Courtney Young

Courtney Young grew up on the far south coast of NSW and is now living on Bpangerang Country in Rutherglen, Victoria. Courtney is an emerging artist and farmer who holds a Bachelor of Environments from the University of Melbourne. With a background in environmental restoration and regenerative agriculture, Courtney’s practice unpicks what it means to be a white woman, and mother, living and working in the Australian landscape. Her paintings, predominantly in oils, seek to challenge prevailing colonial approaches to understanding and perceiving the landscape. Through her borderline abstract landscapes and still lifes, Courtney questions outdated wild/domestic, native/invasive dichotomies and attempts to envision a future for her children.