Yaron Michael Hakim (b. 1980 Bogotá, Colombia) lives and works in Los Angeles. Hakim received an MFA from the University of California (Irvine, CA) in 2013 and a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002. Hakim has had recent solo exhibitions at Sargent’s Daughters (Los Angeles, CA), California State University (Sacramento, CA), Grand Central Art Center (Santa Ana, CA), Herrnando’s Hideaway (Miami, FL) and LAXART (Los Angeles, CA). His work has been included in group exhibitions at California State University (San Francisco, CA), Praz-Delavallade (Los Angeles, CA), Art+Chateau (Ladoix-Serrigny, France), The Pit (Los Angeles, CA), BBQLA (Los Angeles, CA); and at The Box (Los Angeles, CA), among others.

His forthcoming artist book, Yaron Michael Hakim: Psittaciformes will be published with Grand Central Art Center and X Artists’ Books in September 2023, with an essay by John Spiak (Director/Chief Curator at Grand Central Art Center), text by poet Amy Gerstler, and a conversation with José Luis Blondet (MoCA Senior Curator). Hakim currently teaches painting at Otis College of Art and Design and the University of Southern California. He is represented by Sargent’s Daughters.