ViTaLi

Uncompromising conceptual painting. Exploring social roles, psychology, and eternal myths through modern form.

ViTaLi ( Vitaliy Dovgasenko) is a contemporary Ukrainian painter whose work digs into human psychology, the social masks we wear, and timeless archetypes. He has a highly recognizable visual language that turns classic subjects into raw, modern stories. His canvases explore everything from the pressure of social roles to quiet human vulnerability. Ultimately, his work is created not just to decorate a wall, but to anchor a modern space and start a meaningful conversation.

Selected Exhibitions:2016 | Solo Exhibition | BUNKERMUZ Gallery | Ternopil, Ukraine2015 | Solo Exhibition | Nyski Dom Kultury | Nysa, Poland2010 | Solo Exhibition | Down Town Art Gallery | Athens, Greece2009 | 1st Place Award & Group Exhibition | Ipovrixio Magazine | Athens, Greece2004 | Solo Exhibition | Selini Gallery | Zakynthos, Greece2003 | Solo Exhibition | Santorini Resort Gallery | Santorini, Greece2001 | Group Exhibition | Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art | Glyfada, Greece

Men’s Talks

100 × 120 cm | Mixed media on canvas | 2009

A self-ironic reflection on the male ego and its place relative to the Creator. Two clowns engage in heated debate, using grandiose rhetoric in an attempt to explain the Universe. Meanwhile, a silent pregnant figure stands in the background—the personification of the Creator and the quiet mystery of Life. While men are preoccupied with themselves, true creation quietly unfolds, turning human pretension into a poignant farce.

Awards: 1st Place, Ipovrixio Magazine (Athens, Greece)
Status: Sold (Private Collection)

The Fear Series

The Fear series is a profound exploration of how modern anxiety integrates into our most vulnerable states. The balaclava serves as a direct symbol of humanity's terror of revealing its true face. The canvases envision a society that is born and lives in permanent psychological armor, removing the mask only after death. It is a stark philosophical metaphor for how fear reshapes human connection, transforming ordinary life into a state of silent, lifelong guard.

Madonna

90 × 70 cm | Oil on canvas | 2014

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Old Age

90 × 70 cm | Oil on canvas | 2014

Status: Available

The Blue Line Series

The Blue Line is a multilayered conceptual project driven by color mathematics, medium synthesis, and psychological provocation.
The canvas structure relies on strict visual contrast: 96% red space (representing the feminine world, its fluid plasticity, and form) is intersected by a precise 4% blue line—the male presence, introducing vector and structure.
Each painting incorporates a visually hidden phrase from the artist's original poem, rendered in handwritten script. This integration of written text bridges physical space (the canvas) with spacetime (the temporal narrative of text).
The conceptual core stems from the key line:
"Love is no longer a feeling, but an object."
Shifting the discourse on love from emotional impulse to objective reality, these provocative works invite the viewer into a deep internal dialogue.
Status: Landmark series. Almost all works are in private collections.

Soundtrack to The Blue Line: Composed by The Burning Buds (Athens).

Love

130x100 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Hide

150x 100 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Show

120x100 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Feel

120x100 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Believe

150x150 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2004

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Free

180x150 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Give

150x100 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Available

Hate

100x150 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Share

180 x 75 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Need

180x130 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Without Love

120x120 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2003

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Let love in

180x150 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Follow

150x150 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Dream

100x120 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2002

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Desire for Power

Diptych | (90x45 cm) x 2 | Oil on canvas | 2014

A socio-psychological exploration of the dual nature of human ambition. The diptych visualizes a fundamental paradox: every individual simultaneously desires absolute Power and subconsciously yearns to submit to it. The collar serves as a stark, visceral symbol of Power, equalizing both figures and locking them into a single system of control and psychological tension.

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Eros and Gea

50x50 cm | Аcrylic on canvas | 2009

A conceptual synthesis of the Big Bang theory and ancient Greek mythology, capturing the exact moment of Creation. From absolute Darkness—the solid black rectangle supporting the figures—emerges the first ray of Light as a yellow line. Beside the solitary Earth (Gaia) appears the primordial force of attraction (Eros), foreshadowing the birth of the Sky (Uranus). On the right, letters and numbers form the emerging information field of Earth, bridging myth with the underlying code of reality.

Status: Sold (Private Collection)

Danae

50 × 70 cm | Oil on canvas | 2012

A contemporary reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Danae and the golden rain of Zeus. Departing from literal narrative, the composition relies on a monochromatic golden-ochre palette, concentric water ripples, and rhythmic vertical streaks of light. The canvas captures sensual vulnerability, quiet anticipation, and the moment of divine contact, transforming the classical archetype into a refined statement on transformation and illumination.

Status: Available

Feeling of Freedom

110 × 80 cm | Oil on canvas | 2017

Feeling of Freedom is a philosophical exploration of the boundary between the desire for absolute flight and the rigid geometry of reality. The vibrant, golden-yellow space and the dynamic flight of the bird are dissected by a precise horizontal blue line—the artist's signature visual marker that bridges this work with The Blue Line series. The canvas captures a fundamental paradox: freedom as a profound emotional state that simultaneously remains a fragile myth, defined and constrained by external structures.

Status: Sold (Private Collection)