Gavril Pop (b. 1998, Timișoara, lives and works in Timișoara) works around the building of perception systems and visual languages. Guided by subconscious impulses, he explores and reconfigures these elements to configure new meanings and stories. Using discarded materials, such as book covers, maps, textiles, or paper, Gavril gives them a new life, combining pre-existing marks with his own geometric language and symbols. His process aims to turn these signs into visual sentences, reflecting a continuous exploration of meaning, narrative, and self-interpretation, while emphasizing processes of learning and arcane knowledge systems. The work is conceived as an ongoing process, a method of interacting with elements of the world and translating those observations into indexes. Each piece functions as an index, suggesting a next step in a process comparable to writing. The works gradually unfold in a simple, perceptible manner.
At this moment, the main focus of his practice dwells in the study of religions, belief systems, and violence. The exploration of religious experience resides within a realm of deconstruction, drawing parallels to gnostic and mystical scriptures, primarily in a formal sense. These texts serve as tools for examining identity, uncovering marginal histories, and speculating on possible futures.
Selected Projects:
2025 – I Had Made So Great an Effort to Talk to Myself of a Hell Without Words, Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Berlin together with IVAN Gallery, Berlin (duo show with Giulia Crețulescu);
2025 – _Silent_Void_Stillness, MATCA, Cluj (group show);
2025 – ArtEncounters Biennale, Timișoara, Romania (group exhibition);
2025 – Convulsion Ltd.: Drops on a Hot Plate, TRIUMF AMIRIA. Museum of Queer Culture, Bucharest (group show);
2025 – Residency at Potato Publishing at Salzamt Linz, part of the After Hours Work Club collective, Linz, Austria;
2024 – Hortus Conclusus, French Cultural Institute, Timișoara (group show);
2024 – Bye-Bye Confidence, IVAN Gallery, Bucharest (group exhibition);
2024 – Variables as Absence of Uniformity, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (group exhibition);
2024 – Buckle up! Strong winds ahead!, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm (group exhibition, on behalf of INDECIS Artist-Run Space);
2023 – THE TWIST. Five Provincial Stories from an Empire, group exhibition, curators Călin Dan and Celia Gyka;
2023 – 1:1, IVAN Gallery, Bucharest (duo show with Giulia Crețulescu);
2023 – Collegium, Institute of the Present – historical research scholarship focused on the 90s regional art scene;
2022 – IF A STORY IS PRESENT, Art Encounters Foundation, Timișoara (group exhibition, coordinated by Yanne Calovsky and Hristina Ivanoska);
2022 – Residency – Niki ev, Hannover, Germany (6-week residency, in collaboration with the Art Encounters Foundation).
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Since 2024, Gavril has been represented by Ivan Gallery in Bucharest. He is also part of three artistic collectives: Indecis Artist-Run (Timisoara), Balamuc (together with Ana Kun, Livia Coloji, Razvan Cornici, Lucian Brabu), and afterhoursworkclub, an independent, long-distance printing collective formed together with Lucian Barbu, Melinda Ureczky, and Dariana Ilie.
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