Rostyslav Zavhorodnii

Rostyslav Zavhorodnii is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the interaction between the protagonist and the external environment, combining such aspects as form, plane and color.

Rostyslav Zavhorodnii's artwork has been created in the direction of abstract art. His works have been exhibited since 2022.

The artist was born in 1995 in Kyiv, Ukraine. His childhood and youth were spent in Stryi, Lviv region.

In 2019, he graduated from the Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design, specializing in monumental and decorative art.

Since 2022, Rostyslav Zavhorodnii's paintings have been exhibited in Ukraine and abroad, including shows at National Union of Artists of Ukraine (2022), Cista Arts Online Gallery (London, 2023), Kühlhaus Berlin (Berlin, 2023), Rīgas Dome (Riga, 2023), Eye Sea Gallery (Kyiv, 2024), Peremoga Coworking (Kyiv, 2025), among other venues. 

Moreover, Rostyslav has curated two projects, including a booth representing the Oleksandr Borodai Museum-Workshop at ART KYIV FAIR (2025) and an exhibition "Connection. A New Format of Free Walls" at Eye Sea Gallery in Kyiv (2025). 

Artworks of Rostyslav Zavhorodnii are in private collections in Ukraine and the United States. The artist currently lives and works in Kyiv. 

The artist's works are created in the techniques of oil and acrylic painting, collage application, and hot enamel. Rostyslav Zavhorodnii's original paintings include pieces from the "Search for a Safe Place" series (2023) and "Sensitive Beings" series (2021-ongoing).

The works from the "Search for a Safe Place" series were created in an intuitive, experimental format based on the artist's own graphic sketches, drafts, and diagrams, without using collage materials traditionally employed by collagists, such as books, postcards, newspapers, or magazines. 

The "Sensitive Beings" series is a kind of reflection on changes in the surrounding environment, the war, and the tension caused by uncertainty about what awaits us next. By imitating calmness and creating a sense of formal ambiguity in this series of works, the artist poses a question to both himself and the viewer: "What will come after?" The series includes figurative painting depicting plants, animals, and human figures that are transformed through the prism of the artist's personal vision.

In his artistic practice, Rostyslav explores the interaction between humans and the external environment. He combines elements such as form and color, paying particular attention to simple geometric outlines and how they interact with the main figure.

His color solutions are often based either on contrasting complementary colors or on a monochromatic approach to the image.

Rostyslav Zavhorodnii's main task as an artist is to create works in which color, rhythm, and narrative composition do not impose the artist's authority. He seeks to avoid overwhelming the viewer with a direct or didactic statement, allowing questions to remain unanswered. Rather than dictating meaning, he aims to create an environment for the viewer — a situation and a stimulus for reflection.