Vasyl Ponikarov was born on 26 August 1929 in the village Dolynske of Ananiv Raion of Odesa Oblast (Ukraine).

The military base where Vasyl was in the service appreciated a talent of young artist by entrusting to his charge all visual agitation (leaflets, placards).

His gift and high appreciation of his effort as an artist culminated in increase of a duration of military service.

[4] Three years after graduation from the Art school Vasyl Ponikarov becomes a student of Moscow Polygraphic Institute (1961–1970).

[2] From 1980 onwards Vasyl Ponikarov painted on journeys on the ocean liner "Fedor Shalyapin", where he served as a staff artist.

However, Vasyl created a good many of his watercolor paintings on his journeys across Soviet republics and abroad: «Dombay» (1972), «Karelian pines» (1975), «Lake in Sedniv» (1980), «Caucasian birches» (1981), «Rozluch.

On journeys that served him as a source of new impressions artworks cycles like «Ancient monuments», «Channel Dnepr-Donbass», «Pushkin reserve», «In Gurzuf» were painted.

Cycles of art works painted abroad contain images of Paris, Rome, London, Prague, Barcelona, Budapest, Istanbul, Jerusalem and Cairo.

[10] In landscape painting the artist was giving pride of place to generous gifts of the South of Ukraine – juicy, mature vegetables and fruits, vivid flowers.

As a "King of flowers and emperor of sunflowers" a fine art expert from Alexandria M. Sheryf named Vasyl.

[11] Vasyl Andriiovych by creating several sheets a day for a half of century of his creative activity pictured tens of thousands of artworks that dispersed around the world.