From the nobles of South-Western land of the Russian Empire and the Don Military Nobles. Among his ancestors are: participants of the War of 1812, listed on the memorial board of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior; Anatoly A. Linkov, a participant of the Ice March of the White Army, ; and :ru:Казанцев, Флорентий Пименович|F.P. Kazantsev, the outstanding railway inventor and engineer. Andrew Pavlovsky was greatly influenced by: Dmitry A. Shuvalov - Russian honored artist, the professor of Leningrad Art and Industry College named after Mukhina and Serafim A. Pavlovskiy, the graduate of VKHUTEMAS. 1984: Pavlovsky began his exhibitionary artistic career. P. participated in a great variety of art exhibitions. Numerous paintings kept in private collections of Russia, Germany, USA, and Sweden. 1986: Pavlovsky undertook a position in design advertisement. Creative work in the field of advertisement design and exclusive representative polygraph productions. Cooperation/collaborated with: the Central Committee of the LYCLSU, the Stas NaminMusic Center, the publishing houses «Raduga», All Union Record Studio «Melodiya», the Central StateConcert Hall «Rossiya», MOSCONCERT, Moscow State Philarmony, «MiG» corporation, VNPO «ELEKTRONIKA» etc... Designer of the contest of «Moscow beauty», the author of numerous commercial advertisements and representative posters of the show business stars and rising actors and singers. During the Perestroika period worked as the director of several advertising agencies: JUPITER and SODRUZHESTVO combining the work of the art-consultant and art-designer. Post-soviet times: P. had worked for RF Government Administration. State Department of Economic Development and Trade of RF, the Russian version of magazines ELLE, ELLE-Decor, Moulin ROUGE, ANTOURAGE, MEZZANINE, Russian Information Agency «NEWS». P. designed advertisements for such events as «Moscow days» in Warsaw, Prague, Madrid, Budapest and Vienna. P. was a producer of artistic-expositional projects. 1987–1990 – P. had been teaching at the Studio of the visual perception esthetics «Studio A» where he had introduced a methodology to train a «Viewer». 2002 – Organizer and Chief artist of the creative association M’ART Group.
Aesthetics
The main field of activity is graphic design. P. is the representative of the transitional artistic generation. He had made a contribution to form esthetics of modern Russian design in advertising-representative and advertising-publishing production. P.’s design could be distinguished as precise, conscientious, highly thought off and well-grounded. There are reconsidered and actualized elements of Russian constructivism in the basis of his esthetic conception. P. had introduced new term – Additive Constructivism. P. is the author of works that had become the characteristic examples of commercial posters and graphic design of the last twenty years.
Projects
Russia – the Planet of Space, M.: Publishing House: RIA «News», 2002. Client: Russian Government Administration. 50 000 copies in five languages;
Deluxe Album edition Department of the Economic Development and Trade. 1802-2002, M.: Publishing house: RIA «News», 2002. Client: Department of the Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. 10 000 copies;
CHECHNYA. Questions & Answers, M.: Publishing house – RIA «News» 2003. Client – RF President Administration. Total circulation quantity –12 000 copies in six languages;
We will recall this sometimes, M.: Publishing house: Department of the Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, 2005. Client: Department of the Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. 5000 copies;
United Technologies in Russia 2002–2006. M.: UTIO. Client: UT International Operations, 10 000 copies ; Promotional posters for Lora Kvint, Alla Pugacheva, Brigada S, RONDO, Korroziya Metalla, Scorpions, etc. Regular publications of advertisements in magazines ELLE, ELLE-Decor, AD, MEZZANINE, Moulin ROUGE.
Painting
The artist began as a painter. Painting gives him space for rest from modern design creative conflicts and serves as a platform for research in the field of color, proportions, and composition. It helps him to create the fundamentals of Andrey Pavlovsky design. The artist sticks to the Russian aesthetic tradition of the 20th century. He successfully projects it into his modern design works and paintings. He doesn’t have a large number of paintings though all of them burst with love for color and respect to the masters of the past.
Additional information
P. is the honored member of the Association of Biographic Researches WHO IS WHO with the presentation of the insignia and certification for its bearing.
