Yaron Michael Hakim lives and works in Los Angeles. Hakim received an MFA from the University of California, Irvine in 2013 and a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002. Hakim has exhibited in Europe and the United States and recently had solo exhibitions at Herrnando's Hideaway in Miami (2018) and LAXART, Los Angeles (2016). He has been included in group shows at Art+Chateau, Ladoix-Serrigny, France (2020), The Pit, Los Angeles (2019), BBQLA, Los Angeles (2018); and at The Box, Los Angeles (2017), among others.