Young Allen was born in South Korea and currently resides in Metairie, Louisiana. Young's journey with watercolor started when she began attending watercolor classes at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art (NOAFA) as well as private instruction with local artists Pio Lyons and Larisa Clevenger. She then further studied the medium with national and internationally acclaimed artists such as Alvaro Castagnet, Charles Reid, Mary Whyte and Fabio Cembranelli. Young is continuing her study of portrait and figure drawing with Carol Peebles at the Blue Easel Club in New Orleans. Young's work has been accepted into various national and international level watercolor-juried competitions.
Selected Awards and Exhibitions:
August 2019 - Accepted Louisiana Art Guild National Juried Show
May 2019 - Merit Award, LWS International Juried Show
March 2019 - 2nd Place, LWS Spring Juried Show
October 2018 - Accepted New Orleans Art Association
September 2018 - Merit Award, Louisiana Art Guild National Juried Show, Baton Rouge, LA
April 2018 - Best of Show, Pirate's Alley Juried Art Show, French Quarter Festival
September 2017 - Merit Award, Louisiana Art Guild National Juried Show, Baton Rouge, LA
April 2017 - Best of Show, and Merit Award, Pirate's Alley Juried Art Show, French Quarter Festival
March 2017 - Best of Show, Louisiana Watercolor Society (LWS) Spring Juried Show
March 2017 - Accepted New Orleans Art Association National Juried Show.
November 2016 - Best of Show, LAS Winter Juried Show
June 2016 - Paintings exhibited at Ochsner Medical Center (main campus)
May 2016 - 2nd Place award, Metairie Art Guild Show
April 2016 - 2nd Place award, Pirate's Alley Juried Art Show, French Quarter Festival
May 2014 - LWS 44th Annual International Exhibit. Submission was one of 70 chosen out of over 500 submissions.
March 2014 - 14 of her paintings were exhibited at Ochsner Medical Center (main campus)
Young has also received several drawing awards and watercolor awards from N.O. Academy of Fine Arts.