New Illuminations is a project by Suzi Banks Baum in collaboration with HAYP Pop Up Gallery. This is a multi-component project that aims to empower women, their voices and their personal embodied experiences through book making practice and storytelling. EXHIBIT DATES: Friday, November 18 – Monday, November 28. Open every day from 11am to 9pm. FREE ENTRANCE. LOCATION: … Continue reading HAYP 8.0: New Illuminations

MURAL INAUGURATION AT THE ICA AND EXHIBITION CURATED BY HAYP POP UP GALLERY ICA Yerevan & HAYP Pop Up Gallery present SAMVEL SAGHATELIAN August 26 – September 26, 2016 Location: Institute of Contemporary Art Yerevan 48 Fizkulturnikner St, Yerevan http://www.ica.am Opening night: Friday, November 26 at 19:00 Click here to sign up to the Facebook … Continue reading HAYP 7.0: LOVE ICA

We’re always on the move! HAYP Pop Up Gallery is already planning for 3 exhibitions in the first half of 2016.

The exhibition title is a play on the colloquial Armenian term for labia, ամոթաշուրթեր (amotashurter), or, “lips of shame”. The term itself embodies a disturbed vision of female sexuality, which we aim to confront. The exhibit intends to examine perceptions of femininity and notions of sexual identity as seen from women within the context of a male-centric culture.

“Enter Through The Smoke Shop” marks HAYP Pop Up Gallery’s fifth exhibition, our last of 2015 (more to come next year), and our first solo artist show. The exhibit features Samvel Saghatelian’s graphic work from a series called “Political and Personal Protest Signs”. The signs take a playful formalistic approach to the contrasting forms of Latin and Armenian letters. They are graphically minimalistic and conceptually complex. Their message is bold: at times erotic and other times political. Samvel aims to provoke…

In October 2015, we had the crazy idea of doing an art take-over of the Yerevan-Gyumri train… and so we did! Thanks to the generous sponsoring of APAGA Technologies, HAYP Pop Up Gallery presented “IN MOTION”, an Art Installation & Performance in the Yerevan-Gyumri train, from October 29 to November 1. During those 4 days, the old-fashion train was completely transformed into an art gallery that welcomed dance, theater and other experimental art performances…

The depths of water have long been mysterious to man, holding the power for both creation and destruction. Armenia itself has a complex history concerning water dragons and serpents, the result of cross-fertilization among Zoroastrianism, folk epic, and Christian narratives. For HAYP Pop Up Gallery’s 3rd exhibition “The Scale of Life”, six artists reinterpreted mythological water symbols from their contemporary standpoint.

Nowadays we’re increasingly “connected” to our devices, social networks, and the wealth of information available online. Yet despite all of these efforts, sometimes it feels as though we’ve lost a meaningful sense of connection to our peers and surroundings. In HAYP’s second exhibit, artists are taking a closer look at the contradictions found in their contemporary environment.

Context & Perspective was our gallery’s very first exhibit, back in December 2014! In this collective exhibit, nine artists explored the relationship between context and perspective. Our worldview is shaped by our culture, upbringing, and personal experiences; each one of us has a unique perspective. The exhibit asks “what is YOUR frame of mind” and encourages dialogue, understanding, and open-mindedness through the artists’ creative looking glass.