Yarrow Slaps is a San Francisco-born and based artist raised on the Bay Area’s multicultural politics, aesthetics, and practices. Operating at various D.I.Y. intersections, with an artistic, curatorial, and entrepreneurial approach to multimedia projects. His ethics and strategies are reflected in independently-produced projects like Ramen Forever’s blend of visual critique, writing and interviews to Lyfe In A Strange Land: a multi-genre collaborative film currently in production.  

Yarrow’s work involves deep research into race and culture. Studying the current cultural climate and finding ways to merge it with under recognized historical narratives, creating contemporary work woven within ancient fabric. 

Slaps has had Solo exhibitions at Wham Gallery, Galerie Wolfsen, De Young Museum, New Image Art, State Space & Guerrero Gallery.

As curator of Swim Gallery, Yarrow works and connects with hidden, emerging, and overlooked communities of artists and other creatives who question and challenge the traditional institutions and relationships of the contemporary art world.