Yury Kharchenko was born in Moscow. From 2004-2008, he studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf by Markus Lüpertz. He lives and works in Berlin. His works are part of museum collections like Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, NS Documentation Center Cologne, Kunst aus NRW Aachen, Felix Nussbaum Haus Osnabrück, Kunstmuseum Walter, and the Wemhöner Collection.