Author: Leanne Elliott Young

ARTIST. CURATOR. STRATEGIST. CONSULTANT. MAKER .CO FOUNDER OF COMMUNE AN EVER EXPANDING PALACE OF IDEALS.A SILVER CLAD IDEAS AND ‘VISION’ INSTITUTE, COMPILING THE TASTES OF THE FUTURE. COMMUNE BIRTHED ENERGETICALLY BY LEANNE ELLIOTT YOUNG AND RICHARD NICOLL AT ART BASEL MIAMI IN 2015.THE RESIDENTS INHABIT AND HOST COMMUNE BE IT VIRTUAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL, BUILDING THE PHILOSOPHICAL ARCHITECTURE.COMMUNE IS ALWAYS SEEKING TO PROVIDE A HAPPY ENDING THROUGH A SENSORY CLIMAX OF AESTHETICS.CO FOUNDER OF RART THE MULTIFACETED ART INITIATIVE BORN IN 2009.PROJECTS CULTIVATING PREMIUM CREATIVE EXPERIENCE AND BUILDING IMAGINED LANDSCAPES FOR HIGH END BRANDS, GALLERIES, INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.YOUNG HAS WORKED WITHIN THE VENN DIAGRAM OF FASHION, ART AND DESIGN FOR OVER 8 YEARS INCUBATING, INSTALLING AND INVENTING CREATIVE CONCEPTS AND PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATIONS, EVENTS, MARKETING STRATEGIES AND DESIGN FOR BRANDS WITHIN A GLOBAL MARKET.CLIENTS INCLUDE: NIKE, DR MARTENS, RAPHA, OPENING CEREMONY, RICHARD NICOLL, CHRISTOPHER SHANNON, UMBRO, LIBERTY OF LONDON, SELFRIDGES & CO, MILK STUDIOS NYC AND LEGS MEDIA NYC. YOUNG IS A PRACTICING ARTIST WORKING UNDER THE PSEUDONYM ELLIOTT YOUNG; THE WORK OSCILLATES BETWEEN PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION DRAWING, PRINT, SCULPTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY.POST GRADUATE AT LONDON’S ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL, YOUNG HAS EXHIBITED/PERFORMED AT TATE MODERN, PARASOL UNIT (LONDON), THE INDEPENDENT ART FAIR (NEW YORK), ASAGAYA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN (TOKYO), CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM OF ESTONIA, GALLERIST (ISTANBUL) AND POSTMASTERS GALLERY (NEW YORK).YOUNG LECTURES IN ART AND FASHION AT MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE.SHE HAS BEEN PROFILED IN VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING BRITISH VOGUE, VICE, ID, DAZED AND CONFUSED, THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC, AND ARTSY.SHE LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK.