Rio Yañez
Born1980 (age 43–44)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Known forCurator, artist
Parents
Websiterioyanez.com

Rio Yañez (born in 1980) is an American curator and artist.[1] He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Biography

Rio Yañez was born in 1980 at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California to artists Yolanda Lopez and René Yañez.[2][3] His parents separated after a few years but they remained as neighbors in the same building in the Mission District in San Francisco.[3] Yañez attended California Institute of the Arts and received a BFA degree in 2005. Rio and René Yañez collaborated on art for many years, starting in 2005.[4] He has been active with his art at Galeria de la Raza, SOMArts, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, among others.[5]

Yañez was a member of the food-based art group The Great Tortilla Conspiracy making tortilla art, other members include Joseph "Jos" Sances, René Yañez, and Art Hazelwood.[6][7]

In 2014, Rio Yañez moved to the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland.[5] After his father passed away in 2018, Rio took up the role as co-curator of the annual Día de los Muertos in the Mission District.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Rio Yañez". NPN/VAN 2017 Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  2. ↑ Davalos, Karen Mary (2008). Yolanda López. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780895511102.
  3. 1 2 "Campfire: Eviction Community Stories". shapingsf.org. Shaping San Francisco. 2014. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  4. ↑ Kost, Ryan (2018-05-31). "René Yañez, leader in the Bay Area Chicano art movement, dies at 75". SFGATE. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  5. 1 2 Cordova, Cary (2017-05-04). The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 245, 234–235. ISBN 978-0-8122-9414-9.
  6. ↑ "Advice to Young Artists: René Yáñez". Mission Local. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  7. ↑ Romo, Terezita; Ramos, E. Carmen; Zapata, Claudia E.; Reinoza, Tatiana (2020). ¡Printing the Revolution!: The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now. Princeton University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-691-21080-3.
  8. ↑ Li, Grace Z. (2020-10-22). "Celebrating Day of the Dead in a Year of Grief". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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