Education
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
Masters of Fine Arts, Sculpture 1992
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Sculpture 1988
Select Exhibitions
2009 Washington State Trade & Convention Center (April 5 – June 30) Viable Resources public art from artists working with recycled or repurposed materials. Curated by Deborah Paine, Seattle Arts Commission, Janae Huber Washington State Arts Commission Americans for the Arts Conference focus on sustainability Grand Impromptu Gallery, Tacoma WA (January 25 - March 1)
Evolutionary Tales: Charles Darwin's Birthday, Invitational
The Queen’s Gallery, Bangkok Thailand Drawings ( February)
Chang Rai University Grounds – Site-specific Environmental installation
Art Sans Frontiers sponsored by Mekong Organization of Mankind/ Thai Arts Council
2008
LA Artcore Brewery Annex: Solo Show (November 2 - 30)
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Catalogue, Kyushu Japan (September 25 - October 6)
4th International Art Festival & Workshop (June)
Rajamangala University of Technology Poh-Chang Campus Art Gallery, Bangkok
2007
3rd International Art Festival & Workshop, Thailand (June)
Rajamangala University of Technology Poh-Chang Campus Art Gallery, Bangkok
Chiang Mai/ Northern Thailand
2006
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR Figures & Stories, Curator John Taylor
2nd International Art Festival & Workshop, Thailand (June)
Rajamangala University of Technology Poh-Chang Campus Art Gallery, Bangkok
Rajamangal Institute of Technology Art Gallery, Phatumthani
LA Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA (April 2 - May 3)
Auto-Hypnosis With A Touch of Group Psychosis Solo Show
2005
Bellevue Arts Museum Bellevue, WA (October 28 – February 26)
Looking Forward Glancing Back: Northwest Designer Craftsmen at 50
Juror: Lloyd Herman
2004
LA Artcore Brewery Annex: Benevolent Malevolence Solo Show.
Curator: Lydia Takeshita Los Angeles, CA (February 1 – 28)
Whatcom Museum of History and Art Bellingham, WA (June 13 – October 23 )
2003
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Biology 202-203 Curator and Exhibitor, Sea-Tac, WA
Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Benevolent Malevolence Solo Show
Curator Greg Bell,Tacoma, WA (September)
Hoffman Gallery Oregon College of Art and Craft, 2003 Craft Biennial Portland, OR Jurors: Charon Marcus, Dan Kvitka, Kathleen Stephenson-Kuhn (August- September)
Tacoma Arts Commission Window Dressing: Urban Art Installations, WA (June – July)
2002
Center on Contemporary Art (COCA) Octet Two person show with Reilly Jensen
Curator: Don Hudgins Seattle, WA
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Biology 101-103 Curator and Exhibitor, Sea-Tac, WA
BKB & Co. Art of Change UNICEF Regional Exhibit Curator: Corky Brown Tacoma, WA
Phinney Ridge Gallery NW Fine Art Competition, Juror: Spike Mafford Seattle, WA
2001
Commencement Art Gallery Some Parables and Two Lies, Solo Show, Tacoma, WA
Gallery@Madison Audio NW Wood: Contemporary Sculpture Curator: R. Waterhouse Seattle, WA
2000
Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound Decoys Contemporary Wood Sculpture.
Curator: Shaun Nordfors, Tacoma, WA
Evergreen State College Gallery Summer Vacation Group show, Juried, Evergreen, WA
1989 -1999
Artspace Synapse Group Show, Curators: Jennifer West, Christian French Seattle, WA
Commencement Art Gallery South Sound Competition Juried, Tacoma, WA
Bellevue Community College Distinguished Faculty Show Bellevue, WA
Bellevue Regional Library Fahrenheit ‘96: An Invitational Bellevue, WA
Missoula County Airport Juried Group Show Missoula, MT
Herbst Pavilion Fort Mason Center San Francisco Art Institute MFA Thesis Presentation Sculpture, San Francisco, CA
Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco Art Institute, LIEBOVITZ, VOLKER, and YOUNGERS
Three Person Show, Sculpture, Juried San Francisco, CA
University of Kansas Fine Arts Gallery Neural Three Person Show:
Paintings, Sculpture, and Performance Juried Lawrence, KS
Awards & Honors
Visiting Artist, Thailand, Thai Art Council USA June 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009
Artist Trust GAP Award, Washington State Individual Artist Grants 2005 & 2002
Artist in Residence Tacoma Art Museum
Jack Dollhausen Exhibit April – June 2002
Smithsonian Folk Art Exhibit, April – June 2001
Butterfield & Butterfield New Artist Showcase Sculpture Juried San Francisco, CA
Lockwood Scholarship for Sculpture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1988.
Jury Award for Sculpture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 1987
Merit Scholarship in Painting, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1984.
Merit Scholarship in Painting, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983.
Jury Award for Painting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1983.
Publications
Fine Art: The Art News Magazine of Thailand, Surachart Ketparsit April, 2009 Volume 6 No. 54 GO Arts BLOG "Impromptu Evolves" Rosemary Ponnekanti http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/arts/2009/02/
CityArts Magazine "Wood Man Rising" by Judy Wagonfeld Cover story 2nd International Art Festival Workshop in Thailand, Catalogue
The Los Angeles Arts District CITIZEN "Otto Youngers, Artist, Satirist, Environmentalist" Linda Ford, May 2006
LA Artcore Quarterly ViewPoint Collette Chattopadhyay September 2003
LA.COM Your City. Your Guide. The LowDown ongoing
Weekly Volcano Visual Edge, "Skewered in Wood" by Alec Clayton September 18, 2003
Digital City "Otto Youngers and Reilly Jensen" Review/Exhibition pick, Judy Wagonfeld October/November 2002
Seattle Times "Youngers Ranges from Brawn to Brains" Review, Sheila Farr January 4, 2002
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"City of Destiny Warms to Cultural Life" Elaine Porterfield, Tuesday February 20, 2001
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