Vyacheslav Shevchenko was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1949. His mother was a doctor, and his father - an artist. Shevchenko knew he wants to be an artist pretty early in life. Wherever he was - at home, in school, or in a summer camp - he was painting. Thus, no wonder that at the age of seventeen, in 1966, he entered the National Art College of Uzbekistan, as a painting major.

Since 1969, being still a student, Shevchenko started participating in professional exhibitions. In 1970, he graduated Art College, and entered the National Theatre-Art Institute of A.N. Ostrovsky (currently the National Art Institute of Behzad), as a drawing major, under professor N.S. Paque. As a student, Shevchenko was presented a "Scholarship of Academician Tansikbayev", and then a "National Scholarship of Lenin" - the highest award a student could receive.

Shevchenko graduated from Theatre-Art Institute in 1976, and was invited to teach there as a drawing professor. In four years, in 1980, he decided to go to St. Petersburg to work as a professor's assistant in Repin's Academy, under academician A.L. Korolyov - one of the best graphic artists in Europe.

In 1982, Shevchenko entered a PhD program in Repin's Academy, under academician A.A. Mylnikov. Working on his PhD, Shevchenko created textbooks Drawing and Plastic Anatomy. He completed his PhD in 1983, and returned to his native Tashkent, to teach drawing in Theatre-Art Institute. In 1984, Shevchenko became a Dean of Fine Arts Department in the same institute. In 1985, he switched to being a Head of Drawing Department, all this along with being a professor of drawing and painting. Apart from his administrative career, Shevchenko was also actively engaged in his creative work as an artist. In these years he exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in his country and abroad.

In 1987, Shevchenko became a member of Artists' Union of USSR. In 1996, Shevchenko took a position of a Vice President of Art College of Behzad. Then, after 1997, he decided to leave his administrative career to become a self-employed artist. In the year 2000, Shevchenko was presented an "Order of Friendship between Nations" for his great contributions to the art of Uzbekistan. In the same year, Shevchenko came to US as a member of non-governmental delegation, whose aim was to exchange cultural experience between US and Uzbek universities. Shevchenko represented the National Art Institute of Uzbekistan.The program was held at the American University in Washington D.C., and there Shevchenko was presented a Golden Medal for his practical lecture in drawing.

In 2002, Shevchenko visited US as a tourist, and exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ruben Bore. In 2003, Shevchenko came to US to take part in Art-Expo. That year he became a permanent resident of US, and since then, he participated in more than a dozen solo and group art exhibits. Today, Vyacheslav Shevchenko lives in Pennsylvania and dedicates most of his time to his creative work.