Triad, 2023

Andrei Lavrentev & Tatiana Postolovskaya  

Andrei Lavrentev & Tatiana Postolovskaya

artistic tandem Na grani tsveta (“On the Edge of Color")

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Artistic statement

Both abstract artists, Andrei Lavrentev and Tatiana Postolovskaya, working in a creative tandem, share a rare ambition in today's art world — the complete transformation of the viewer's emotional state. Each of their works functions as a cohesive and vivid aesthetic statement, a positively charged artifact that opens the door to a more optimistic and elevated perception of reality.

The style they have developed, based on a complex and meticulously crafted technique of their own invention, expands the boundaries of abstraction and introduces a bold new voice into contemporary art. The multiplicity of colorful layers — requiring the discipline and perseverance of the old masters — merges here with a contemporary relevance that resists aging and remains timelessly fresh.

A central role is played by their unconventional and eclectic approach to color: a deliberate contrast of warm and cool tones, and the use of exceptionally bright and pure hues. While grounded in a shared aesthetic and stylistic foundation, the works of Andrei Lavrentev and Tatiana Postolovskaya also preserve distinctive qualities that highlight the individuality of each artist's visual language.

In opposition to mass production and repetition, it is uniqueness and exclusivity that form the key principles and philosophy of their artistic alliance Na grani tsveta. In Europe, the duo is represented by A2 Galerie in collaboration with Teak House Gallery.

Selected Exhibitions (joint and individual highlights)

2026:

Official residents of TULA Museum, Russia 2026

2025:

Exhibition «Hi Home», Cube Moscow Gallery, Russia
Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, presented by A2 Galerie (Potsdam)
“No limits 2025" Golden Duck Gallery, Hungary, Budapest 2025
Charity exhibition for children and teenagers “Baby, Live!", DDA, Saint Petersburg

2024:

“Baby, Live!" at Cozy-Hall, Yekaterinburg
“Bioenergetic Capsule" at teakhouse, Saint Petersburg
“The Luxury of Being Yourself" at Mobel Expo, Moscow
“Meeting of Abstract Forms" at RIVER, Saint Petersburg
“Meditation" at PALMIRA GARDEN, Moscow Region
“Ural Accent" at Cozy-Hall, Yekaterinburg
“On the Edge of Color" at teakhouse, Yekaterinburg
“Bioenergetic Capsule" at ARTPLAY, Moscow
“Art Coordinate" at FABRIKA, Saint Petersburg
“Alumni Meeting" at DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
“Introduction to Contemporary Art" at DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
“Fifth Element" installation at Nakhimovsky 24, Moscow

2023:

“Business and Art Junction" at the VII Nevsky International Forum, Saint Petersburg
“All the Colors. National Business Residents" at teakhouse, Saint Petersburg, RIVER
“ART WITHOUT BORDERS. FREEDOM" at ARTist Community, Sochi
“Art Coordinate" at FABRIKA, Saint Petersburg
“Alumni Meeting" at DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
“Introduction to Contemporary Art" at DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg

2022:

“SOMNIA" at MOLBERT GALLERY, Saint Petersburg
“All the Colors" at RIVER, Saint Petersburg
“On the Edge of Color" at ARTPLAY, Moscow

2021:

“Planes" at teakhouse, Saint Petersburg
“Planes" at ART Gallery, Saint Petersburg
Public Engagement

2025:

Charity exhibition for children and teenagers supported by the Baby, Live! Foundation, DDA, Saint Petersburg

2024:

Immersive musical workshop SVYATKINORADIO at teakhouse, DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
Installation and workshop “Alice in Wonderland" at Cozy-Hall, Yekaterinburg
Participation at URAL ACCENT Festival, Yekaterinburg
Installation “Fifth Element" at EXPO Moscow
Master class “Abstract Techniques" at URAL ACCENT Festival, Yekaterinburg

2023:

Discussion and performance — Lavrentyev & Spirenkov at FABRIKA, Saint Petersburg
Lecture Art and Business at DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
Oil painting master class Creating a Shared Worldview, DDA ARTPLAY, Saint Petersburg
Lecture The Junction of Business and Art at the Nevsky Forum 2023, Saint Petersburg
Presentation at the Stroganov Palace, Saint Petersburg

2022:

Lecture Is It Possible to Balance Aesthetics, Technology, and Art? supported by L.BURO, RBC, Saint Petersburg

Publications

2025:

Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany

Stolnik, Ekaterinburg,

2024:

Ekphrasis of abstract paintings On the Edge of Color by Polina Vakhitova

Article Investing in Tradition, NB magazine, May-June 2023

Article The Spirit of Contemporary Art about Tatyana Postolovskaya, NB magazine, pp. 68–70

Article New Energy in the World of Contemporary Art, NB magazine, Feb-Mar 2023

2021:

Mention of collective Ploskosti in Sobaka magazine Top 50

Education

Andrei Lavrentev

Nikolay Kartozia's Producing School, Moscow, 2025
Dmitry Strizhov's School, Ploskosti collective, Saint Petersburg, 2022

Tatiana Postolovskaya

Moscow School of Contemporary Art (MSCA), “Practice and Theory of Contemporary Art", 2022
Dmitry Strizhov's School, Ploskosti collective, 2022
Natalia Shelkovskaya's Moscow School of Design, 2019