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Kent Youngstrom by Whitley Adkins photographs by Amy Kolo
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hicago native Kent Youngstrom has lived in Charlotte for 13 years. “I’m an artist. I used to say not the tortured kind, but I absolutely am tortured,” he says. “I love what I do, and I’m not going to apologize for doing it a lot, because I enjoy it. I want to create something for people that means something to them.” Kent also creates art for Crate & Barrel and just finished a collaboration with Hudson Jeans. We visited Kent at his local studio to learn more about his one-of-akind personal style. “This is my live-work environment. It’s my studio. It’s where everything I have is,” Kent says. Follow him on Instagram @KentYoungstrom or visit kentyoungstrom.com to view his latest works. Comments have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
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