Yehor Hrybovych

For Yehor Hrybovych, painting is not about perfection—it’s about the tension between control and surrender. Born in 1995 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Yehor grew up in a city defined by its raw industrial landscape, a setting that naturally seeped into his artistic language. From an early age, he was drawn to the immediacy of creation, where the stroke of a brush—or the spray of a can—could transform a surface into something unpredictable, something alive. His artistic journey began with street art, where walls became both his canvas and his playground. Graffiti taught him to embrace spontaneity, to work with the elements rather than against them. That energy never left his practice. Even as his work evolved from urban expressionism into painting, illustration, and graphic design, it carried with it the same sense of immediacy—of action meeting accident. A graduate of the Faculty of Arts at KNU, Yehor sees his work as an ongoing experiment, a space where order and chaos collide. His paintings are built on layers—thick, textured brushstrokes meet delicate, almost hesitant lines. Abstract forms dissolve into figurative elements, only to blur once more, leaving room for interpretation. His aesthetic is rough, unpolished, and intentionally careless—a visual language that invites the viewer to complete the narrative. One of his defining themes is imperfection as beauty. His works carry a rawness that resists easy categorization. Every drip, every unintended stroke, every contrast between softness and aggression serves a purpose. He is interested in the fragility of balance—the moments where instinct overrides precision. Through exhibitions in Ukraine and beyond, Yehor’s art continues to challenge how we see both chaos and control. His paintings are not just visual statements; they are conversations in motion, shifting and reshaping with each viewing.