The biography of the director of the Tretyakov Gallery Zelfira Tregulova is interesting to many today. After all, the life path of this woman makes her admire her and be surprised at her numerous achievements. A lady with an unusual appearance is a candidate of art criticism, an authoritative specialist of international class, the head of unique projects that represent domestic art abroad. And since 2015 Tregulova Zelfira Ismailovna has taken the position of General Director of the Tretyakov Gallery. In her new role, the woman managed to prove to everyone around her her professionalism and her devotion to art.
Biography of Zelfira Tregulova
Zelfira was born on July 13, 1955 in the Latvian city of Riga. True, despite the place of birth indicated in the girl's metrics, she is not a Latvian by nationality. Perhaps her bright Asian appearance now is the most convincing confirmation of this. In fact, by nationality, Zelfira Tregulova is a Tatar. After all, her father is from Tatarstan, and her mother is from Kyrgyzstan. The girl's parents met in the Russian capital, where they came to go to collegefilmmakers. After some time, the Tregulovs got a job at the Riga Film Studio and stayed there for a long time. Here their daughter was born, whom happy parents named Zelfira.
Childhood and adolescence
The girl's father in those years was a military cameraman at the front, filming the Potsdam Conference, and her mother was a sound engineer. So the girl was brought up in a rather creative atmosphere. Perhaps this is what prompted her to give preference to an intelligent creative profession. After successfully graduating from school, Zelfira Tregulova entered the art history department at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The girl's parents fully supported her in her desire to become an art critic and helped her in every possible way during her studies. From an early age, the biography of the director of the Tretyakov Gallery, Zelfira Tregulova, is closely intertwined with artists and their work. In 1981, the girl graduated from the graduate school of Moscow State University.
Career start
Professional activity of Tregulova Zelfira Ismailovna began in 1984. At this time, the girl begins work in the All-Union Art and Production Association. Here Tregulova showed her coordinating and curatorial qualities, organizing exhibitions of Russian art abroad. A little later, Zelfira was entrusted with the post of assistant to the general director of the company. Zelfira devoted 13 years of her life to this activity.
In 1993, Zelfira Ismailovna went on a foreign internship at the Solomon R. Guggenheim, located in the US capital. Returning to her homeland, in 1998 Zelfira became the head of the international relations department at the Pushkin State Museum. A little later, Tregulova received an offer to become a curator of the museum, where she trained a few years ago.
Tregulova's activities
Just a few years later, Zelfira received a new appointment and took the post of General Director of the Moscow Kremlin. In this position, the woman was engaged in international relations and exhibition work. Tregulova worked in the Kremlin for 11 years, after which she became the curator of the State Museum and Exhibition Association "ROSIZO".
But Zelfira Tregulova herself considers the opportunity to head one of the leading metropolitan museums, the State Tretyakov Gallery, a qualitatively new stage in her life. The art critic received a new promising position on February 10, 2015.
Besides her main work in the gallery, Zelfira teaches at the Moscow School of Business, teaching gallery activities and art management. In addition, Tregulova is a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In addition, in addition to her art and business skills, the woman is fluent in German, Italian and French.
Creative achievements
At one time, Zelfira Ismailovna showed her skills as a curator of the largest exhibitionsin major museums in the world. Tregulova supervised such well-known projects as the Red Army Studio, Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde, Surprise Me, Russia, Avant-Garde Amazons, Socialist Realisms and others. In each of her exhibitions, Zelfira demonstrates to the audience her own worldview, devoid of Soviet shackles and stereotypes. In recent years, the audience has been able to enjoy the brilliant works in the exhibitions "Palladio in Russia" and "Victor Popkov", which were also held under the guidance of a talented art critic - Zelfira Tregulova.
Behind her shoulders, a woman has not only many famous works, but also numerous creative achievements and awards. For example, Zelfira Ismailovna received certificates of honor from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Order of the Star of Italy for holding the Year of Italian Culture, the Order of Merit in the form of a cross with a crown, and became a laureate of the "Honor and Dignity of the Profession" award presented at the All-Russian festival "Intermuseum".
In the fall of 2016, Tregulova was awarded the Nikolaev gold medal. In the same year, Zelfira became a laureate of the "Statesman" award.
Zelfira Tregulova's family
Unfortunately, the woman prefers to hide her private life from the press and is rather reluctant to tell stories from her personal life. But something about her family is still known.
Despite the fact that a woman from an early age wantedto have a large family and many children in the best traditions of Asian countries, her dream was not destined to come true. After all, Tregulova devoted most of her life to her own career and her beloved work. So in Zelfira's marriage, only one child was born - a girl.
Not so long ago, Zelfira's parents moved from Riga and now live with their daughter, helping to raise their grandchildren.
The daughter of a well-known art critic in Moscow followed in her mother's footsteps and chose the same profession. Now the girl is married and brings up two children - the youngest daughter and the eldest son. By the way, each member of the family is endowed with creative talent and good potential is visible even in Tregulova's granddaughter, who is only 2 years old.
