Frequently asked Questions about Troika

• Who are Troika?

Troika is a London-based contemporary art collective founded in 2003 by Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sébastien Noël. We work across sculpture, installation, film, sound and painting.

Our works are held in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), M+ (Hong Kong) and has been exhibited worldwide. A selection of projects and exhibitions is documented on this website.

• What kind of work do you make?

We develop concept-driven works that often explore how new technologies transform our understanding and relationships to nature, each other and the wider world.
Our practice spans large-scale sculptures and installations, moving-image and sound works, paintings and artworks, public commissions and site-specific projects

The “Works” and “Exhibitions” sections of this site give an overview of recent and past projects.

• Where can I see your work?

Our works are shown through museum and institutional exhibitions, projects and solo presentations at our representing galleries and public commissions in Europe and beyond.

Information on current and upcoming exhibitions is listed on this website. Past works can also be seen via the websites of institutions and galleries that hold or represent our work.

• How is Troika’s work sold?

Exclusively through our representing galleries (including OMR, max goelitz), international Art Fairs (like Art Basel and Frieze) and through specific institutional or curated projects. Our works are not sold via general-purpose online marketplaces (like eBay, generic antiques/vintage platforms, etc.). If you are interested in acquiring a work, please contact one of our galleries.

• Do you sell work on eBay or similar platforms?

No. We do not sell Troika works directly on eBay or comparable general marketplaces.
If you see a listing there described as a “Troika” painting and using our names or institutional CV, it has not been created by us and is most likely mis- or falsely attributed.

• Are you the same “Troika” as the one making urban / graffiti-style female portrait canvases?

No. There is a separate, unrelated street-art trio active in the UK since around 2019 which produces mixed-media canvases with an urban / graffiti-influenced style, often featuring female portraits on box canvas.

There is a resulting and ongoing pattern of confusion and misattributions on the internet which we are actively addressing.

Their works are sold through certain commercial/high-street galleries and are frequently resold on online platforms.

For sake of clarity, that group:

• – is not connected to us,
• – shares no members with Troika (artist collective), and
• – operates entirely separately from our practice.
  
  
• Do you make the “Troika” box-canvas urban themed works often seen in high-street galleries or on eBay?

No. We do not create/produce:

• – canvases featuring stylised female portrait on graffitied background or fashion imagery,
• – paintings marketed as urban / street-art style / Graffitti,
• – works often described with as urban themed with stenciles and spray-paint techniques.

If you encounter such works in high-street galleries or on resale platforms (e.g. eBay, general antiques/vintage sites), they are not by us, Troika (artist collective, est. 2003).

• Why is there confusion about works attributed to “Troika”?

Several factors contribute:

• – The street-art trio, established in 2019, is often promoted simply as “Troika” without clear biographical details (no founding date, no members’ names, no institutional record).
• – Some third parties have copied our biography and institutional collections and pasted that text into descriptions for the street-art canvases.
• – Auction houses, dealers and online sellers then repeat those descriptions, so works by the street-art trio are wrongly presented as if they were by us.

As a result, search engines, art-market databases and AI systems sometimes conflate the two groups and incorrectly attribute the street-art canvases to us, Troika (artist collective).

• How can I check if a work attributed to “Troika” is genuinely by you?

If you are unsure, you can:

1. 1. Look at the style and medium

• – Our paintings are clearly documented on this website. Compare with the work you hold.
• – We do not produce series of mass-market, urban style portrait canvases.

1. 2. Check provenance

• Genuine Troika works will normally have provenance through our galleries, exhibitions, institutional loans or established contemporary art dealers – high-street chains or general online sellers.

1. 3. Compare with trusted references

• – The projects on this website.
• – Museum and gallery profiles listing Troika (artist collective).

1. 4. Ask us
   If you are considering a purchase and are unsure, you can contact the studio via the details on our Contact page with images and provenance information. We can confirm whether a work is by us.

• What should I do if I see a work wrongly attributed to Troika?

If you encounter a listing that:

• – uses our name “Troika” with our individual names (Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer, Sébastien Noël) or founding date (2003, london)
• – claims that “Troika” was founded in 2003 by us and/or references our museum collections (Centre pompidou, Moma, V&A, Art Institute of Chicago…)
  BUT;
• – shows an urban / street-art style canvas of the kind described above,

then it is likely a misattributed work.

Where possible, you may wish to:

– inform the seller or platform that the work is not by Troika (artist collective, est. 2003);

– direct them to this FAQ and to our official website;

– or, in the case of serious Misrepresentation/ False Attribution, contact us with details so we can address it directly.