Olga Lavrenteva

Comic artist

Born in 1986 in Leningrad, lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2011, she graduated from Saint Petersburg State University and got Master’s Degree in design. Member of Saint Petersburg Union Artists since 2013.

She makes experimental graphic stories and graphic reportages; she combines diverse styles and techniques, using collage and ink strokes. She is focused on documentary and is always in search of crazy true stories that can become a topic of her new comics.

Books

2014 – “The process of twelve”, a graphic reportage from the court
2015 - “Unrecognized states. Eleven stories about separatism”, a series of semi-abstract comics

Personal exhibitions

2015 – Stone stories, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2014 – Unrecognized states, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Group exhibitions

2015 - Venäläinen nykysarjakuva (contemporary Russian comics), Helsinki, Finland
2015 - Pas de deux 2, ART re.Flex gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 – The Great Patriotic war1941 – 1945, Moscow, Russia
2015 - Pas de deux 1, Lucerne, Switzerland
2014 - Drawing the court 2, 2014, Moscow, Russia
2013 - Autumn, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 – Drawing the court, Kirov, Russia
2013 - International Comics festival Boomfest, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 - Ancient Flame, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 - Entering Saint Petersburg Union Artists, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2012 - Autumn, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2012 - International Comics festival KomMissia, Moscow, Russia
2011 - International Comics festival KomMissia, Moscow, Russia
2010 - International Comics festival Boomfest, Saint Petersburg, Russia