Dave Yoas: Individually Twisted

Artwork: Dave Yoas, Jungle Bettys, tin collage, 31 x 26 x 5; Photo: Philip Cohen

Featured Exhibition May 28th - July 10th, 2021

Work Now Available Online

---

Transmission Gallery is pleased to present Dave Yoas: Individually Twisted; see it IRL through July 10th.  

Yoas is not shy about tweaking potentially loaded subjects or venturing into raucous territory in these wildly imaginative and colorful cut tin collage pieces. The work invites a careful viewing to take in the complexities, revel in the imagery and discover the hidden surprises. Of special note is So Shoot Me, an extravagant lighted cut tin shooting gallery piece, reminiscent of carnival shooting galleries, chock full of heroes, villains and sidekicks.  Richly evocative, this piece sets up a fascinating sense of glee, counterbalanced with the discomfort of recognizing historic paragons of virtue lined up with the world's worst villains as equal opportunity targets, just for fun. That kind of edge runs throughout the exhibition, holding the work open to layers of meaning; everything is not as it seems at first glance.

With 12 pieces in the show, here's a sneak peek of Dave Yoas' cut tin work:

details of Nice Pears, Life Cycle of Clowns, Maid to Order, Jungle Bettys, Mary Makers Burlesque, and Home's Cookin'

More about Dave Yoas

Largely self taught, Dave Yoas started out as an artist making ceramic sculpture. Intrigued by hand stamped tin along the way, he eventually found his creative passion in the imagery and process of assembling tin collage, a passion he's pursued for more than 2o years.   12 of those tin collage works comprise his solo exhibition at Transmission Gallery, several of them available to the collector for the first time. 

A step into Yoas' East Bay studio is a step into a wonderland of cartoon characters, marketing icons, aliens, dinosaurs, the wild kingdom, carnival strongmen, clowns, and flamboyantly pretty women. From this riotous cacophony of image and color, Yoas deftly pulls out the bits and pieces he needs just so and, wearing cut-gloves and long sleeves, he goes to work.

Inspired by the turn of a phrase, a twist on a theme or the color and pattern printed on tin toys, cans, trays, or boxes, he painstakingly snips away, releasing the parts he needs next. Ultimately the work comes together in a 3-d or dimensional tableau that is so satisfying to see in the real. Though detail photos begin to communicate a sense of the physicality of the work, it's well worth experiencing in person.

C.V:
​Play Time, featured artist, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2023
Comfortably Numb, Uma Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2023
Through the Looking Glass, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2023
BOP, The Dime/T.F. Projects, Chicago, IL, 2023
Pint Size, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Connections, Artist Alliance, Berkeley, CA, 2022
Form and Color, Marinwood Fall Art Show Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2022
Art to Amuse and Delight, Falkirk Gallery, San Rafael, CA, 2022
Through Artists’ Eyes, Marinwood Spring Art Show Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2022
The Tin Men (Two-man show), Sanchez Gallery, Pacifica, CA, 2022
Vices, National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2022
Reclamation, Dave Yoas, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA, 2022
Individually Twisted, featured artist, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2021
New Work, Marinwood Spring Art Show Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2021
The Pleasure of Color, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2021
Wild Dreams of a New Beginning, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2021
Fragments, A National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Featured Artist, At Home Folk Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 2020
Sanctuary, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2020
Home, Marinwood Fall Art Show, Marinwood, CA, 2020
Small Footprint, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA, 2020
Dave Yoas, Work Station, Berkeley, CA, 2019
Cars, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2019
Home, Marinwood Fall Art Show, Marinwood, CA, 2019
Enchanted Realm, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, 2019
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 2019    
Everyday Objects, Marinwood Spring Art Show Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2019 
Twelve x Three, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2019
Elements, A National Fine Arts Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, 2019
Poe Show Invitational, Wheeling Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, 2018
Walking the Line, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2018
Tin is the New Black, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, 2018
Inspired Works, Marinwood Art Show and Wine Tasting Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2018
Small Pairs, Marinwood Spring Art Show Invitational, Marinwood, CA, 2018
Marinwood Spring Art Show Invitational Favorite Works, Marinwood, CA, 2017
Sacred and Profane, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Various Works, Hair Gallery, Albany, CA, 2016
Reclamation, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA 2015
Members Show - Spotlight Artist, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2015
See video of Dave Yoas’ artwork in the Spotlight show here.
Dirty Show, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI, 2010
Turf, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2002
California State Fair, (Representing Marin County), Sacramento, CA, 2001  
Fine Arts, Marin County Fair, Marin, CA, 2000-2019
Static Dance of the Neotribalistic Tattooed Carnival Puppets, Triangle Tattoo Museum, Fort Bragg, CA, 1998
Dave Yoas Did This, Display Case, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA, 1994
Best From East Bay Community Colleges, Hayward State University Art Gallery, Hayward, CA, 1993  
Heavy Metal/Punk/Barbarian, Sanchez Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1993
All Creatures Great and Small, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, 1993
Faux Primitive, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA, 1992

---