Vladyslav Riaboshtan, born in 1996 in Dnipro, Ukraine, studied graphic design at Dnipro Art College from 2012 to 2016. He later graduated from the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, earning a bachelor's degree in easel and formal painting and a master's degree in monumental painting. His work spans a range of visual art forms, including oil, acrylic, and enamel painting, as well as silkscreen printing, aerosol art, mixed media, paper, graphite, and photography.

"In my childhood, I was surrounded by factories, a railway, an unfinished subway, and many other industrial objects. Even after I grew up and moved to a different city, I wanted to find locations to which I got used, to their atmosphere. Before the war started, my actual project was a large series of Kyiv subways. At the moment this series is transformed into the theme of a subway as a shelter place, a safe zone from rockets and explosions. The war has changed the perception of many things for Ukrainians. I’d like to show how this experience changed what and why I depict". 

Currently, Vladyslav Riaboshtan lives and works in Kyiv.