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Austin Young is a contemporary artist whose work transforms existing architecture into immersive environments through photography, printed surfaces, light, and color. Working across museums, churches, galleries, and public spaces, his site-specific installations respond to the history, architecture, and cultural narratives of each place, creating places for contemplation, shared experience, and human connection.

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Film & Conversations

Steve Wilson Studio Visit with Austin Young

Austin Young Studio · Apr 24, 2026

Temple of Flowers / Tempio di Fiori

Chiostro del Bramante · 2025

The Dream of Andromeda

Austin Young · Fallani Venezia · Nov 25, 2024

Marriage of the Sea

Austin Young / Fallen Fruit · Sep 26, 2024

Fallen Fruit: Monument to Sharing — Part I

Austin Young and David Allen Burns · Jun 19, 2023

Fallen Fruit’s Bespoke Wallpaper at the V&A

Victoria and Albert Museum · Jun 21, 2019

Interviews

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15 Minutes: Austin Young of Fallen Fruit, the Art Collective Behind the Garden-as-Art Installation at the Nevada Museum of Art
Mark Earnest · Reno News & Review · Jun 12, 2026

Nel respiro della natura al Chiostro del Bramante
Gustavo Marco Cipolla · Meer · May 26, 2026

Steve Wilson Studio Visit with Austin Young
Austin Young Studio · Apr 24, 2026

Libby Talks About Love Trap
Austin Young Studio · Apr 21, 2026

Conversations with Austin Young
Margaret Cho, Love Connie and Nadya Ginsburg · Austin Young Studio · Jan 1, 2026

Dentro Amore chiama colore alla Fondazione D’ARC: un prisma sull’arte contemporanea
Alessandro Mancini · Art Frame · Nov 21, 2025

Transforming Communities Through Art and Beauty
Drica Lobo · Decoding the Flow · Nov 5, 2025

Austin Young Brings “Beauty!” to Rome: The New Exhibition at Mucciaccia Gallery Project
Editorial Staff · Finestre sull’Arte · Oct 8, 2025

Con Austin Young la bellezza sboccia negli spazi espositivi di Mucciaccia Gallery Project
Gustavo Marco Cipolla · Il Messaggero · Oct 7, 2025

Beauty! – Austin Young porta la sua visione floreale alla Mucciaccia Gallery Project di Roma
Editorial Staff · Tela Narrante · Oct 7, 2025

BEAUTY! A Solo Exhibition by Austin Young
Gianluca Piroli · Arsfolio · Sep 2, 2025

Flowers at Chiostro del Bramante — Art from the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence
THURSD. · Thursd · Jul 16, 2025

“Flowers”: rinascimento e intelligenza artificiale
Matilde Trippanera · RadioSapienza · Jun 23, 2025

Flowers: From the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence at Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
Sara Buoso · Juliet Art Magazine · Apr 15, 2025

Immersive Exhibition Explores Timeless Beauty of Flowers Across Five Centuries of Art
Jessica Stewart · My Modern Met · Apr 2, 2025

Flowers Transforms the Chiostro del Bramante into a Paradise on Earth
Collater.al Contributors · Collater.al · 2025

Temple of Flowers / Tempio di Fiori
Chiostro del Bramante · Film · 2025

The Dream of Andromeda
Austin Young · Fallani Venezia · Nov 25, 2024

L’artista Austin Young realizza un’installazione permanente in una chiesa di Cosenza
Ludovica Palmieri · Artribune · Nov 17, 2024

Marriage of the Sea
Austin Young / Fallen Fruit · Film · Sep 26, 2024

Austin Young in Conversation with Shalini Passi
Shalini Passi · MASH India · Aug 24, 2024

L’affascinante racconto visivo di Austin Young / Fallen Fruit del legame tra Venezia e l’Adriatico
Raffaele Quattrone · Espoarte · Jun 12, 2024

Cosa vedere a Venezia durante la Biennale d’Arte 2024
Elena Dallorso, Valentina Raggi, Giada Storelli and Alessandra Pellegrino · AD Italia · May 7, 2024

Austin Young porta lo stile dei Fallen Fruit a Venezia per la Biennale
Livia Montagnoli · Artribune · Apr 9, 2024

Fallen Fruit: Monument to Sharing — Part I
Austin Young and David Allen Burns · Film · Jun 19, 2023

Turning Wasted Food Into Art
VICE · Aug 23, 2022

The Subversive Beauty of Fallen Fruit
Shirley Alexandra Watts · Issues in Science and Technology · Spring 2022

“Crazy” al Chiostro del Bramante, il bello della pazzia secondo 21 artisti
Il Messaggero · 2022

Fallen Fruit on The Kelly Clarkson Show
Austin Young and David Allen Burns · The Kelly Clarkson Show · 2022

Los Angelitos, la nuova installazione dei Fallen Fruit per i Vallarta Botanical Gardens in Messico
Artribune · Dec 12, 2021

What Artists Are Doing Now: Contemporary Art Collective Fallen Fruit in Los Angeles
Arterritory · May 26, 2020

Natural History
David Allen Burns and Austin Young / Fallen Fruit · NGV Triennial · 2020

Fallen Fruit’s Bespoke Wallpaper at the V&A
Victoria and Albert Museum · Film · Jun 21, 2019

Fallen Fruit at the V&A
Victoria and Albert Museum · 2019

15 Los Angeles Artists to Watch
Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger · ARTnews · Jan 9, 2019

Los Angeles Now
ARTnews · Winter 2019

These Artists Are Creating Work That’s About, and Made From, Food
Ligaya Mishan · The New York Times Style Magazine · Nov 29, 2018

A City at the Crossroads Examines Migration, Through Art
The New York Times · Jun 22, 2018

This Art Group Installs Pick-Your-Own-Fruit Parks Around Los Angeles
Clarissa Wei · NPR · Jun 13, 2017

Fruit Activists Take Urban Gardens in a New Direction
The New York Times · May 12, 2013

Eat a Free Peach: Mapping “Public Fruit”
Dana Goodyear · The New Yorker · Mar 12, 2012

TRANIMAL: 2010’s Top 10 Fashion Trends in LA
LA Weekly · 2010

Fallen Fruit Teams with LACMA
Los Angeles Times · Feb 4, 2010

Fallen Fruit Collective Opens Art Projects in LA and Mexico
Christine N. Ziemba · CalArts · Feb 5, 2010

Fallen Fruit
Annie Buckley · Art in America

Fallen Fruit
Christopher Knight · Los Angeles Times · 2009

Selected press coverage, reviews, and interviews addressing the work of Austin Young and the collaborative practice Fallen Fruit.

Featured Press

“With Austin Young, beauty blossoms within exhibition spaces, becoming an act of vision and resistance.”
— Il Messaggero

“Austin Young transforms color into a force that moves through life, the body, and perception itself.”
— Art Frame

“The eccentric, vibrant, and original Austin Young.”

— Artribune

“Young invites the viewer to question how we perceive and represent the environment, challenging traditional categories.”
— Artribune

A white art gallery with colorful floral and butterfly curtains framing the view of a colorful geometric painting on the wall and a red sculpture in the center. The text at the bottom reads "Dentro Amore chiama colore alla Fondazione D'ARC: un prisma sull'arte contemporanea."
Religious sculpture of Jesus Christ on the cross surrounded by animals, human figures, and various objects against a colorful background.

Austin Young, Visione di Pietro in Artribune.

Cover of 'Issues in Science and Technology' magazine, Spring 2022 issue, featuring a vibrant floral and plant pattern background with titles about science, biosecurity, health tech, space junk, autonomous weapons, and an interview with Daniel Kahneman.
Three people preparing food with lemons and pineapples on a counter outside a building, with a blackboard behind them displaying a schedule and social media info.

Fallen Fruit on the cover and feature story of Issues in Science and Technology Magazine's spring 2022 publication!

Fallen Fruit on the cover and feature story of Issues in Science and Technology Magazine's spring 2022 publication!

Book cover titled 'The Subversive Beauty of Fallen Fruit' by Shirley Watts, featuring a colorful collage of flowers, birds, butterflies, and plants against a gradient background from orange to purple.

David Burns, Zoeey Deschanel and Austin Young. still from ‘What Am I Eating’ on HBO MAX

The Kelly Clarkson Show set with three people: two men on the left sitting on a gray sofa, and a woman on the right sitting on a blue chair. They are engaged in conversation, smiling. Behind them is a large screen displaying 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' with colorful graphics. The set is decorated with plants, pillows, a round wooden table with a sunflower arrangement, and a brick wall backdrop.

Fallen Fruit, Austin Young and David Allen Burns, on The Kelly Clarkson Show 2022

A modern glass building with floral designs on its exterior walls, surrounded by tall evergreen trees and a rooftop deck with a white railing and green trees in the background.

Fallen Fruit at Meta Headquarters

A woman wearing a face mask stands in an art gallery with vibrant purple to blue floral wallpaper, viewing a white marble sculpture of a woman. Two framed paintings are visible on the walls, depicting religious and landscape scenes.
Cover of ArtNews magazine featuring a person with bright red hair and glamorous makeup, wearing a red sequined dress, large chandelier earrings, and holding a green cocktail. The background consists of banana leaves and tropical elements, with magazine text including Los Angeles now, MOCA 6.0, Daniel Joseph Martinez, art in South L.A., and artists to watch.

Fallen Fruit, on the cover of Art News Winter 2019

Two men in a room with pinkish lighting, one holding a hockey stick and the other lifting a large book or poster that has floral artwork.

Austin Young and David Burns, Elle Decor Italia

Critical Voices:

“Austin Young transforms color into a force that moves through life, the body, and perception itself.”
— ARTFRAME

“The eccentric, vibrant, and original Austin Young.”
— Artribune

“Austin Young reconstructs tropes of Pop Art and pop culture into alarmingly brilliant new icons.”
— Shana Nys Dambrot

“An emerging cohort is challenging what it means to play with the most essential material.”
— The New York Times (on Fallen Fruit)

“Intrepid.”
— Cinqué Hicks, Artforum (on Fallen Fruit)

“His work captures beauty at its most vital, carnal, visceral, alive. His exuberant intensity is matched by his innate sense of balance. His work will be seen as an important historical reference for our times, and his name will be legend.”
— Margaret Cho

“A fresh approach to produce.”
— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times (on Fallen Fruit)

“The Los Angeles–based artist collective Fallen Fruit has gained the attention of the art world and local community alike with a fusion of populism, relational aesthetics, and adolescent antics.”
— Annie Buckley, Art in America (on Fallen Fruit)

“I’m pretty unabashed in my enthusiasm for Austin Young’s work. I think he’s the most original photographer to emerge in America since David LaChapelle.”
— Richard Metzger

Illustration of a man with brown hair, mustache, and light skin, and stylized text that says "Austin Young."
with elaborate drag makeup and large earrings, holding a black and yellow bird costume mask over one eye, with a light green background. A quote on the left reads, Sometimes, I think taking someone's portrait is a huge responsibility, a responsibility to see that person and represent them in a way that is authentic to who they are.
A newspaper article with a large headline, David Burns and Austin Young sitting on the ground underneath a colorful and artistic background, possibly a mural or painted sky with floral and butterfly motifs.
Close-up of a book titled 'FOOD · BIGGER THAN THE PLATE' held by a person in a bookstore or gallery. The background shows people browsing, framed artwork, and bookshelves.
An exhibition space with a vibrant, colorful mural of fruits and flowers on the purple wall, with the word 'PARNING' displayed in large lit-up letters. There are display tables and information panels, with a bike in the foreground and large windows providing natural light.
A newspaper page featuring a large photograph of two men in front of a nature-themed mural with birds and plants. The scene appears to be from an exhibition or event, with text in Hebrew and the year 2020.
Austin Young in the Vogue Magazine Blogwith short dark hair, glasses, and a black t-shirt in front of the artwork, Theater of the Sun by Fallen Fruit, a colorful installation artwork with flowers and green leaves on purple .
A woman with short dark hair, wearing a white embroidered tunic and patterned green pants, standing in front of a lush, tropical background with large green leaves and fruits. She is smiling and leaning on a metal railing.
Two men seated and standing in front of a colorful floral background with white classical statues. One man wears a red blazer, patterned tie, and blue pants; the other wears glasses, a black shirt, and a tie. There is a large number 88 and a text box describing articles about film and fashion.
Portrait of a person with colorful face paint, wearing an elaborate headpiece made of crumpled paper or fabric, with theatrical makeup and a card hanging from the headpiece.
Abstract yellow and black graphic on the left, with a person on the right wearing a mask with a cartoonish mouth and long black hair, carrying a small black purse, standing against a yellow background.