It was 20 years ago that British photographer Russell Young first lent his eye to celebrity culture. The assignment was photographing George Michael for the sleeve of an album called 'Faith'. That job launched a career and soon Russell was shooting musicians like Morrissey, Springsteen, Dylan and many other celebrities. The next natural step was directing music videos; Russell directed a hundred music videos during the heyday of MTV.

In 2003, Young showed his first series of paintings called PIG PORTRAITS. Following this first sold-out show, Young has risen to become an internationally acclaimed pop artist, creating larger-than-life silkscreen paintings of images from history and pop culture.

In Russell Young's newest body of work, Dirty Pretty Things, history's most influential celebrities and luminaries serve as intriguing subjects. Large-scale, diamond dust encrusted portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Jackie Kennedy, Coco Chanel and Kurt Cobain are undeniably powerful and alluring. Young�s use of diamond dust in the painting of these portraits lends a magical glittering effect that imbues the images with an ethereal quality. These images of enthralling characters become the voices of mythological figures from a not-too-distant past, transformed into modern day heroes.

Russell Young has risen to become one of the most collected and sought after artists of our time. Celebrities and collectors from the most discriminating to novice have added Young's works to their collections.