Lykhach graduated from Krasnovolia High School in the
Volyn region. She earned her degree in journalism from
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She began her career in
Cherkasy, writing a cultural column for the newspaper
Mолодь Черкащини (
Youth of Cherkashchyna). As
Ukraine declared independence and the communist ban on private media were lifted, Lykhach launched the magazine
RODOVID - Notes on the History of Ukrainian Culture and founded the publishing house
RODOVID Press in 1993. She created publishing projects that highlight key aspects of Ukraine's cultural history. These projects include more than fifty albums, catalogs, and monographs published in Ukrainian, English, and French. In addition to her publishing endeavors, she curates art exhibitions and organizes multimedia projects. Her curatorial interests include
naïve and
folk art, the
Ukrainian avant-garde, contemporary Ukrainian photography, and
contemporary art. In 2003, Lykhach founded the RODOVID art gallery in Kyiv. Prior to that, she was an advisor to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine. She is married to music ethnologist William Noll, author of
The Transformation of Civil Society: An Oral History of Ukrainian Peasant Culture, 1920s–1930s. Lykhach has two children and lives between Kyiv and
Kansas City. == Selected publishing projects ==