Temple of Flowers / Tempio di Fiori, Austin Young, 2025–ongoing. Commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition FLOWERS in Rome. Video by Giovanni De Angelis.

AUSTIN YOUNG

Temple of Flowers / Tempio di Fiori, Austin Young, 2025-Ongoing, commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition FLOWERS in Rome. Video: Giovanni De Angelis

PROJECTS

Tempio di Fiori, Austin Young, 2025 -2026, commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante. Image: a view of the floor from the balcony

Temple of Flowers
Chiostro del Bramante

Original Sin, a detail from The Garden, Austin Young, 2025, Mucciaccia Gallery, Rome

BEAUTY!
Mucciaccia Gallery

view of ceiling artwork, Visione di Petrio, by Austin Young, 2025, above the altar at Chiesa Sant'Aniello, Cosenza, Italy.

La Visione di Pietro
Chiesa Sant’Aniello

sketch of Marriage of the Sea, Austin Young,2024, Venice, Italy.

Marriage of the Sea
Cesari Marchesi

detail view of Horror Vacui, Austin Young, 2025, Foundation D'Arc, Rome, Italy

Horror Vacui , Fondazione D’ARC

detail of the floor installation, from Paradise Lost, 2025, Fallen Fruit, Modena, Italy

Paradise Lost,
Fondazione Ago (Fallen Fruit)

A sketch for All Tomorrows-Parties, Fallen Fruit, 2026, commissioned by The Bunker Artspace,

All tomorrow’s Parties
The Bunker Artspace (Fallen Fruit)

installation view of The Way Out West, Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young) 2024, 21C St Louis

Love Trap
Chiostro del Bramante (Fallen Fruit)

installation view of Theater of the Sun, Fallen Fruit / David Allen Burns and Austin Young, 2018, Palazzo Butera, Manifesta 12 in Palermo, Italy.

Theatre of the Sun
Manifesta 12, Palermo (Fallen Fruit)

detail of Power of The Pollinator (And Other Living Things), Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young) 2025, Nevad Museum of Art, Reno Nevada

Power of Pollinators
Nevada Museum of Art (Fallen Fruit)

Installation view of 'Los Angeleitos, Austin Young and David Allen Burns / Fallen Fruit, 2021, Vallarta Botanical Gardens, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Los Angelitos
Vallarta Botanical (Fallen Fruit)

Fruits of Garden and Field, by Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young) is a colorful illustration of various fruits, flowers, butterflies, birds, and insects on a purple to yellow gradient background, with vines and leaves.

Fruits Garden & Field
V&A Museum (Fallen Fruit)

Installation view of Love Trap, Trappolo D'Amore, David Allen Burns and Austin Young, 2022, commissioned by Chiostro del Bramante.

The Way Out West
21C St. Louis (Fallen Fruit)

Installation view, Portraits of Trans Men, Austin Young, at Queerish

Portraits
(1987–ongoing)

detail from Sacred Conversations, Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young) 2023, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

Sacred Conversations
Accademia Carrara (Fallen Fruit)

a sketch for Natural History, Austin Young and David Allen Burns, 2021, NGV Triennial, Melbourne,

Natural History
NGV Triennial (Fallen Fruit)

installation view of Marriage of the Sea, Austin Young, 2024, The Pool NYC, Venice, Italy.

Projects

a detail of the installation, Power of Pollinators (And Other Living Things), Fallen Fruit (David Allen Burns and Austin Young) 2025, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada

Permanent Artworks

Fallen Fruit

a portrait of Leigh Bowery, Austin Young, 1989, NYC

Portraits

A Portrait of Everyone Who Showed Up in Drag, 2016, Austin Young, Santa Monica, public Artwork

Social Projects

Works on Paper

a video still from 'The Worm, episode' Austin Young, 2012

Video Art

Portrait of Fade-Dra, Austin Young, 2014, An art piece with a collage face featuring photographic lips and teeth, black hair, and a metallic neckpiece, set against a blue background.

Tranimal Workshop

A detail of This Mortal Coil, Austin Young, 2025, for the exhibition 'BEAUTY! at Mucciaccia Gallery in Rome. A collage of multiple nude human figures intertwined with colorful, ribbon-like shapes against a black background.

Press

Austin Young creates large-scale, immersive, site-specific artworks that transform spaces into sanctuaries of beauty, queerness, and collective memory. Drawing on a history of portraiture and participatory practice, his work uses aesthetics as a form of activism, and spiritual connection.