Kharkiv is adorable not only with the history, but also with the present. One of the most well-known street artists of Kharkiv is Gamlet Zinkivskyi. This album presents both street art and indoors works in Kharkiv which are in open access, both surviving and lost works.

Gamlet’s (born in 1986) first street art dates back to 2000. Since then, he created more than 150 works in Kharkiv and more than 100 have survived. Many of them can be found in the arches and courtyards of houses – Gamlet called them “Street art for people of the rain.” According to the artist’s plan, people, hiding from sudden downpours in these arches, can contemplate the works and think about their meaning, reading philosophical inscriptions. Gamlet also said that these inscriptions on the works are the main thing in them. A lot of inscriptions are word plays.
His early, colored works artist was signed as Gamlet, but then switched to “Gam let” signature, where a space added a kind of wordplay (translated as “noise of years”).
Gamlet regularly paints new works on the walls, so this album is constantly updating.
You can also see Gamlet’s new street art on his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Google Map with all Gamlet street art in Kharkiv.
2025

2024

Address unknown. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Chernyshevska St, 65. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Yaroslava Mudrogo St, 10. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi
2023

Location is ukknown (Kharkiv). Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Rymars’ka St, 6. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Poltavskyi Shliakh St, 13/15. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Sums’ka St, 118. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Skrypnyka St, 7 (7Ysklad). Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Poltavskyi Shliakh St, 50, State fire-rescue unit No. 3 of the Kholodnohirsky district.
Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Evolution Business Park (in the courtyard), Katsars’ka St, 2/4. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

*Garbage scoop, also known as “совок” in Ukrainian. At the same time, “совок” is a Ukrainian slang word for “Soviet Union”.
Evolution Business Park (in the courtyard), Katsars’ka St, 2/4. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Evolution Business Park (in the courtyard), Katsars’ka St, 2/4. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Mykolaivska St, 15. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi
2022

Hromadyans`ka St, 25. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Skrypnyka St, 16. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Myronosytska St, 49. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Sums’ka St, 53. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Rymars’ka St, 16. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Hromadyans`ka St, 14. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Skrypnyka St, 4а. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Kharkiv City Council, Constitution Sq, 7. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 26. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Kharkivs’ka embankment, 2/2. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 42 (Chornoglazivs’ka St. side). Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Kharkivs’ka embankment, 3. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 1. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Rymars’ka St, 30. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Gamlet highlighted the traces of the explosion of a Russian cluster bomb on the asphalt with white paint
Skrypnyka St, 16. Photo: Michail Titarenko

Gamlet highlighted the traces of the explosion of a Russian cluster bomb on the asphalt with white paint
Skrypnyka St, 16. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Gamlet highlighted the traces of the explosion of a Russian cluster bomb on the asphalt with white paint
Skrypnyka St, 9. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Gamlet highlighted the traces of the explosion of a Russian cluster bomb on the asphalt with white paint
Rymars’ka St, 32. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Rymars’ka St, 30. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Myronosytska St, 47. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Kvitky-Osnov’yanenka St, 11. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Nezalezhnosti Ave, 1. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Sums’ka St, 25. Part of the Russian MLRS projectile on the roof of a Kharkiv Opera Theatre. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Chychybabina St, 2 (Klochkivskyj Descent side). Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Palace of Labor, Constitution Sq, 1. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 26. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko






In 2024, this street was renamed into Hryhoriia Skovorody street, officially.
Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi


Time hears us.
Svobody St, 8. Built in 1911 and was destroyed by Russian rocket on March, 14, 2022. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Svobody St, 43. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Svobody St, 43. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Klasychnyi Ln, 6. Photo: Pavlo Babeshko

Бар Протагоніст, Rymars’ka St, 10. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Sums’ka St, 72. Dedicated to the voluntary formation of the territorial defense “Charter”. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Kharkiv Volunteers Union. Address unknown. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi
2021

Cafe inside “Silpo” supermarket in Nikolsky Mall, Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 2
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2020

Chernyshevska St, 94 (Alchevskyh St. side). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Located in Promodo Hub, Otakara Yarosha St, 18, 3rd floor. Photo: kh.vgorode.ua
2019

Protagonist Bar, Rymars’ka St, 10. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Ukrposhta, Skrypnyka St, 6/13. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Mar’yanenka Ln, 3 (partially vandalized). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Skrypnyka St, 7 (7Ysklad), transferred from Svobody St, 30. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Nauky Ave, 5 / Danylevs’koho St, 20, Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

“In the Mood” Coffee shop. Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 49/45.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2018

Grabowsky Lane, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Marketing School ‘Bahazh’ (Luggage). The intersection of Lopans’kiy Lane and Lopans’ka Embankment.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Mitasov’s yard, Kaplunivskyj Ln, 12. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

“Mitasov’s yard”, Kaplunivskyj Ln, 12. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2017



Not a fountain. 2017.
10 similar ready-made sculptures were created by Gamlet in Kharkiv to mark the centenary of a readymade by Marcel Duchamp (1917). 7 works were lost, 3 survived. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Behind the building on Heroiv Kharkova Avenue, 54. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

The Counselor Pub, Yurieva Blvd, 2A. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 74 (in the yard). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Maksymilianivska St, 5. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Maksymilianivska St, 5. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

In the work you can see the “defect” of the 1950-s building, Kvitky-Osnov’yanenka St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

“Mitasov’s yard”, Kaplunivskyj Ln, 12. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko





Paintings in the interior of the “Culture of Sound” store
Sumska St, 92. The condition of the paintings is currently unknown. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Black Door Pub, Otakara Yarosha Ln, 18g (this pub was closed in 2021, the condition of work is unknown).
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2016

Hamlet restored broken mirrors several times, the last time in 2022
Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 25. Photo: Gamlet Zinkivskyi

Hoholya St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 64. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 35a. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova St, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova St, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova Lane 9-11. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova Lane 9-11. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova Lane 9-11. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova St, 9/11. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Bahaliia St, 3. Reference to Mitasov, part of his original inscription can be seen in the frame. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Bahaliia St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Bahaliia St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Bahaliia St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 2. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 2. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 41. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 5. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 5. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Danylevs’koho St, 29. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

The inscription “On the harm of alcohol” was later added. Danylevs’koho St, 29. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Nauky Ave, 10 (handsets were cut off by vandals). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Nimetskyi entrance, 9. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

This is a reference to glass of water theory. Nimetskyi entrance, 9. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

– Yes. I’m dumb
(wordplay: не мoй = not mine / немoй = dumb)
Hrabovs’koho Ln, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

(wordplay: Slava, man’s name, means glory)
Hirshmana St, 19. Photo: Іван Пономаренко

Feldman Ecopark. The condition of work is unknown due to the Russian shelling in the spring of 2022.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Arch at the entrance to the SchoolPub on Rymars’ka St, 19. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 49/45 (In The Mood cafe). Current condition is unknown. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 49/45 (In The Mood cafe). Current condition is unknown. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2015

Vorobiova Lane, 9-11. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 51. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Sadova St, 1 (entrance from Hryhoriia Skovorody St). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 35a. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Rymars’ka St, 19. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2014

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 51. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 51. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 51. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 54/2 (from the side of Mystetstv St). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 69. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Yaroslava Mudrogo St, 37. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hirshmana St, 19 (in the yard). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2011

Bukovelsky Ln, 1 Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. The authorship of Gamlet and the exact year have not been confirmed.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Kravtsova Lane, 4. Most likely, the series “Hero of Labor” are sketches for the Gamlet’s installation for the art center “Isolatsia” in Donetsk (2010). The original installation was evacuated to Kyiv in 2014. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Mystetstv St, 15. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2010

Teatral’nyi Ln, 6, abandoned building (can be clearly seen using drone or through the window from one point only on Vorobiova lane), photo by unknown)

Yard behind the house on Oboronniy Val Square, 7. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2009

StreetArtFest, Gagarina Ave, 20A. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Collaboration with Roman Minin for StreetArtFest, Gagarina Ave, 20A. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Karazina St, 1 (in the yard). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2008









Decoration of the courtyard of the VovaTanya Gallery, collaboration with Roman Minin, Kharkiv Embankment, 6. These works mostly dedicated to famous actors, writers and artists, including local ones.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko



Works for the first street art festival in Kharkiv
Hoholya st, 4/1 (partially lost). Collaboration with Roman Minin and other Kharkiv artists. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
2000


Gagarin
Nizhyns’ka St, 5. This is the first street art of Gamlet (2000) near the Kharkiv State School of Art, where Gamlet studied. Refreshed by Gamlet in 2016. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko and Google Maps (2011)
Lost works
Many of Gamlet’s works were buffed by utilities, graffiti crews or were lost when buildings or fences were reconstructed. Street art is not eternal in nature. Gamlet tries to restore the works that he still considers relevant.

Klochkivska St, near the book market. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Gamlet buffed graffiti by NASHE team that launched the so-called “second wall of mess“
Klasychnyi Lane, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Klasychnyi Ln, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 48. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Nimetskyi entrance, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

‘The main thing is someone to live there… “- I thought. 2019, lost
Nimetskyi entrance, 7. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 26. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 27. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chornoglazivs’ka St, 2. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko
10 similar ready-made sculptures “Not a fountain” were created by Gamlet in Kharkiv to mark the centenary of a readymade by Marcel Duchamp (1917). 7 works were lost, 3 survived.

Voznesens’ka St, 3. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Trojtskyj Ln, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova Ln. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Darvina St, 31. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

“Mitasov Yard”, Kaplunivskyj Ln, 12. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 55. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Near the intersection of Velyka Panasivska St. and Chobotars’ka St. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Vorobiova St. 13/19. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 59/45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Intersection of Lesia Kurbasa St. and Danylevskoho St. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chychybabina St, 2. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hoholya St, 2 (buffed by local residents, that initiated the so-called “wall of mess“). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hoholya St, 2. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Poezii Sq, 8. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Poezii Sq, 8. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Grabowsky Lane, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Svobody St, 36A. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Klasychnyi Lane, 4 (lost, house was demolished). Photo: ne_znaiko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 49/45. The box was buffed twice, but Gamlet painted new works on it each time.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Bahaliia St, 13 (lost). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Kulykivska St, 3 (lost). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chornoglazivs’ka St, 11 (lost). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45 (lost, restored in 2014 and lost again). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Yaroslava Mudrogo St, 22. Gamlet painted an inscription on the gate, that reminds Pollock.
Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Mitasov’s inscription was visible under this work. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

This painting could be seen from the street on the balcony of the 4th floor on Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 58. Photo: Artem Bogomyagkov

Kharkivs’ka Embankment, 6, VovaTanya Gallery (lost). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko


Kravtsova Lane, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Kravtsova Lane, 4. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

“Mitasov’s yard”, Kaplunovsky Lane, 12. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

International House, Chornoglazivs’ka St, 7. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chornoglazivs’ka St, 8. Photo: unknown.

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 45. Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Likely Hryhoriia Skovorody St. Photo: Sergey Trambovetskiy

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 51. Photo: Sergey Trambovetskiy

Hryhoriia Skovorody St, 30v (first half of 2010s). Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko

Chornoglazivs’ka St, 4. Photo: Artem Bogomyagkov.
Thanks to Oksana Peliushenko for the help with translation to English
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