Y.ES Contemporary

Founded in 2000 in El Salvador
Directed by Claire Breukel

Y.ES creates opportunities for outstanding Salvadoran contemporary artists to advance their artistic practice and engage with artists, curators, collectors, gallerists and the media within and outside El Salvador.
Programming includes professional development, studio visits, exhibition and public programming, publications and residencies.
For the past fifteen years, Robert S. Wennett and Mario-Cader Frech have provided support to contemporary artists from El Salvador. This commitment began in 2000 with the coordination and support of exhibitions of Salvadoran art at the Latin American Cultural Space in Washington D.C., followed in 2004 with a partnership with the Museum of Art of El Salvador (MARTE) in San Salvador to establish their highly regarded contemporary art program, MARTE Contemporary. In 2013 the Robert S. Wennett and Mario-Cader Frech Foundation teamed up with curator Claire Breukel and artist Simon Vega to produce Y.ES Collect Contemporary El Salvador, the first publication and bilingual e-book of contemporary Salvadoran art accessible to audiences globally. In 2015, the Foundation continues its support through the initiative Y.ES focused on developing artists from El Salvador through education, exchange and ambitious programming.

ARTISTS NETWORK 
Abigail Reyes, Alexia Miranda, Antonio Romero, Beatriz Cortez, Carmen Elena Trigueros, Crack Rodriguez, Cristina Molina, Danny Zavaleta, Denise Aguilar Huezo, Domingo Castillo, Eduardo Lytton, Ernesto Bautista, Gerardo Gomez, Irvin Morazan, Jaime Izaguirre, Jose David Herrera, Karen Estrada, Karlos Carcamo, Kevin Balthazar, Lucy Tomasino, Luis Cornejo, Luis Paredes, Mayra Barraza, Mauricio Esquivel, Mauricio Linares Aguilar, Mauricio Kabistan, Melissa Guevara, Nadie, Natalia Dominguez, Oscar Diaz, Patricia Villalobos, Poker, Rafael Diaz, RETNA, Rodolfo Oviedo Vega, Rodrigo Dada, Rolando Chicas, Ronald Moran, Simon Vega, Toni Mena, Veronica Vides, Victor Hugo Portillo, Walterio Iraheta.