RUGIYATOU YLVA JALLOW

Born 1990, Stockholm, Sweden

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

contact@rugiyatou.com | rugiyatou.com

EDUCATION

2016 A.A. Computer Animation, Glendale College, Los Angeles, CA

2010 A.A. Graphic Design, Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Business, Nacka Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden

RESIDENCIES

2023-24 Mack Art Foundation, New York, NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Roots and Realms, NeueHouse, Los Angeles, CA

2023 And Her Eyes Were Held by the Sun, Albertz Benda, New York, NY

2023 Days of Daydreams, F2T Gallery, Milan, Italy

2023 Find Her on the Trail of Truth, Albertz Benda, New York, NY

2022 Uppväxten i Sverige, Carl Kostyál / Hospitalet, Stockholm, Sweden

2022 The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY

SELECTED ART FAIRS

2026 Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, Albertz Benda

2025 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK, Albertz Benda

2024 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK, Albertz Benda

2023 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL, Albertz Benda

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Black voices/black microcosm, Ross-Sutton Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2025 ten: an anniversary, Albertz Benda, New York, NY

2025 Creative Confluence, PhillipsX, Los Angeles, CA

2025 Beautiful Scars, Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2024 Twilight/Prelude, Albertz Benda, New York, NY

2024 Diane von Furstenberg Flagship & Gallery, New York, NY

2024 Déjà Vu, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023 New Contemporaries, Residency Art Gallery, Inglewood, CA

2021 LA Grand Opening, Allouche Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

2026 A Day's March x Mack Art Foundation, Stockholm Art Week, Stockholm, Sweden