Olha Mykhailiuk (Ukraine)
Olha Mykhailiuk
is a graduate of the Institute of National Journalism, Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv, initially worked as a radio and TV journalist on music news programmes, later becoming fascinated by feature journalism and documentaries. Her materials have been published in Ukraine’s most influential media and by the National Geographic.
Since 2003 she has been the programme director of the "Scheschory" International Festival of Ethnic Music and Land Art. She is a producer who promotes Ukrainian art at international festivals, e.g., in Poland. She has established the ArtPole agency, which organises genuine literary, musical, and artistic events. Since 2007 she has managed the agency and coordinated several projects, including the International "ArtPole" Festival organised in various Ukrainian regions. Also, she co-organises the UA/PL Alternative Music Meetings festival.
Since 2008 Mykhailiuk has been working closely with artists and writers as a video artist creating literature-and-music art projects by Yurij Andruhovych and Karbido, Serhij Zhadan and Sobaki v Kosmosi group, Taras Prochashko, and Olena Kostiuk.
