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Gamlet Zinkivskyi | |
|---|---|
| Гамлет Зіньківський | |
| Born | 1986 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Known for | Street art, illustration, painting, sculpture |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| Website | |
Gamlet Zinkivskyi
editGamlet Zinkivskyi (Ukrainian: Гамлет Зіньківський; born 1986 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian artist renowned for his street art and monochrome graphic works integrating text as a conceptual core. He also works in illustration, sculpture, ready-mades, painting, photography, and artist books. His minimalistic public artworks have become a distinct feature of Kharkiv's urban landscape and appear in cities throughout Ukraine. Thematically, his art reflects identity, memory, resistance, and everyday life.[1][2]
Biography
editZinkivskyi was born in Kharkiv in 1986 and studied Monumental Painting at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts.[1] He has lived and worked predominantly in Kharkiv, continuing to create despite ongoing conflict in the city.
In 2007, he became a member of the Artistsʼ Union of Ukraine (Youth group), and in 2008, joined the Youth group of the Kharkiv Municipal Gallery. He was shortlisted for the PinchukArtCentre Prize in both 2009 and 2011.[3][4]
Zinkivskyi is also an ambassador for the Superhumans Center, a Ukrainian medical facility specializing in the rehabilitation of military personnel and civilians affected by war.
Artistic Career
editStreet Art and Public Works
editZinkivskyi began creating street art around the year 2000, and has produced over 150 works in Kharkiv alone. Many are located in courtyards and archways, which he calls “street art for people of the rain.” His style is characterized by black and white imagery and typographic wordplay, often carrying philosophical messages.[2]
On the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European External Action Service (EEAS) decorated its façade with an artwork by Zinkivskyi. The EU stated: "The EU stands with Ukraine for peace through strength." #24Feb2022 #StandWithUkraine.[5]
International Exhibitions
editIn 2013, he represented Ukraine at the 53rd Venice Biennale, presenting Alone with Oneself and The Book of People.[1]
“365” Projects & War Context
editZinkivskyi has maintained a "365" project since 2013, creating a daily drawing. In 2023, the sixth iteration, titled Unfinished, was exhibited at Yermilov Centre in early 2024.[6]
During the full-scale Russian invasion, he stayed in Kharkiv, converting bombed walls into murals.[7] Today he is supporting both soldiers and civil soociety through his art.[8]
Selected Projects
editExhibitions
editSelected Solo Exhibitions
edit- Nothing Extra, M17 (2019)
- Grounding, Brodskogo Museum (2020)
- Ein Ort, um besser zu werden, Bunsen Goetz Galerie (2019)
- 7th Rule, Kharkiv Municipal Gallery (2018)
- Polaroids, ILKO Gallery (2018)
- Pain, COME IN (2018)
- Self-portraits, MASLO (2017)
Selected Group Exhibitions
editFilm and Media
edit- Art in the Land of War – documentary series (DocNoteFilmsProduction, Babylon'13)
- UkraineVision 2025 – Art in War – YouTube
- Gamlet (2024), dir. Jan Beddegenoodts[15]
- Warning: Life Goes On (2024), dir. Anton Shtuka
- Rain Project (2016), dir. Oleg Chorny[16]
He was profiled in:
Illustrated Works
edit- The River Potudan – Andrei Platonov (2017)
- Pain – Reinhard Knodt (2018)
- Antenna – Serhiy Zhadan (2018)
Charity Work
editZinkivskyi contributes to military support and humanitarian aid through charity auctions and volunteer work.[20] He is also an ambassador for the Superhumans Center, which provides prosthetics, rehabilitation, and psychological care for war-affected military and civilian Ukrainians.
Online Presence
editArtistic Identity
editOriginally signing as "Gamlet," he later adopted "Gam Let" — interpreted as “the noise of time” in Ukrainian.
See also
edit- Street art in Ukraine
- Ukrainian contemporary art
- Cultural resistance during war
References
edit- ^ a b c "Natalia Shpytkovska Art Advisory". advisory.artcult.org.ua.
- ^ a b "Харьков Манящий — Любимый город нас всё манит и манит". moniacs.kh.ua.
- ^ "Премія PinchukArtCentre 2025 - PinchukArtCentre Prize 2009". prize.pinchukartcentre.org.
- ^ "Премія PinchukArtCentre 2025 - PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011". prize.pinchukartcentre.org.
- ^ "On the three-year mark of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EEAS decorated its façade with an artwork made by Gamlet Zinkivskyi, a Ukrainian artist. | European External Action Service". www.linkedin.com.
- ^ a b "YermilovCenter |". Yermilov Center.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/ukraine-war-street-art-kharkiv/
- ^ Palikot, Aleksander (October 6, 2022). "'I've Never Lived So Much': Kharkiv Street Artist Turns Hard-Hit City's Walls Into War Diary". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – via www.rferl.org.
- ^ "3652019 + ⅔ | M17 Contemporary Art Center". m17.kiev.ua.
- ^ "Bob Basset & Gamlet Zinkivskyi - Exhibition "Objects"". January 4, 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Korsvägar: Sverige – Ukraina genom 1000 år - Armémuseum". Armémuseum.
- ^ Rankin, Jennifer (July 31, 2022). "Making sense of the senseless: Ukrainian war-art exhibition arrives in Brussels". The Guardian.
- ^ Köberl, Elisabeth (December 14, 2020). "I do not feel free to do what I want / rotor, Graz » CREATIVE AUSTRIA – Contemporary Culture".
- ^ "The exhibition with participation of Bob Basset Art Studio opened in Lima – Bob Basset".
- ^ "Warning! Life Goes on". IMDb.
- ^ "Proekt doschu" – via IMDb.
- ^ "Street Artist Documents War in Ukraine, One Stark Mural at a Time". The New York Times. 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian artist documents a year of war with 365 paintings inspired by daily life in Kharkiv". Yahoo News. February 8, 2024.
- ^ Walker, Shaun (June 4, 2022). "Enemy tongue: eastern Ukrainians reject their Russian birth language". The Guardian.
- ^ "Charity auction to support the NAA of Ukraine". en.academyart.org.ua.