How can contemporary art be better recognized? Yasha Young speaks about her story with urban contemporary art. She speaks about how important access and network is to get recognized and how she levered her access and network to bring a change to the art industry.
Yasha Young is the concept creator and executive creative director of URBAN NATION, Berlin’s first museum of urban contemporary art and a unique artistic project on a global scale. She is deeply involved in the international art scene as a curator, innovator, project developer, art carrier and high-profile collection manager. Her current work with URBAN NATION is the extension of her unique and global network of artists, collectors and entrepreneurs.
Yasha Young created and founded the two internationally renowned exhibition and art projects Project M/ and ONE WALL as well as the progressive international artistres idency program for urban contemporary artists Fresh A.I.R. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.