top of page

Acerca de

Artist brian young Breathes Life into His Art and Motivates the Next Generation to Take Charge. Based in Prince George’s County, Maryland, working as a graphic designer // digital artist // social griot digital commentator.

Read the full artificial Online on pgsuite.com

called “Designing Your Voice”   Excerpt “His parents, Elizabeth Ann Young and John Francis Young, Jr., were big supporters. John was a driving force for his son’s pursuit of art --- he assured that Brian got an opportunity to interview and to attend The Corcoran School of Art (it has since been renamed The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GW).  “My dad got me the interview,” Young said. “He wanted me to get the opportunity that he missed when John was a student. John did not get the chance to pursue his dreams. He did not want that situation for me.”...

Collage series comes out of a love for these Influencers before influencer people who drove the culture in our communities with their craft from music to acting, like Nina // Aretha // Fela // Lauren // Prince // Biggie // Cicely // Miles.

 

My technique for my collages is research and passion for the subject matter passion

for the work.

All work produced in Photoshop // Illustrator.

 

Clients served for over 20 yrs:

  1. National Museum of National History

  2. Anacostia Museum // People for the American Way

  3. Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

  4. National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP)

  5. 100 Black Men of America  // Taste of DC

  6. National Newspaper Publishers Association

  7. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

  8. Howard University // Digital Underground

  9. City of Baltimore AIDS Campaign

 

Publications:

  1. The Washington Informer Newspaper

  2. Within 7 yrs won 5 Awards
    for a 50 yrs old Historic black own Newspaper in Washington DC

  3. PG Suits / Destinations Magazine(s)

  4. YSB Magazine

  5. Port of Harlem Magazine

  6. Lifeline Magazine

  7. Washington Living Magazine

  8. Washington View Magazine

Work created while at
the Corcoran School of Art.:


5 facts for discount 

1. piece a Self Portrait,

2.
Hand-cut film to create an African pattern,

3.
Wood carving of a still life of a teapot & chair.

4. My first sculpture piece of a

Metal Eagle.

5.  I created a second piece Phoenix that was interlaced rising from the ashes. I was chosen as 1 of  9 students to create a piece from the burnt remains of the
Filene Center The Center was to hold a Ball for the event but canceled the Ball. I could have become a sculptor that evening.

1010867_10200965595354716_1383350880_n.jpg
IMG_5121.jpg
IMG_5122.jpg
29733_388907619266_2656474_n.jpg
1487689_10202057723737243_1129928839_o copy.jpg

Won First Place Awards for DC area local Black Owned Newspaper and various other awards during my design career.

20140630_105430.jpg
bottom of page