Petro Ryaska was born in 1975 in the village of Bilky, Zakarpattia region. From 2004 to 2009, he studied at the Transcarpathian Academy of Arts in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Zakarpattia branch of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. He is the founder and curator of the art residencies Sorry No Rooms Available (Uzhhorod) and Cow Plow (Verkhnie Bukivtsovo, Zakarpattia). Lives and works in Uzhhorod and Bilky.