Alexander Lavrentyev
Saint Petersburg-based photographer
Born in Leningrad, 1980
Graduated from St.Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Industry by Baron Alexander von Stieglitz, department of Decorative and applied arts in 2005
From 2003 Alexander took up photography, at the same time he works as a metal and enamel artist. In 2008 he started with his first personal show. From 2008 on he collaborates with several magazines and publishing houses as the photographer, taking part in collective photography exhibitions as well. In 2011 Alexander joined The State Hermitage Museum as a photographer on a full-time job. For the time being, he is the author of a few dozens exhibition’s albums for Hermitage Museum and other collections.
Exhibitions
Solo:
Shades, Art and Musical Centre of the Mayakovsky Library, SPb, 2008
Snow on Silver, Achtung Baby club, SPb, 2008
Shades. North \ Sauth, Tolstoy square gallery, SPb, 2009
Stairs, Kuchnya gallery, SPb, 2010
One, two, three. Portraits 2005-2010, Stachka gallery, SPb, 2011
One, two, three. Portraits 2005-2010, Centre of contemporary culture Fakel, Kupchino, SPb, 2012
Youthful Petersburg, Russian Consulate, Turku, 2012
Somewhere, Once Upon A Time.., Exhibition hall of Anikushin Art school, Kronschtadt, 2012
Russian Dream, Architector's Hall, SPb, 2013
Galaxis, Hermitage.Berlin, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2019
±42 | 118, MOST, SPb, 2020
Collective:
2008
Babylon, Air-surface gallery, SPb
Rapid reaction paintings, Air-surface gallery, SPb
Mansard, Art and Musical Centre of the Mayakovsky Library, SPb
2009
Young Russia Photography, Manege, SPb
Photo New Rave, Nepokorennie gallery, SPb
Sphere in Art, Michail Shemyakin Foundation's gallery, SPb
Nudity is Controversially, State Urban Sculpture Museum, SPb
The Game, Bye Bye Ballet, SPb
2010
We, Manege, SPb
Newspeak: Petersburg Version, State Hermitage Museum. SPb
Super Me, Kuchnya gallery, SPb
2011
Noir Look, Modernariat gallery, SPb
Psychonautika III: Force Field, Red Banner Cultural Centre, SPb
Nonfermarti art festival, Cosenza
2012
Young Family, Egor Gaydar Foundation, Moscow
2014
Portrait of a Family, State Russian Museum, SPb
2015
Museum Space, Youth Centre of the State hermitage Museum, SPb
2025
COMMUNICATION. Another History of Russian Photography. RuArts Foundation, Moscow
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 — Hermitage in Photographs, State Hermitage Museum, SPb