Valeriya Troubina is the prominent Ukrainian painter, whose creative growth arose together with the artists of “Paris commune” – the famous Kyiv group in the end of the 80th – beginning of 90th of the XX century, achievements of whom are traditionally connected with the world’s post-modern trend – Italian transavantgarde.
Creativity of Valeria Troubina is absolutely free of any social or political tendencies, and is directed towards exceptionally aesthetic categories – such as spirituality in art, responsibility of an artist and Beauty as the highest value.
Works of the artist are in the State Tretyakovska gallery (Moscow), National museum of Russian art (Moscow), National fine arts museum (Kyiv), as well as in the private collections of Sweden, USA, Great Britain, Russia, Ukraine.
Valeriya Troubina was born in 1966. In 1990 she became a member of Ukrainian Union of Artists. Lives and works in Berkeley, California, USA.
Education:
1977 – 1981 Art School, Lugansk, Ukraine
1981 – 1985 Art College, Lugansk, Ukraine
1985 –1990 Academy of Art, Kiev, Ukraine
Selected exhibition:
2009 Group exhibition «Ukrainian New Wave», National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 “Preventive Measures” – The Bereznitsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 "Art Mayi 2006" - 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mayi Arts & Cultural Center, represened by Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, Mayi, Hawaii, USA
2005 "Art Mayi 2005" - 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mayi Arts & Cultural Center, represened by Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, Mayi, Hawaii, USA
2004 "Arsenal" Exhibition - Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Kiev, Ukraine
2002 "Evening with Alex Grey", Infinite Kaos, San Francisco, California, USA
2001 "InVisible" — Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, California, USA
2000 "Red Tribe" — 150 Folsom, San Francisco, California, USA
1994 "New Ukrainian Painting — After The Apocalypse" — the Economist, London, England, UK
1993 "Angels Over Ukraine" — 369 Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1990"Three Generations of Ukrainian Art" — Kiev, Ukraine; Berlin, Germany; Odence, Denmark
