Yuriy Kozyar was born in 1960 in Starokostyantiniv, Khmelnytskyi region. Received a higher education at the art and graphic faculty of Odesa State Polytechnic Institute in 1984. Participant of international, republican and regional exhibitions since 1990. Lives and works in Vinnytsia.

Exhibitions:
2003 – exhibition of Ukrainian artists, London, England
2008 – "Blessing" exhibition, Boyko Production Center, Magdeburg, Germany
2012 - "Modern Art of Ukraine" exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia.
.2013 - All-Ukrainian painting triennial, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 – Exhibition-project "Out of Time" I. Kavaleridze Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2016 - All-Ukrainian Biennale "From Tripillia to the Present" Kyiv, Ukraine.
2017 – exhibition-project "Unrevealed Secrets" Anna Zavalna Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 - "Art Gallery" exhibition, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
2019 - exhibition-project at the invitation of the city hall of Stuttgart, Germany
2020 — All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting, "House of the Artist", Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 - Exhibition-project "Once after..." Museum "History of Kyiv", Ukraine.
2021 - International Art Festival "Day" Berlin, Germany.
2022 - Exhibition project "Solidarity with Ukraine" Paris, France
2022 - Art painting exhibition "Art-Hotin" Paris, France
The works are in the funds of museums of Ukraine, private collections of Ukraine and abroad.