Vitalii Hrekh (Dilk)
Vitalii Hrekh was born in 1992 in Drohobych. He currently lives and works in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Vitalii Hrekh is a Ukrainian artist whose practice has developed at the intersection of street art, graffiti, and painting. He began his creative activity in 2007 within graffiti culture, later expanding his visual language to more diverse artistic forms.
Since 2010, he has participated in exhibitions, festivals, and residencies. An important role in shaping his practice was played by collaboration with the Kickit Art Studio collective, which facilitated the development of large-scale projects in public space. Currently, the artist is focused on studio practice, working with painting and exploring the interaction of space, texture, and image.
Artistic direction: painting, street art, muralism
Main themes in artistic practice: memory, urban space, environmental transformation.
Solo exhibition
2024 — “Mental siege”, Asortymentna kimnata, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Group exhibitions
2025 — “Stolen Past, Threatened Future”, Eschenbachgasse, Vienna, Austria
2024 — “Flash between cardboard walls”, Dzyga Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
2024 — “Guardian spirits”, Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda, Netherlands
2023 — “Passage through darkness”, LuCreate, Lublin, Poland
2022 — “Stronger than arms”, BSMT Space, London, United Kingdom
2021 — “Something inside”, Unmute Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2020 — “Intersection of consciousness”, Intellias Art Point, Lviv, Ukraine
2018 — “Reaction”, Asortymentna kimnata, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
2017 — “Guardian Wood”, Lviv, Ukraine
2016 — “Awaking”, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
2015 — “UK/raine”, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 — “Way From Spray”, Drohobych, Ukraine
Vitalii Hrekh (Dilk)