WHYP / The artist

Nice to meet you, I’m Yuval.

I make art at the meeting point of street culture, classical form and traditional craft—built to be felt before it is explained.

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Yuval standing behind his illuminated stained-glass Burning Bush installation
Yuval with The Burning Bush, 2025

One language, many worlds.

We live in a time where everything happens at once. Modernization and technology move at a pace that is often hard to keep up with, leading us into a world that is loud, multi-layered and deeply multicultural. Within this chaos, I search for a single line that can unite us through one universal language.

This is why I bridge different worlds in my work—fusing Pop Art and Street Art with Classical Art and traditional craft. At our core, we are all made of the same matter. Art should serve every one of us.

A blue and violet faceted figure painted by WHYP across an orange urban wall as people pass by
Work in the public sphere Street art / WHYP

When light meets glass, the image changes.

My work is characterized by an idealization of imagery and color, and by the drama that unfolds when light meets glass. My goal is to make art accessible—grounded and heartfelt—while remaining uncompromising in its quality.

Instead of soft lines, I express reality through sharp facets. Each facet carries a different tone; only through their calculated combination is a figure built and given depth. Deconstruction and assembly let me release what I think I know about an image and meet it again as material.

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Light is a material
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Every facet carries tone
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Breakage becomes structure
A faceted stained-glass face held up to warm daylight
A small amber and red stained-glass flame study held against an evening sky

Glass in space.

Two recent bodies of work place fracture, light and spiritual presence at the center.

Visitors viewing Yuval's stained-glass figures in the Breaks and Reassembles exhibition
Aug 2025 — Jan 2026 Exhibition 01

Breaks and Reassembles

An exploration of the delicate tension between destruction and creation. Glass is intentionally fractured, then joined with lead and solder. The scars become the most vital part of the composition: repair as structure, not concealment.

The illuminated Burning Bush stained-glass installation glowing red and amber against a blue wall
Oct — Dec 2025 Exhibition 02

Focal Point

A re-contextualization of stained glass within a Jewish narrative. The Burning Bush turns light into the protagonist, layering non-repeating shapes and varied transparencies to translate the restless movement of a flame into glass.

Tahiya 14 art complex

“My dream is to reach every corner of the globe, speaking one unified language through emotion—accessible art.”

— Yuval
A monumental pink faceted-figure mural painted by WHYP on an industrial wall

Art belongs in daily life.

The practice moves between the public wall, the gallery and the domestic space. Scale and medium may change, but the aim remains constant: make a direct emotional connection through color, form and light.