Lidia Lykhach


Lidia Petrivna Lykhach is a Ukrainian publisher, art curator, owner of RODOVID Press and RODOVID art Gallery.

Biography

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.
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