Rio Yañez

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

Rio Yañez
Born1980 (age 40–41)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Known forCurator, artist
Parents
Websiterioyanez.com

Biography

Rio Yañez was born in 1980 at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California to artists Yolanda M. 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. "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. 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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