Yasha Young is the founder, concept creator, and executive creative director of URBAN NATION, Berlin’s first museum dedicated to street art. Yasha has also created two other key art projects called Project M/ and ONE WALL and an artist residency program for urban contemporary artists called Fresh A.I.R.
Yasha has been a part of the international art scene since 2001. Before URBAN NATION, she launched and managed Strychnin Gallery, with locations in NYC, London and Berlin, from 2001 to 2013. She has curated more than 250 exhibitions all over the world with Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Invader, Sotheby’s UK, Omotesado Hills Tokyo, Saatchi UK, Lollapalooza Berlin, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, among others. She is also the co-founder and director of Blooom Award for emerging artists.
On a New York morning and Mumbai night in August, we had an inspiring conversation with Yasha over Zoom about URBAN NATION, her various other projects over the years, creative influences, collaboration, and how the pandemic has influenced her and her work. Read on: https://thefloatingmagazine.com/people-yasha-young/
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