Born July 27, 1935 (other sources – 1934) in the village of Dakhniv, in the San region, now in Poland, in the family of Ivan and Varvara (née Pekar) Yurchyshyn.

From 1952 to 1957, he studied at the Ivan Fedorov Ukrainian Polygraphic Institute in L'viv (where his teacher was V. Forostetskyi), and he was also influenced by the works of Olena Kul'chyts'ka.

Zhovkivs'kyi kul'turnyi oseredok" (1991), by S. Bilokin' "Masovyi teror iak zasib derzhavnoho upravlinnia v SRSR" (1999) and others, catalogues of art exhibitions.

The designs of Volodymyr Yurchyshyn are a unique phenomenon in Ukrainian book art, where carefully integrated manuscript and typeset texts, geometric and floral ornaments are all united as one clear constructive concept.

Apart from his work with books, he created many independent compositions – "The Family" (1988–1994), "Faith through the thorny road" (1978–1995), the series "Dumy" (1974–1979), "Owls" (2007–2008), the poster "1814–1861" (2008), dedicated to  T. Shevchenko, and others.