$2,800
Oil on Canvas
65×50 cm
This view is painted from the Silk Museum at Bsous, owned by the Asseily family. The composition embodies the contrasts of Lebanon: sublime natural beauty of the sunset glowing over the Mediterranean transcends the suburban blocks of modern Beirut as the city spreads up into the hills.
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:
Acrylic on Canvas
100×100 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
100×130 cm
Acrylic and charcoal on cotton
100x100cm
Acrylic and charcoal on linen
100x100cm
