2016
• Grace-Yvette Gemmell, “Trevor Young Finds Beauty in Banality,” Artsy, February 18, 2016
• Louis Jacobson, “At Addison/Ripley, Painter Trevor Young Modestly Extends His Brand,”
Washington City Paper, February 15, 2016
• Holly Mazar-Fox, “Man-Made America,” DC Modern Luxury, January/February 2016
Tina Coplan, “Night Scape”, Home and Design, September/October 2015
Louis Jacobson, “Blast Off!” At Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington City Paper,
April 4, 2015
Blake Gopnik, “Here & Now,” The Washington Post, Sunday, February 8, 2004
Andrea Murray, The Program, NPR, WETA 90.9, January 25, 2004
Louis Jacobson, “Young Painters” DC City Paper, Vol.22 No. 38, September 20-26, 2002
Louis Jacobson, “Lyrical Landscape,” DC City Paper, Vol.22, no 3, January 18-24, 2002
Jessica Dawson, “You are Where? Getting to Know ‘Non-Places,’” The Washington Post, May 8, 2009
Jessica Dawson, “Jeffry Cudlin’s ‘By Request’: Mutual admiration society keeping its own counsel,” Washington Post, July 2, 2010
John Anderson, “Dawson’s Creak: Reflections on ‘Real Art D.C.’” Washington City Paper, November 3, 2010
Louis Jacobson, “‘Trevor Young: Premium’ at Civilian Art Projects,” Washington City Paper, May 7, 2010
Maura Judkis, “Trevor Young’s Non-Places at Flashpoint,” Washington City Paper, May 1, 2009
Maura Judkis, “D.C.’s Introduction to ‘New Brow’ Art Hits a Wall,” NBC Washington News, March 11, 2010
Karen Archey, “Reminder! Art Fag ‘Moneybags’ City Invites You to Sneak into a Museum with Peter Coffin!” Art Fag City, August 6, 2009
