DAVID YOUNG

David Young is an artist who has spent his entire career at the leading edge of emerging technologies. From projects using early supercomputers and the dawn of the web, to contemporary global innovation & artistic initiatives, David has been a champion for new forms of creativity & expression enabled by technology.

His current work explores how beauty and aesthetic experiences can give a fresh start to how we think about artificial intelligence. This work, which uses AI/machine learning, is a return to his roots where he began at the height of the 1980’s AI boom. He has taught at both Art Center College of Design and Parsons at The New School. David has a master’s degree in visual studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, & bachelor’s degree in computer science from UCSC.

Virtual Studio Visit from 2020.

 
 

Learning Nature by David Young

We are excited to present 15 exclusive works from David Young’s renowned Learning Nature series, created between 2019 and 2020.

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Learning Nature (b63d,2400-19,4,9, 13,25,19), 2019

Unique NFT

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63h,4000-19,4,9, 8,16,17), 2019

Unique NFT

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400,19,1,29 ,16, 54,11), 2019

Unique NFT

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (z14,cr,A), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (z1514,15,cr,a), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400-19,1,29 ,17,52,39), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400-19,4,10 ,8,41,34), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400-19,4,10 ,12,44,30), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
Quick View

Learning Nature (b63d,2400-19,4,9, 13,25,44), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63d,2400-19,4,9, 13,34,18-g), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63f,2000-19,4,9,1 0,32,11), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63f,2600-19,4,9,1 0,27,44), 2019

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63h,5600-19,4,9, 9,23,40), 2020

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400-20,6,10 ,19,57,56), 2020

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Learning Nature (b63e,4400-20,6,10 ,19,58,47), 2020

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 18 x 18 cm (image size), 30 x 30 cm (print size)

Also available as a unique NFT

PRINT: 2,500.00 CHF

NFT: 3 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
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Summer Woods (b25,1085,12), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Summer Woods (b25,933,6), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Summer Woods (b24,1581,7), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Summer Woods” series was trained on pictures David took while walking in the woods of upstate New York. He was impressed by the intensity of the green foliage, the repetitions and chaos of the trees and branches, as well as the horizontal layering of sky, woods, and ground, and wanted to see how the GAN would interpret those elements.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Birds of America (b42,4371,12), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Audubon” or “Birds of America” series was a continuation of the “Birds” series. David wanted to understand how the GAN would interpret a more particular visual style, rather than pictures of birds in the wild. He used a selection from John J. Audubon’s "Birds of America” watercolors as the training images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Birds of America (b42,4016,9), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Audubon” or “Birds of America” series was a continuation of the “Birds” series. David wanted to understand how the GAN would interpret a more particular visual style, rather than pictures of birds in the wild. He used a selection from John J. Audubon’s "Birds of America” watercolors as the training images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Birds of America (b42,3880,10), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Audubon” or “Birds of America” series was a continuation of the “Birds” series. David wanted to understand how the GAN would interpret a more particular visual style, rather than pictures of birds in the wild. He used a selection from John J. Audubon’s "Birds of America” watercolors as the training images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Flowers (b22,1582,2), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Flowers” were the first flower images David created with his GAN code — training it on pictures that he had taken himself. He had been experimenting with other pictures of natural subjects, but decided to focus on something smaller and more specific. Later, for his “Learning Nature” works, he took pictures of flowers against a neutral background to better focus the AI on the subject rather than the whole scene.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Flowers (b22,1582,1), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Flowers” were the first flower images David created with his GAN code — training it on pictures that he had taken himself. He had been experimenting with other pictures of natural subjects, but decided to focus on something smaller and more specific. Later, for his “Learning Nature” works, he took pictures of flowers against a neutral background to better focus the AI on the subject rather than the whole scene.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Birds (b27,1137,16), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Birds” was one of the earliest experiments David did in order to test his GAN code after moving it from an online AWS machine to his studio PC. He used a publicly available online data set of sparrow and warbler images, probably a few thousand images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
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Birds (b14b,1124,8), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Birds” was one of the earliest experiments David did in order to test his GAN code after moving it from an online AWS machine to his studio PC. He used a publicly available online data set of sparrow and warbler images, probably a few thousand images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
Quick View

Birds (b14b,1110,15), 2018

Fine Art Print

Size: from 40 x 40 cm (TBC)

Unique

The work is also available as a unique 1/1 NFT for 2 ETH, minted upon request

PRINT: from 2,500.00 CHF (The price of 2,500.00 CHF applies to a 40 x 40 cm work. For larger sizes, please contact us for pricing details)

NFT: 2 ETH

If you are interested in this work and would like to pay in ETH, please email us at info@katevassgalerie.com and transfer the amount to our wallet HERE.

Description:

“Birds” was one of the earliest experiments David did in order to test his GAN code after moving it from an online AWS machine to his studio PC. He used a publicly available online data set of sparrow and warbler images, probably a few thousand images.

Exhibited at Untitled Miami Art Fair, Miami, Kate Vass Galerie Booth A43, December 2024

David Young
sold out
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SOLD OUT

Winter Woods (Learning Nature b59e,4000,1), 2019

Video (color, silent)

27 min 47 sec, loop

Edition of 7, 1 AP


Exhibited at “Automat und Mensch” show, Zürich, Kate Vass Galerie, 2019

David Young
sold out
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SOLD OUT

(b63f,3000,19,4,10,14,40,56), 2019

From Learning Nature series

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm


Exhibited at “Automat und Mensch” show, Zürich, Kate Vass Galerie, 2019

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

David Young
sold out
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SOLD OUT

(b63e,4400,19,1,29,18,17,37), 2019

From Learning Nature series

Archival inkjet print

Ed. 1/1 + 1 AP

Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm


Exhibited at “Automat und Mensch” show, Zürich, Kate Vass Galerie, 2019

Description:

Using AI & machine learning the computer was trained with photographs that I took of flowers at my farm in Bovina, NY during the summer of 2018. It then generated its own images. Nothing that emerges is accurate, but the work isn’t asking for accuracy — it’s asking for the machine to build its own unique vision of the natural world.

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