Taras Mychalewych was born in Munich, Germany, at the end of World War II. His family emigrated to the United States in 1949, and settled in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mychalewych attended the School of Applied Arts in St. Paul, and graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.^{[citation needed]}

As a young artist, he was influenced by, among others, Amedeo Modigliani, Egon Schiele, and Salvador Dalí. He currently lives in New Mexico.^{[citation needed]}

Mychalewych has had two exhibitions to date:

• Group shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
• Solo exhibit at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Philadelphia 1994

• The Main Realm