She was born in 1960 in Lviv, Ukraine. She graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts, specializing in textile (1982). Since 1990 she has been a member of the Ukrainian Association of Artists. She has worked as a director of the Lviv Children's School of Folk Arts since 1997. Galyna Vyhovanska works with artistic textiles, Gobelin tapestry, carpets, batik, miniature painting and experimental weaving. Her works are compact and refer to folk art. Since 1984 she has participated in numerous solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.