Emily Young

Emily Young was born in London and spent her youth in London, Rome, and Wiltshire. She went to many schools, including Chelsea School of Art, and St. Martins School of Art.

As a young woman, in the late sixties and early seventies, she travelled widely, living in the USA, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, France and Italy, and visiting Africa, South America and the middle east. It was in these years that her broad view of art was formed.

In the mid 70s she formed Public Pictures, a community based mural-painting group working with unemployed youth in North Kensington. She also worked and exhibited as a painter, until the 80s, when she began carving stone.
Since then she has worked exclusively in stone, and has exhibited widely. Her work is in collections all over the world.