Amber Jean Young: Who is Neil Young's daughter?

Posted by Zora Stowers on Sunday, May 19, 2024

Amber Jean Young is an American artist and also the daughter of Neil Young. Amber Jean Young’s father is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. His guitar work, deeply personal lyrics, and signature high-tenor singing voice define his long career. The singer’s distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname “Godfather of Grunge”.

Amber Jean Young: Bio Summary

Full NameAmber Jean Young
famous asArtist and daughter of Neil Young
Age39 years old as of 2023
Date of Birth1984
Place of Birth United States of America
Zodiac signGemini
NationalityAmerican
Siblings Ben Young, Zeke Young
Parents Neil Young, Pegi Young
Education San Francisco Art Institute (2010),
 Kenyon College (2006)

How old is Neil Young’s daughter?

Amber Jean Young was born in 1984 in the United States of America. She is the daughter of Neil Young and his ex-wife Pegi Young. As of 2023, she is 39 years old. Amber is the youngest child of the singer. She has two elder siblings-  Ben Young and Zeke Young. Ben and Zeke have been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and Amber has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Amber Jean Young holds a Master of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute  (2010) and is also a graduate of Kenyon College (2006).

Amber Jean Young lost her mother

Amber Young’s mother Pegi passed away in 2019. Her mother died of ovarian cancer on January 1, 2019, aged 66, in Mountain View, California—just a few miles south of her birthplace in San Mateo. She was an Environmentalist and in 2013, she began serving on the board of directors of Rainforest Connection, an organization aimed at preventing deforestation by using real-time data collection to maximize the effectiveness of ground enforcement.

Her parents got married in August 1978, four years after they meet. Amber’s mother was working as a waitress at a diner near his father’s ranch, a story he tells in the 1992 song “Unknown Legend”. Before her mother, Neil Young was married to Susan Acevedo.

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Neil Young’s daughter Amber Jane is an artist

The singer’s daughter took a different path and is an artist. According to her Website, she is is an interdisciplinary artist residing in Berkeley California. Her Website also has some beautiful samples of her works. Her beautiful artworks have been exhibited nationally including at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Hashimoto Contemporary, and Marrow Gallery in San Francisco, Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, Monte Vista Projects and Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles, the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs.

According to her website, her art has been used on the covers and inside jackets of multiple Neil Young and Pegi Young albums and is included in the MediaMath and Fidelity Investments corporate art collections. Her Instagram page with more than 4k followers also has some of her artwork displayed.

Her mother’s death affected her artistic process

when Amber Jean Young’s mother Pegi died, it had a dramatic effect on her artistic process. “There was a real sea change in the artwork because of my mom’s passing. It didn’t really make sense to continue the trajectory I had been on anymore.” – She said. When she is going through hard times, the daughter of the singer always turns to her brush and paint to express her emotions.

“ I just made patterns and it kind of soothed me through it” -Amber said. Color and pattern had also helped Amber’s mother during a hard period in her life that occurred some years prior to her diagnosis. This process of memory and healing eventually evolved into an exhibition, entitled “Pegi’s Garden,” which Amber Jean Young dedicated to her mother. 

Neil Young’s daughter held a solo art exhibition from March through April of 2022 at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, California. The art exhibition both commemorated her mother, Pegi and also raised funds for ovarian cancer research. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Amber’s paintings was donated to Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, and Pegi’s siblings matched that sum, resulting in a gift of more than $14,000. 

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