Amy Youngs

Amy Youngs is an Associate Professor at Ohio State University, specializing in eco art, interactive sculpture, and digital media. Her work explores interdependencies between technology, plants, and animals, often creating installations that amplify non-human perspectives. Notable exhibitions include Te Papa Museum (New Zealand), Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre (Norway), and the Peabody Essex Museum (USA). She has received the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant and contributed to interdisciplinary publications like Leonardo and Robots and Art.

Education: MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BA from San Francisco State University. Research focuses on entanglements with non-human entities, constructing ecosystems, and machine perspectives. Key themes include environmental collapse aesthetics, interspecies communication, and bio-art.

Her work has been featured in augmented reality tours, insect museums, and public parks, emphasizing participatory engagement with ecological issues. Lectures include the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and the Walker Art Center. Awards and grants highlight her contributions to socially conscious art and technology intersections.

Current projects explore curatorial care in biomedical art, hybrid biological-digital systems, and trans-species interfaces. She advocates for art as a medium to address climate change, colonialism, and social justice through innovative material practices and community collaborations.