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Elisa Markes-Young

Elisa Markes-Young was born on New Year's Eve 1964 in Gorlice, Poland. In 1981 she moved to Germany with her family. She then moved to Western Australia with Chris in early 2002 where they both exhibit on a regular basis.

With her cross-cultural biography, Elisa's identity is punctuated by the question of how Polish or German she really is. It is also very much defined by the feeling of being caught between two worlds. The excitement of living in a foreign country is accompanied by an intense feeling of displacement. Being a stranger and 'different', having to master another language and the mentality of a new place creates a feeling of insignificance and inadequacy. Trying to navigate between the Polish origins, German influences and Australian surroundings, Elisa recognizes that self-reflection is crucial to her identity: It is a reflection on the variations of her 'handed-down' identity.

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Christopher Young

Christopher Young was born in small-town New Zealand in the mid-seventies. After finishing his studies he moved to Germany in 1996 before settling in Western Australia in 2002. 

Isolation is a recurring theme in his life and artwork – the remoteness of growing up in semi-rural New Zealand, the loneliness of living in Germany as a poor German speaker and lately the geographic and ideological seclusion of life in Australia, have all coloured his artistic practice. 

Context, coding in images and a lack of a personal cultural library have been central themes explored in his work.

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