Vitaliy Ladovskiiy is a young Ukrainian painter who completely devoted himself to modern abstract art. In his work, he uses different techniques and motives. Often the source of his inspiration is landscapes, which are transformed into abstract painting. Vitaly also finds inspiration in his inner space. His works emerge from emotions, impressions and memories, which the author expresses with the help of colors.

“ I don`t like being in public and always do my art alone in my studio. But I really happy that I can share my art with the world.”

Early years

Vitaliy was born in 1991 year. His mom was a babysitter and dad – auto mechanic. His parents worked a lot and sometimes he didn`t see them for days. “I knew that they were working and never blamed them for a lack of attention or something. I was rather independent child, and at 10 years I already could cook a worthy dinner for my tired parents, I was proud of myself”.

Vitaliy has been rather introverted person and as a child he enjoyed time by himself. He had a bike, which he rode around the city meanwhile exploring surroundings. “I hade a close friend Max, he was such a lively and extraverted person, had a plenty of friends and played football in a school team. But I was not into this lifestyle, I just loved playing vid games with him, it was funny”. Ladovskiiy was into computer science as a child and dreamed to be a game developer. “I loved vintage games and even persuaded my parents to by an oldschool Nintendo, it was quite expensive, but they gifted it to me for my birthday. I went to the library to study information about videogames, and I was a big fun of them. As I switched to high school, my parents bought me a laptop, and I started to try myself in game developing, you know these simple games like Tetris”.

University and adulthood

Vitaliy had rather good grades at school and then entered the university easily, He chose Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where he even was getting a scholarship. In parallel with the computer sciences, he started to catch interest in arts, mostly because of his university friend who used to create modern paintings. He engaged him in painting creation process and Ladovsky decided to try something new. “I never wanted to limit myself only with one area, and I never new that this my decision would change everything about my future plans and future career.” Vitaliy who is naturally close person, was involved into the meetings of the local artists. “They all are really friendly and nice people, by talking to them I changed my outlook a bit”. He graduated from the university, but his next steps were rather unpredictable.

The artist rented a flat in Kyiv, bought paints and canvas and started to create. His friends were helping him a lot and they even persuaded one of their teachers in the Art academy to let him join the classes, to get to know the theory and basics of Art. “I worked at office then and did small errands to earn money, visited the lectures in Art school and painted the artworks at home. It took me 3 years to get to this point where I am now, I had many struggles with finding out my personal style. Also, I realized that being abstract artist means to know academic painting, but avoid it in your work. It`s like improvisation in music, you should know the basics to do nice improvisation, otherwise you cannot sit at the piano and just start playing, it`s impossible.

Vitaliy knew that he had to do something with the lack of academic knowledge in Art, that`s why he entered Art Lyceum in Kyiv. And finished it successfully. Besides this formal education he took private lessons and worked hard to reach this success. “I believe that it`s never late to change your directions. Life is like a video game, every decision you make will change your life crucially”.

The artist believes that without his friends` help and support he wouldn`t dare to make this decision. “I`m a bold person when it comes to creating paintings, but not decision-making process”. The artist recalls his way of becoming an artist as not the smoothest one. But at the end of the day he found inspiration in nature and in people, as well as in video games. “Some of my artworks are straight references to video games, for example BIZARRE SIGN, ORANGE LABYRINTH, SILENT SHAPES, UNKNOWN FORCE”. I love what I do and I glad to share my art with the world. Also, I believe that everything in live happens for a reason and we all should listen to our soul carefully.

Exhibitions and events

2015 All-Ukrainian Art Exhibition "New talents", National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv.

2016 - Social eco project within Ukrainian Fashion Bazaar (Uzhhorod, Ukraine).

2016 – Exhibition Art Twins Message. Taras Shevchenko National Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine).

2017 - Plein Air in Art Village (Artyuhivka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine).

2017 - Art Exhibition in Art Village Gallery (Artyuhivka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine).

2017 – Personal Exhibition "My way" Museum of Ukrainian Culture Outstanding Personalities (Kyiv, Ukraine).

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