$2,600
Oil on Canvas
50×60 cm
As a guest of the owner of the beautiful mansion ‘Beit Dagher’ in Gemmayzeh, I worked from a studio every day for two months during Spring 2022.
I painted this view from life of the sunlit upper floor after it had been restored after the port explosion on 4th August. I aimed to celebrate the rebirth of Lebanon’s exquisite architectural heritage, embodied by this mansion.
Tom Young
Tom Young paints the changing nature of life, capturing moments of stillness and change. He has lived in Beirut for the past 15 years, where he maintains a studio and gallery. He is currently based in the UK. Influenced by an architectural training, he delves into urban memory, depicting multi-layered architecture and public spaces. He fuses historical narratives with responses to the present moment, channeling the energy of raw emotion and political change.
He often exhibits his work as site specific installations in previously abandoned or damaged places as a way to breathe new life into them. Such projects include Villa Paradiso (2013-17), The Rose House (2014-15), Al Zaher/Dar Al Aytam (2016-17), Beit Boustani (2017-18), the Grand Hotel Sofar (2018-19), Rayak Train Factory (2019), Beit Beirut (2022), and the current ongoing exhibition at Hammam Al Jadeed, Saida (2020-24).
Young combines a painting practice with film-making, archival research, architectural conservation and art therapy for children. He feels that art can play a role in the creative transformation of trauma, and contribute positively to wider society. He lectures to students at schools and universities, and has collaborated with children through several orphanage, refugee and cancer treatment institutions in Lebanon.
Young was born in England in 1973.
He studied Fine Art at Norwich School of Art, UK. He holds a BA (Honours) in Architecture from Newcastle University UK and Istanbul Technical University
He has painted and exhibited across Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
His work is in numerous prestigious private collections around the world, including:
Oil on Canvas
100×120 cm
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Acrylic and charcoal on linen
100x100cm
Acrylic and newspaper collage
120x170cm
Mixed media
100x150cm
