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Contemporary Art El Salvador
Y.ES is a program of the Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech Foundation.
Philanthropists Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech
Y.ES creates opportunities for outstanding Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance
their practice and engage with artists, curators, collectors, gallerists and the media
within and outside El Salvador.
Artist Simon Vega sharing his work with curator Mari Carmen Ramirez and the Museum of Fine ArtS, Houston Latin Maecenas group
Programming includes professional development, studio visits, exhibition and
public programming, publications and residencies.
New York/Tel Aviv artist Naama Tsabar presenting her work at a talk hosted in partnership with the Spanish Cultural Center in San Salvador
Y.ES’s annual Art Trips invite art professionals from around the world to
visit El Salvador for a week-long immersive experience of learning and exchange.
PRIMARY team Books Bischoff and Cristina Gonzalez in a studio visit with artist Danny Zavaleta
Art professionals are selected through an open call and include curators,
museums directors, artists, historians and critics.
Curator Gean Moreno visiting Salvadoran design team The Carrot Concept
Invited art professionals participate in professional development workshops with
local artists providing feedback and presenting their own practice.
These workshops promote cross border and cross cultural
understanding and collaboration.
Top: Artist Mark Dion speaks with artists Crack Rodriguez, Poker, Mauricio Esquivel and Antonio Mena Below: The Contemporary, Baltimore director Deana Haggag presents on “Alternative Ways of Showing”
Y.ES alumni
2016 Max Weintraub
Luisa Fuentes Guaza Óscar Díaz
Jaime Cerón Omar Lopez Chahoud
2015 Mark Dion
Dana Sherwood Deana Haggag Ginerva Shay
Lu Zhang Mari Carmen Ramirez and the MFA, Houston Latin Maecenas Committee
Naama Tsabar Rocio Aranda Alvarez
2014 Gean Moreno
Books Bischoff Cristina Gonzalez Tami Katz Freiman
and more…
Mari Carmen Ramirez and Rachel Mohl meeting artist Ronald Moran in his studio after acquiring his work for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Y.ES Talks
Talks are hosted in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center in San Salvador.
All Y.ES Talks are live streamed.
2015 Mark Dion
Dana Sherwood Deana Haggag Naama Tsabar Marlov Barrios Gean Moreno
Top: Mark Dion presenting his work at a talk hosted in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center in San Salvador. His wife and collaborator Dana Sherwood (left) also presented her work
Y.ES Exhibitions
2015 “Transgressions” at 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami
“Closing Distances,” a selection from the Mario Cader-Frech collection at
1111 Lincoln Road, Miami
Top: Naama Tsabar performing at the opening of “Transgressions”, the official launch exhibition of Y.ES Below: Y.ES Curator Lucas Arevalo testing an installation by Kevin Baltazar before the opening of Y.ES
2015 Traveling exhibition
“Relocating SAL” at BROTKunsthalle Vienna, Austria, made possible with support from Ernst Hilger
Ronald Moran’s “Knife” and Ernesto Bautista’s “Massas” on view as part of “Relocating SAL,” an exhibition curated by Y.ES team Claire Breukel and Lucas Arevalo at BROTKunsthalle in Vienna
2015 MARTE Contemporary exhibitions
Naama Tsabar “Propagation Opus 8” Marlov Barrios “Médulas” Kudzanai Chuirai “Iyeza”
“10” MARTE Contemporary anniversary Abigail Reyes “Buena Fortuna”
The full list of MARTE Contemporary exhibitions from 2005-2015 is available on the website www.martecontemporary.org
Simon Vega’s spacecraft installation and Danny Zavaleta’s tablecloth embroidered with gang symbols on view at MARTE as part of MARTE Contemporary’s 10 year anniversary exhibition
Y.ES Collect Contemporary El Salvador
Published by the Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech Foundation and edited
by Claire Breukel and Simón Vega, this 150-page hardcover is the first publication to introduce contemporary Salvadoran art
to the wider art community.
Y.ES Collect Contemporary El Salvador
The publication features interviews with Alanna Heiss, Alanna Lockward, Amy Cappellazzo, Bonnie Clearwater, Brandi Reddick, Celia Birbragher, Christy Turlington Burns, Ella
Fontanals-Cisneros, Elvis Fuentes, Ernst Hilger, Dr. Harper Montgomery, Irvin Morazan, José Ruiz, Kency Cornejo, Marc Spiegler, Maria
Bonta de la Pezuela, Mauro Herlitzka, Mayra Barraza, Patricia Gardner Amare, Ronald Moran, RETNA, Roberto Galicia, Roger
Atwood, Sam Keller, Simón Vega, Tom Healy, Walterio Iraheta and Zelika Garcia.
The book was designed by Miami /El Salvador team Jacober & Associates.
Y.ES Book Talks
2015 Independent Curators International, New York
Museum of Fine Art, Houston
2014 Salon, Art Basel Miami Beach
Books and Books Coral Gables, Miami MARTE, San Salvador
Top: Mari Carmen Ramirez interviewing Simon Vega, Claire Breukel and Mario Cader-Frech Below: Art Basel Chairman Sam Keller (center), speaking with Tom Healy, Mario Cader-Frech, Claire Breukel and Simon Vega about being in, and making, the Y.ES book.
Y.ES Book
To access a wider audience, the publication was translated to Spanish and made available
on iTunes as an e-book for $4.99.
Hardcover books in English are available for purchase at Books and Books in Miami, Babalu
in Miami and through ArtNexus online.
All proceeds support Y.ES programming
Launched in 2016, Y.ES Grants award artists support to see projects and residency
opportunities to fruition.
A peace game between former “guerrillas” and Salvadoran military in the region of Perquin, organized by artist collective The Fire Theory. The game was inspired by an artist research trip sponsored by Y.ES
Y.ES Network
Y.ES is building a database of Salvadoran artists from around the world and
cultivating interest in contemporary art from and about El Salvador.
Top: Gallerist Ernst Hilger, the Austrian ambassador to El Salvador Carmen María Gallardo Hernández, exhibition curators Lucas Arevalo and Claire Breukel with the ambassador’s team members. Below: The Ambassador and her staff reading about Simon Vega’s spacecraft sculpture
teamContemporary Art El Salvador
Mario Cader-Frech Businessman & Philanthropist
Robert Wennett Businessman & Philanthropist
Carolina Alvarez-Mathies Director of Communications at El Museo del Barrio
Simon Vega International Artist
Mayra Barraza Director, Salarrue National Gallery of El Salvador
Y.ES Founding Council-members
Claire Breukel Director & Curator
Lucas Arevalo Curator
Luis Ibarra Logistics Advisor
Abigail Reyes Communication Advisor
Walterio Iraheta Communication Advisor
Y.ES Staff-members
pressContemporary Art El Salvador
EL SALVADOR
32 ReVista SPRING 2016 IMAGE COURTESY OF RONALD MORAN
Ronald Moran Installation view of Home Sweet Home, 2004 Prometheus Foundation, Lucca, Italy
Harvard Revista magazine, March 2016
Harvard Revista magazine, March 2016
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Y.ES Partners
“Y.ES strives to support artists working both in El Salvador and those part of its vast Diaspora through meaningful
curated programming focused on exchange and partnerships, and by facilitating cross border
communication.”
- Mario Cader-Frech