- City
- Toronto
- Booth
- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 91
Jes Young
Jes is a non-binary educator and sculptor based in Toronto, Canada. In their practice they create installations of ceramic multiples that mimic trash, infestations and urban pests in porcelain, celebrating abandoned subjects that make up moments in our everyday life. In 2024 Young founded Kitte Club, a ceramics studio in Toronto that promotes the growth of ceramic artists in their practices, providing accessible studio spaces, instruction and mentorships, technical expertise in firing, and programming artist driven events and activities.
Young received their Masters of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, and Bachelor of Education from York University. They have held a guest artist position at York University and have exhibited in multiple shows in Toronto such as Collective City’s Gallery Project with “Single Served” (2026), The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair’s Art Nest (2025), The Clay and Glass Gallery (2025), The Artist Project Toronto (2023 & 2025), The Gladstone House Artist Residency (2023), and Nuit Blanche Toronto (2022). They have also exhibited and practiced internationally at PADA Residency in Barreiro, Portugal (2023), and Gracía in Antigua, Guatemala (2023) and the upcoming Affordable Art Fair in New York (2026).
Young continues to develop their artistic practice while working as a Fabricator for local Toronto artists, teaching in the TDSB and developing programs at Kitte Club Ceramics Studio.
