Yoni & Yaniv
Yoni Kreger and Yaniv Levy are the co-creators of YGallery Salon, a fusion of their master hairstyling skills, their artistic expression and their inspiration by the community of artists in New York.
With a decade of experience teaching a new generation of hairstylists, Yoni and Yaniv are renowned in the industry for their commitment to nurturing the artist inside the stylist. After learning in salons from Beverly Hills to Tel Aviv, and getting certified by the top companies such as Vidal Sassoon, Redken and Wella, Yoni and Yaniv were most recently managers of different branches in the biggest chain of hair salons in New York City. Their global experiences not only broadened their design aesthetic, but sharpened their business acumen, promising YGallery Salon to be one of the most successful salons in the city.
Even when they're not in their salon, the drivers behind YGallery Salon are nurturing their own inner artists. Yaniv's dedication to his easel, oils and watercolors is generating a venerable collection of personal paintings, while Yoni spends every waking daylight hour away from the salon realizing his interior and exterior design visions in the countryside.
Our Featured Stylists
A fashionista at heart, Younghawk Bautista's hairstyling inspiration flows from the cutting edge fashions and creativity afficionados of New York. As an editorial hair designer whose work has been featured in magazines including M and Veil, as well as the fashion shows of designers Bill Blass and Douglas Hannant, Younghawk's trend-setting hair cutting techniques are admired by his fellow YGallery hairstylists, as well as his loyal client base. When he's not building on his skills as a Vidal Sassoon-trained hairstylist, Younghawk devotes a considerable amount of his time to fundraising charity events.
For Michelle Bonanno, hairstyling is ultimately about one thing: making clients feel fabulous. With over nine years of experience in Manhattan's largest salon chain, Michelle infuses the inspiration of SoHo's art, beauty and fashion into the unique and customary hairstyles that her clients rave about on Yelp. While she takes pride in the beauty of her loyal television star clientele, Michelle has a particular passion for styling brides, bridal parties and other special occasions.
Balance, beauty and harmony are the guiding principles for Fallon Fitzpatrick. Whether it’s the exquisite joy of creating for brides the perfect hairstyle on their special day, or achieving a look a client always wanted but deemed impossible, Fallon's innate talents have been carefully crafted over a decade of hairstyling experience. When it comes to hair, Fallon intuitively understands her client’s desires and creates beautiful looks beyond their imagination, eliciting feelings of trust and security through her communication and precision. As the quintessential SoHoian, when Fallon is not making people beautiful on the outside, she leads and plans Kundalini yoga classes and workshops to hone their inner beauty and harmony.
For Omar Otero, hairdressing is the logical nexus of fashion, performance, art and design. From photo shoots for Time Out NY, fashion shows for Alice Ritter or Ekovaruhuset, and weddings, galas and fundraisers across New York City, Omar thrives on the cutting edge of beauty trends. As a native New Yorker who has witnesed SoHo's rebirth as a center for fashion and culture, he is thrilled to bring his years of experience working in high-end downtown salons to the dynamic team at YGallery Salon.
David Rico's hairstyles-- a fusion of his passion for modern urbanity with retro chic-- have been featured in several magazines, including Cosmo, Nylon and 360. His inspirational techniques have been developed over ten years of experience, many of which he spent as an educator in the Aspen/Vail region of Colorado.
Blending American easiness with classic European sophistication, David's hairstyles are rooted in the belief that each client's look should reflect her personality without compromising her femininity, or her time.
