Konstantin
Alexandrovich Troitsky

Russia • Saint Petersburg • 1953−2020
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Troitsky was born on November 4, 1953 in Leningrad in a family of philologists.
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In 1971, Konstantin entered the Higher Naval Engineering School. Admiral S.O. Makarov. However, two years later, Konstantin realized that his choice was wrong, and he was expelled from school.
From 1974 to 1976 he served in the army in the SA. While working in the army visual agitation, he first picked up the artist’s working tools.
In 1976, Konstantin Troitsky took private lessons from the artist Valentin Kovolin. From 1976 until the spring of 1978 he worked at the Mukhinsky College as a preparator at the Department of Painting.
While working at the Mukha School, K. Troitsky attends preparatory courses and in 1977 passes entrance exams. Having received the first four from the drawing, and the fourth five from the painting, he does not go to the rest of the exams, but enters the school next year. V.A.Serov (now N.K. Roerich) to the restoration department.

In 1978, when K. Troitsky entered the Serov School, where they paid more attention to technical skills and less imposed stylistic uniformity. The restoration department allowed him to thoroughly master the history of painting technique.
Konstantin Troitsky entered the unofficial culture long before entering the Serov School. In 1972, as a cadet at the Maritime College,
The first apartment exhibition in which K. Troitsky participated was held in 1978 on the street. Marat It was also attended by Vic, Alyona, S. Sergeev, S. Dobrotvorsky. In 1978, the art group "Alipy" was created. The group included Alyona, Vic, S. Sergeev, V. Trofimov, V. Skrodenis, A. Alexandrov, L. Fedorov. K. Troitsky was closely associated with members of this group. This open workshop lasted until 1984.
In the same 1978, K. Troitsky closely became close to the members of the Chronicle group. It was organized in 1977 by B. Koshelokhov and it included E. Figurina, T. Novikov, L. Fedorov, R. Utekhina, M. Goroshko, A. Vasiliev, N. Poletaeva. The group lasted two years.
After graduating from the Serov School in 1982, Konstantin Troitsky went to the Crimea to the Simferopol Museum, where he worked first as a restorer and then as head of the restoration section. He paints landscapes and still lifes, occasionally runs into Leningrad, where he participates in various exhibitions. In 1985, Konstantin left the Crimea and returned to Leningrad.
Since 1989, K. Troitsky with a group of artists are trying to create their own gallery. These attempts were successful in 1991 with the opening of the "Art College" thanks to the initiative and many years of support from Konstantin Goloshchapov, a well-known philanthropist in St. Petersburg. K. Troitsky was one of the founders of this gallery. During 1991-93 the gallery functioned as a coordinating exhibition center. The first major city event was the holding of the exhibition "Art College Presents" at the State Russian Museum (1992). The albums of K. Troitsky, V. Grigoriev, A. Krylov, L. Abramov were published.
In early 1997, Konstantin Troitsky became the director of the gallery, and V. Valran became the curator. Together, an exhibition program of the gallery was developed, which sought to go beyond the narrow group interests of various directions and generations of artists and present the landscape of contemporary St. Petersburg art in its entirety.

Exhibitions as part of the Association.

* year 2001. Foundation of the Association. November December
* 2001. Exhibition in the palace of Beloselsky - Belozersky. St. Petersburg.
* 2002 year. January February. Exhibition in the gallery "Palette" Malaya Morskaya d.5 St. Petersburg.
* 2002 year. March, April. Exhibition in the Vladimir Palace (House of Scientists) St. Petersburg.
* 2003 year. March. Exhibition in the Blue Living Room of the Union of Artists of St. Petersburg. Bolshaya Morskaya, 38
* 2003 year. Charity exhibition of the Association (Works of the orphanage No. 51) House of Scientists named after M. Gorky RAS, St. Petersburg, Central district.
* 2003 year. May June. Exhibition of the Association "Towards the 300th Anniversary of the Founding of St. Petersburg" Naberezhnaya Moika 37, St. Petersburg.
* 2008 year. January February. Exhibition of artists of the Association "All breaths praise the Lord!" Museum of G.R.Derzhavin, embankment of the Fontanka River d.118. St. Petersburg.
* year 2012. January February. Anniversary exhibition "10th anniversary of the founding of the Association" Museum of G. R. Derzhavin, embankment of the Fontanka River d.118. St. Petersburg
* year 2012. Edition of the 10th anniversary album of the International Association of Artists - Descendants of the Noble Clans. Publishing house NP - Print.
* year 2013. March. The exhibition "Petersburg Meetings in Paris" on the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Romanov dynasty. Russian Center for Science and Culture in Paris. France.
* year 2013. May June. Exhibition dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Romanov House “Centuries of a Binding Thread” Museum of Theater and Musical Art, “Sheremetev Palace”, 34 Fontanka River Embankment.
* 2019 - May. “100 Years of the Great Troubles” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the events of 1917 in Russia. All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin, Museum-Estate of G. R. Derzhavin, St. Petersburg.
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