René Yañez, Date of Birth, Date of Death

René Yañez

Artist, curator, and activist of the San Francisco Bay Area Chicano art movement

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1942

Date of Death: 29-May-2018

Profession: artist, curator, painter, activist

Nationality: United States, Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

René Yañez (19 September 1942 – 29 May 2018) was a Mexican-American painter, assemblage artist, performance artist, curator and community activist located in San Francisco, California.
He was a well-known contributor to the arts of San Francisco and is a founder of Galería de la Raza, a non-profit community focused gallery that features Latino and Chicano artists and their allies.
In the early 1970s, he was one of the first curators in the United States to introduce Mexico's Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) as a contemporary focus and an important cultural celebration.