Professional Experience
2009 – Present
509 Cultural Center
Gallery Assistant and Marketing Specialist
2018 - Present
Director and Co Curator at Swim Gallery
Curatorial, Solo and Group Exhibition Experience
2024
Residency at SF Space Program
Residency at CAST
Mural for Gateway Highschool
Curated Shed Light Group Exhibition at Yucci Outlet
2023
Awarded the Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation
BedStuy Art Residency Show at La Mama Gallery
Fleishhacker Small project Grante
2022
Featured in a group show Creative Resilience (LA) featuring Shepard Fairey, Carlos Ramirez, El Mac and more
Lyfe In a Strange Land Solo Exhibition, Void Gallery SF (october)
Curator of Saltfish (18 person group show at New Image Art, LA)
Started a Clothing Brand, YUCCI
2021
Curator of Ginga (35 person group show)
along side a Solo Exhibition Battle of the Long Necks at Chandran Gallery (SF), May
Beginning Production for debut film, Lyfe in a Strange Land, September
2020
Published Ramen Forever This riotous, visually-saturated celebration of ramen, produced and curated by San Francisco-based urban artist Yarrow Slaps, is a one-of-a-kind work, produced in a limited edition of 1000 copies. With art, recipes, and stories contributed by more than 70 artists, as well as renowned cooks and food writers, it embraces ramen in an astonishing array of forms.
Tosa Studio Awardee alongside Auction (fort mason, SF)
2018
Curator of MonSTARS feat. (Marcela Pardo Ariza, Kat Geng, Laura Rokas and Sofie Ramos) (March at Swim Gallery)
Solo exhibition at State Space Gallery (More Water) and curating a show in their back room also. Feat. (Kezia Harrell, Sean Newport, Kat Geng, Alex Gardener, Mariah GW, Monica Kim Garza, Marcela Pardo Ariza and Justin Hager)
Curator of “The House Plant Show” at Swim Gallery (group show) (May)
Curator of “Phone Culture” at Park Life, August 3rd feat. (Nathan McKee, Tara Booth, Jillian Evelyn, Alfred Vidurri 'nd Pa't Falco)
Working on an art style cookbook that features over 200 artists and chefs
2017
Lil swim (72 person group show) 't lugg'ge store g'llery featuring 'rtists like (Os Gemeos, Barry McGee and Retna) (May)
Artist Residency @ Bed-Stuy art residency, NY 4 weeks in (July)
Double solo exhibition w/ Erlin Geffrard “Yee Yee Cries of ' Lost Tribe” at New Image Art Gallery, LA featured in Juxtapoz and via @love.watts (August)
Cur'tor of “Kah-MEEL-E-YUN” at Pro Arts G'llery in Oakland. Winner of their cur'tor residency. Feat. (Anthony Torrano, Kat Geng, Lana Licata, Marie J Engelsvold, Muzae Sesay, Olivia Krause, Kate Dash and Marcela Pardo Ariza)
Curator of “The Gathering” at Shambahla feat. (Carmen Mcnall, Rich Fonseca, Dustin Fosnot, Kyle Knobel, Rye Purvis, Becca Barolli and Br'ndon Splaner) (October)
“Illegal” group show curated by Kal Spelletich and Alicia McCarthy. I h'd 2 works in this, at luggage store gallery, (November)
2016
Swimmin' in the Playground
Co-Curated with Auguste Somers (SWIM) 36 person group show
Fifty24sfgallery, San Francisco
Hawaii Swim 5.0, Curator
Co-Curated with Auguste Somers (SWIM), 32 person group show
New Image Art, Los Angeles
2015
De Young Museum Artist in Residence Program
Every month the museum invites artists to install and demonstrate their art form at the de Young. This interactive program enables visitors to meet artists and gives the artists an opportunity to work with the public.
Get this Power, Solo Exhibition
New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Curated by Marsea Goldberg
Swim 1, Curator
Co-Curated with Auguste Somers (SWIM), 39 person group show
New Image Art Gallery
Candy Paint II, Curator
509 Culture Center’s Luggage Store Gallery
Co-curated with Rye Purvis and Michelle Guintu
2014
Mimi Mansion Show, Group Exhibition
Guerrero Gallery
Three works exhibited
Chilled Air, Group Exhibition
Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles
Curated by Luke Pelletier and Austin England
Six works submitted; performed live music set
Champagne, Curator
Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento
Curated 16-person group show; performed live music set
Naivism, Group Exhibition
Galerie Wolfsen, Denmark
Mural project, solo artist
Guerrero Gallery
Keith and Thomas Streets, San Francisco
2013
Candy Paint, Curator
509 Culture Center’s Luggage Store Annex in the Tenderloin
Group show with artists including Rye Purvis and Michelle Guintu
Tonight We Fight, Group Exhibition
New Image Art Gallery
Curated by Luke Pelletier
Locals Only, Group Exhibition
RVCA, San Francisco
One piece; performed live music set
One Foot on a Banana Peel, Group Exhibition
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL
Curated by Luke Pelletier
Cajun Rice, Curator
Luggage Store Satellite project at 457 Haight St.
Featuring Michelle Guintu, Rye Purvis, Cate White, Kool Kid Kreyola, Luke Pelletier, Lola Rose Thompson and Pat Falco
2012
People in the Crosswalk, solo show
Busy Being, Austin, TX
First solo show curated by Amber Abramson who found my work at 2011’s ArtPad
2011
ArtPad, Phoenix Hotel
Helped curate and install Luggage Store Gallery’s hotel room exhibition space
2009
Jumbo Prawns Art Club, Curator
Luggage Store Gallery
Curated a show with artists Scatha Allison, Jason Dunman and Julian Prince Dash in which the artists created their studio inside of the gallery
Bibliography
“Portfolio Review: Yarrow Slaps Shares His Paintings of Rappers, Artists, and Cultural Icons.” Leigh Silver. Complex.com. May 22, 2014
ABOUT
Born in an art family it became a way to express myself in anyway
possible. It started out through music and continues to, but i came to be
inspired by the same thing that i once turned away from. ART!
Through art i strive to show the good side of people. I paint portraits of
people that most look down on and paint them in a glorious peaceful
manner. Living in a city like San Francisco i have been exposed to
multiple lifestyles and ways of thought. To know that you know nothing
is a beautiful thing in itself. I am not trying to make people think a certain
way about my art instead, just to show another way/side. Paint has been
bringing people together for centuries, changing minds and perception,
sparking new mentalities and adopting foreign technique. What you see
on the wall is exactly what you see. I am intrigued with color, i feel like
there are never enough colors, so i use as many colors schemes as i can
and order them in an unorderly way. Society has made me a multitasker,
someone that is always looking 360 degrees. Someone that has heard
enough and wants to try for themself. Someone that is curious and
passionate, and wants to share good vibes. Painting is a great way to calm
down in a world that demands you to move. Some stay stagnet, some
keep up and others wish to GO. I am someone that wishes to go, to hear,
to see and use my senses. I am inspired by the weather which puts me in
many deja vu like mind states. And while everyone is out having fun and
I'm hearing the sounds of nightlife i am comforted by a music mix and the
intense focus of precision and conquest. The way old school adventurers
and native peoples set out into the world is the way i approach art. To
not stay too long in a comfort zone but to keep searching. I suppose my
inspiration and reason for painting will always change and rotate like the
planet we share. My choice of mediums at this point are mainly acrylics
and sometimes gouache, spraypaint or watercolors. The surfaces i like to
work on are canvas, wood panels, foam and whatever else i see that looks interesting.