Opening May 2026 in Los Angeles
A Temporary
Pop-Up Exhibition Inside a Real Hospital
For a limited time, a building within the St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus in Los Angeles is transformed into a living museum of emotions.
70 Artists.
80 Hospital Rooms.
4 Floors
8 Departments
of Emotions.
70 artists from diverse creative fields take over a hospital and transforming it into an immersive artworks exploring the full spectrum of human emotion.
At Hospital of Emotions, each emotion becomes its own hospital department.
From joy and love to fear, anger, hope, sadness, gratitude and resilience.
Step Inside the Hospital of Emotions
Visitors move through the building room by room, discovering installations that transform hospital spaces into emotional environments.
Operating rooms, patient rooms, ER spaces, nurses’ stations and corridors are each taken over by a different artist.
Artists transform every part of the space - walls, ceilings, floors and furniture - creating fully immersive environments.
Open doors into unexpected emotional landscapes, where each room offers a different artistic interpretation of a human emotion.
The Building Becomes
Part of the Artwork
The exhibition takes place inside an old hospital building, temporarily transformed into a large-scale pop-up art exhibition.
Artists work with the existing architecture - corridors, patient rooms, operating rooms, nurses stations and medical spaces - using the building itself as their canvas.
Through this transformation, the hospital becomes a surreal and powerful artistic landscape.
For a limited time, the hospital itself becomes the artwork.
A Platform
for Artists
Hospital of Emotions brings together emerging and established artists working across disciplines including visual art, installation, architecture, design and street art.
Each artist receives a hospital room and transforms it into a complete immersive artwork.
The Hospital
Before the Transformation
Explore the building before it transforms into the Hospital of Emotions.
Big Things
Are Coming
to These Rooms
A Sneak Peek Behind the Hospital Doors.
Take a first look at what artists are imagining for the hospital rooms.
The
Artists
The exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists - from emerging talents to established creators.
Working across disciplines such as visual art, installation, architecture, illustration, street art, design, and set design, each artist transforms a hospital room into a unique immersive artwork inspired by a different human emotion.
Mônica Lóss | Lenny Gerard | David Otis Johnson | Anna Matsumoto | Bhumikorn Kongtaveelert | Javiera Estrada | Heather Bellino | Evan Wood | lisa waud | Jonathan Elkies | Kunna Haan | Rebecca Ann Carver | Olivia Barrionuevo- Minkin | Allison Reber | Yaara Sachs | Nathalie Auzepy | Dioz | Margüi | Madeline Verbica | DAK (David A Knudsen) | Caratoes | Dr. Maryam Trebeau | Kim Farbota | Pablo Thomas | Heriberto Gomes | Tommii Limx | Tara Rey | Michael Keppler | Alex Kemp | Alon Cohen Raz | Miran Nudell| Amit Greenberg | NYCHOS | Gil Hayun | Oshri Elmorich | Krisia kiki Powell | Mariell Guzman | John F. Malta | Jeremy Wojchihosky | Nellie Xie | Moran Sanderovich | Natalia Pavlova | Napo | KASEMONSTER | Corrie Sullivan | It’s A Living | Greg Corbino | Dmitry Kemell | Michelle Lougee | Christoph Florin | Tyler Goldfarb | Mark Girgis | Ginger Pearson | Scene Shift Collective | Adam Kyron Murillo | Leslie K Monroy | Ray Karam | Sayoko Osada | Santa Gross | Elif Sezgin | Kara Greenwell | Sandra Monty | Tim Schwartz | grisha stepanian | cosmodernism | Ro Xi Zhang | Paal Anand | Dongpu Ling | Mads Christensen | Emily Strange | Almog Sachs
About
The Project
Presented by the curatorial and creative team of House of Art and Dreams,
together with ROYVA and St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus.
Hospital of Emotions was created as a platform where established and emerging artists can present their work side by side, transforming an entire hospital building into a collective artistic experience.
The exhibition brings together creators from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, giving artists the freedom to create ambitious site-specific works within the unique architecture of the hospital building.
At the same time, the project aims to make contemporary art more accessible to the general public. By presenting art in an unexpected environment outside of traditional museums and galleries the exhibition invites a wide audience to experience art in a direct, emotional, and approachable way.
One of the most unique aspects of the project is the building itself. A place that until recently functioned as a hospital - a space of care, vulnerability, and human stories - is temporarily transformed into a large-scale pop-up exhibition.
Artists work with the existing architecture, corridors, rooms, and traces of the building's past, turning the hospital into a surreal and powerful artistic landscape.
In this exhibition, the building is not just a location - it becomes an essential part of the artwork itself.
Through this transformation, the exhibition creates a rare encounter between art, space, and emotion.
Meet The Team
Behind The Experience
House of Art and Dreams
House of Art and Dreams is a curatorial company specializing in site-specific pop-up exhibitions within buildings undergoing transformation. The team brings a cross-disciplinary approach to large-scale cultural production, merging art, design, and architecture to create immersive, site-specific experiences that expand how audiences engage with contemporary art. houseofartanddreams.com
ROYVA Group
ROYVA Group is a Los Angeles–based hospitality and design studio specializing in the transformation of overlooked properties into immersive, experiential destinations. Founded in 2019, the company develops and operates concept-driven spaces that merge architecture, atmosphere, and community-centered experiences.
St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus
The St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus marks the next chapter of one of Los Angeles’ most historic medical sites. Formerly St. Vincent Medical Center, it is being reimagined as a dedicated behavioral health facility centered on mental health, recovery, and community care. This transformation reflects a broader shift toward accessibility, dignity, and long-term support, with Hospital of Emotions underscoring the connection between environment, emotion, and lived experience.