Skip to main content

Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

American, b. 1991
Amy Young (b.1991) is a multidisciplinary artist whose methods and focus in art is as diverse as her neurobiology. Young’s work primarily explores mental health awareness by means of metaphor and symbolism. Through an attention to detail, color, visual balance, and blended imagery, the work embodies the idea of personal mythology. Young is inspired by the ideas of mythos and fairy tales as they relate to the nature of being human. While ceramics and painting are the most utilized mediums in Young’s work, she also works with fiber, found objects, metals, and pyrography, often in conjunction, to create pieces that speak to the magical nature of the moments found between the strength and struggle of existing. “There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths.”-Martha Graham I started making pieces that reflected my journey with mental health consciousness when I moved to Kansas City in 2016 to attend the Kansas City Art Institute. I wanted to apply my education in psychology to my art practice in a more self reflective manner. Pursuing my undergrad degree gave me a place to begin this journey in a very intense, supportive, and taxing environment which demanded a greater amount of self awareness and reflection than I was previously used to. This body of work encompasses pieces from each of the years I’ve been on this path of self reflection and honoring the struggles I’ve faced in my life. Through the use of symbolism, the mission of these works is to bring beauty into the world from roots of real pain and loss. In facing my struggles with major depression, generalized anxiety, complex PTSD, and bipolar disorder, I wanted to find ways to communicate my experiences without trying to replicate them. The ceramic works have a strong focus on the mind, with themes of protection, struggle, and the roles of internal and external pressure put on myself and others who are facing these battles daily. The paintings in this grouping explore the impact of chronic physical conditions on mental health and vice versa. After getting COVID in early 2020 and learning to live with the effects of long COVID and the aftermath of a crashed immune system, I was forced to face my health holistically. With new battles of chronic fatigue, immune flare ups, and the frustration in having to relearn and accept my limitations, these are just the start of a visual conversation to be continued.
to
3
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
4
140
103
92
73
3
Artist: Amy Young
Two Figures

Two Figures

By Amy Young

Located in Kansas City, MO

Amy Young Two Figures Year: 2020 Material: Stoneware, underglaze Size: 15 x 8 x 6 (each) Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-797 ----------------------------...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Pierced Gargoyle Box
Pierced Gargoyle Box

Pierced Gargoyle Box

By Amy Young

Located in Kansas City, MO

Pierced Gargoyle Box Materials : Wood Fired Porcelain Date : 2016 Dimensions : 4.5″ x 4.5″ x 4″ Description : Wood fired cast and altered box with pierced ga...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Kneeling Female Zombie
Kneeling Female Zombie

Kneeling Female Zombie

By Amy Young

Located in Kansas City, MO

Title : Kneeling Female Zombie Materials : Wood Fired Porcelain Date : 2016 Dimensions : 5″ x 6.25″ x 5″ Signed Gallery COA provided ------------------------ Amy Young Artist State...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Related Items
Wall Sculpture. The Separation Series: 'Touch'
Wall Sculpture. The Separation Series: 'Touch'

Wall Sculpture. The Separation Series: 'Touch'

By Winifred McNeill

Located in New York, NY

This series imagines the artwork as a fragment, hurriedly dislodged from a “wall” with rough sides and a smooth surface. A prosaic image of a dive into water is rendered in a cobalt...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Contemporary Porcelain Art Cup, Painted, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inch, by Irina Zaytceva
Contemporary Porcelain Art Cup, Painted, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inch, by Irina Zaytceva

Contemporary Porcelain Art Cup, Painted, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inch, by Irina Zaytceva

By Irina Zaytceva

Located in St. Louis, MO

Contemporary Porcelain Art Cup, Painted, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inch, by Irina Zaytceva Irina Zaytceva was born in Moscow in 1957. She graduated from Moscow Art Institute ( Poljgrapfichesk...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Composite Being: Peacock
Composite Being: Peacock

Composite Being: Peacock

By Alexandra Levasseur

Located in Columbia, MO

Alexandra Levasseur (b. Shawingan, Canada, 1982) holds a BFA from the University of Costa Rica and an MFA from EINA in Barcelona. She is currently based in Montreal. Her work has bee...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Pieta II - contemporary interpretation of iconic embrace tabletop sculpture
Pieta II - contemporary interpretation of iconic embrace tabletop sculpture

Pieta II - contemporary interpretation of iconic embrace tabletop sculpture

By Lorenzo Vignoli

Located in San Francisco, CA

PIETA II by Lorenzo Vignoli hand formed glazed ceramic sculpture by contemporary Italian sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli Sculpture dimensions: 14inch W x 8inch H x 11inch D 36cm W x 24...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze, Clay, Porcelain

Figurative Porcelain Sculpture, Teapot, 15.5 x 7 x 5.5 in, Irina Zaytceva
Figurative Porcelain Sculpture, Teapot, 15.5 x 7 x 5.5 in, Irina Zaytceva

Figurative Porcelain Sculpture, Teapot, 15.5 x 7 x 5.5 in, Irina Zaytceva

By Irina Zaytceva

Located in St. Louis, MO

Figurative Porcelain Sculpture, Teapot, 15.5 x 7 x 5.5 in, Irina Zaytceva Irina Zaytceva was born in Moscow in 1957. She graduated from Moscow Art Institute ( Poljgrapfichesky) with...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Ceramic Foo Dogs: 'Guardian Dogs'
Ceramic Foo Dogs: 'Guardian Dogs'

Ceramic Foo Dogs: 'Guardian Dogs'

By Kenjiro Kitade

Located in New York, NY

Guardians of temples or shrines placed on each side of entrance, believed to ward off Evil Spirit’s. They look Angry, but not at You. They are Protecting you from Bad Spirits! The m...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Glaze, Underglaze

Contemporary Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed, 23 x 20 x 18 in, Sunkoo Yuh
Contemporary Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed, 23 x 20 x 18 in, Sunkoo Yuh

Contemporary Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed, 23 x 20 x 18 in, Sunkoo Yuh

By SunKoo Yuh

Located in St. Louis, MO

Contemporary Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Glazed, 23 x 20 x 18 in, Sunkoo Yuh The ceramic sculptures of SunKoo Yuh are composed of tight groupings of various forms including plants...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze

"Selfie" , Surrealistic Stoneware Sculpture with Glaze and Underglaze
"Selfie" , Surrealistic Stoneware Sculpture with Glaze and Underglaze

"Selfie" , Surrealistic Stoneware Sculpture with Glaze and Underglaze

By Chris Riccardo

Located in St. Louis, MO

"My process begins with a thought, a vision, a look, a trigger that draws me to the clay. Gone are the days of exhaustive preliminary sketches and maquettes, I simply visualize how I...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)
Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)

Bust with Floral Top by Sydnie Jimenez (INV# NP3235)

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Sidney Jimenez Bust with Floral Top (INV# NP5235) stoneware, underglaze, and glaze 10.75 × 9 × 5.5” 2024 signed Sydnie Jimenez is a ceramic artist whose work centers on the figures ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Ceramic Bunny Person: 'He’s love and light and all things bright and dark'
Ceramic Bunny Person: 'He’s love and light and all things bright and dark'

Ceramic Bunny Person: 'He’s love and light and all things bright and dark'

By Ashley Benton

Located in New York, NY

Ashley is an American artist living in Savannah Georgia. Her work and practice is primarily mixed media paintings and sculptures with a focus on ceramics. “ My work begins with the subtle impressions left from living a life” Through Emotionally charged ideas and recurring imagery the viewer is encouraged to participate in a dialogue that hovers between dreams and reality inviting them to create their own story. ‘My work begins with the subtle impressions left from living a life. I use recurring imagery of rabbits, birds, wings, hoods and caps, flora even missing body parts almost like a key to a map. The recurring images can be symbolic of a tendency, a comment on a belief or an anecdote. While I am working it is like a private message between me and the piece, which becomes a public conversation inviting the viewer to have their own experience. Occasionally it turns out it is the same experience for the viewer as it was for me and this reveals our commonality. This is important to me because we all have our individual story. It lingers in the unconscious. My work can act as a retrieval cue. Stories, poems, songs, relationships are all there until I start to daydream getting out of the thinking mind. I can let any new version be told much like a writer of fiction. There are silver linings, dead ends, sharp curves, love, loss, vulnerability, blue skies, dark clouds, deep water and pretty little things...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze, Underglaze

Beaver Jar

Molly SchulpsBeaver Jar, 2024

$3,000

H 23 in W 12 in D 12 in

Beaver Jar

By Molly Schulps

Located in Bozeman, MT

Molly Schulps is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern California and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator...

Category

2010s Contemporary Amy Young Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze

Amy Young figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Amy Young figurative sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Amy Young in ceramic, glaze, porcelain and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Amy Young figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Kate Hamilton, Roxana Azar, and Tom Binger. Amy Young figurative sculptures prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $1,440, while the average work can sell for $645.