Yurii Honcharenko was born on July 5, 1964 in Kyiv, Ukraine in the family of artists. Mother - Svitlana Bondarenko, father - Yevhen Honcharenko, brother - Taras Honcharenko, grandmother - Vira Kyrylova, grandfather - Volodymyr Bondarenko.

From 1975 to 1982 he studied at the Taras Shevchenko Republican Art School, now the Taras Shevchenko State Art High School. Teachers: Bondarenko Svitlana Volodymyrivna, Nechyporenko M.S., Shevchenko M.M.

From 1982 to 1990 he studied at the Kyiv Art Institute, now the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. Graduated from the workshop of monumental art. Teachers: Yulii Yatchenko, Vilen Chekaniuk, Mykola Storozhenko.

Since 1990 he worked as a teacher of drawing, painting and composition at the State Art High School named after Taras Shevchenko.

In 1990 he became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU).

From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a deputy director of the school for professional disciplines.

From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a teacher of professional subjects.

Currently works in the field of monumental, easel painting and graphics.

His works are purchased by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, as well as in galleries of such countries as Poland, Germany, private collections of the USA, France, the Netherlands.