Vladislav Shereshevsky

I believe that art should speak freely, without fear or filters.

I’m a Ukrainian artist working primarily with figurative oil painting. My art is a mix of irony, classical references, and contemporary symbolism. I grew up in Kyiv, where I still live and work. I like to create multilayered images: at first glance they may seem humorous, but underneath there’s often something more melancholic or even uncomfortable. I draw a lot of inspiration from Renaissance masters, Ukrainian identity, and today’s absurdities — from politics to media and faith.

- Shevchenko State Art School, Kyiv, Ukraine

- Kyiv State Art Institute (now National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture), graduated in 1991

- Studied under Heorhiy Havrylenko, Vasyl Chebanik, and Halyna Halytska

- Fellowship, Ministry of Culture of Germany, 1995

Some of my biggest exhibitions include:

2025 – “Housemaster” — Triptych Art Gallery, Kyiv

2024 – "Timely?", National Museum Kyiv Art Gallery

2024 – "Sixty", White World Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv

2023 – "Kyivska Perepichka", National Museum Kyiv Art Gallery

2023 – "War. Life Goes On", Vakulenko Gallery, Kyiv

2022 – "Year of Anxiety", Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv

2022 – Participated in the "Piazza of Ukraine", Venice Biennale, Italy

2022 – "Martial Law", White World Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv

2021 – "Holiday", B.G. Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery, Lviv

2021 – "Impulsive", National Museum Kyiv Art Gallery

2020 – "Knowledge Day", White World Gallery, Kyiv

2020 – "Places", Zelena Kanapa Gallery, Lviv

2019 – "EXIT", Triptych Art Gallery, Kyiv

2019 – "POST", Shokoladnyi Budynok (branch of Kyiv Art Gallery), Kyiv

2019 – "Master? Class!", BureauArt Gallery, Sumy

2018 – "Fresh Meat", Central Artist’s House, Kyiv

2017 – "My Ukraine", with V. Kharchenko, The Hague, Netherlands

2017 – "Dressed in White", White World Gallery, Kyiv

2017 – "Work", Kyiv History Museum (catalogue)

2016 – "How I Spent the Summer", Dukat Gallery, Kyiv

2016 – "Super, Super Market", Museum of Ukrainian Painting, Dnipro

2016 – ...