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

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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