Yaremich studied at the Kiev icon
painting school of the Pechersk monastery. From 1882 to 1887 he took
lessons at the Kiev Drawing School. After 1900 he worked and lived in
St. Petersburg and during 1904 to 1908 he worked as a scenographer for
Diaghilev. After 1918 he worked as head of the restauration department
of the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.