Alexey Nikishin, 40 years old, lives and works in Moscow, Russia. Here
he studied photography at Photoplay back in 2005-2006. The first individual exhibition named "Acting as self" was held at at the Center for Contemporary Art Winzavod in 2008. In 2010, he started making his first photobook "TheJournals". In 2011, he completed master classes with Martin Parr, MarkPower, Alec Soth, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, and Sergey Maximishin and filmed the project "Dom.2.Reality", which was exhibited at some of the largest museum venues in Russia during that year. In 2012, influenced by Gueorgui Pinkhassov, he started making photos on his iPhone and worked on a second book - "iPhonographique". In 2011-2013 he publishes a series of articles for photographic magazines like "Fotomasterskaya" and "Digital Photo".
The years of 2013-2015 Alexey Nikishin spends studying the programme of Art Critics in UNIC Institute and the programme of Contemporary Art in the Centre of Public Lectures at MMOMA. In collaboration with Sergey Maхimishin he works on "A Look into Flawless Tomorrow" project in 2014.

He is the author of the following art books: "iPhonographique" (2016), "The Journals" (2016), and "May 9" (2016).

His works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions and are part of the permanent collections of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and Moscow Multimedia Art Museum.

Currently Alexey Nikishin is working in the field of contemporary photography on conceptual and interdisciplinary projects using a variety of photographic styles and techniques.


EDUCATION

School of Photography "Photoplay", 2005-2006
Workshops of Martin Parr (England), Mark Power (England), Alec Soth (USA),
Gueorgui Pinkhassov (French/Russian), Sergey Maхimishin (Russia), 2011

UNIC Institute, course of Art Critics in Contemporary Art, 2013-2014
Lectures of Moscow Museum of Modern Art, course of "Contemporary Art", 2014-2015


AWARDS

Photograph Of The Year in 2nd Annual Photography Masters Cup,
International Color Awards, USA, 2007

Outstanding Achievement in 2nd Annual Photography Masters Cup,
International Color Awards, USA, 2006

Gold Medal Award from Trierenberg Super Circuit, Austria, 2006


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Bonaqua: "A Look into Flawless Tomorrow"
A collaboration with Sergey Maхimishin

Siberian Mall, Novosibirsk, September 2014
MEGA Mall, Samara, September 2014
MEGA Mall, Nizhny Novgorod, September 2014
Greenwich Mall, Yekaterinburg, August-September 2014
Muzeon Park, Moscow, August-September 2014

Alexey Nikishin. Selected works
Norilsk Art Gallery, Norilsk, October-November 2013
Yekaterinburg Gallery of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, June-July 2012
Prospekt Gallery of Contemporary Art, Barnaul, June-July 2012

Dom.2.Reality
Loft Project ETAGI, Saint Petersburg, February 2012
Prospekt Gallery of Contemporary Art, Barnaul, October-November 2011
Art Gallery, Izhevsk, August-September 2011
Museum of Local Lore, History and Economy, Tchelyabinsk, August 2011
Art Gallery, Rostov-on-Don, July-August 2011
Yekaterinburg Gallery of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, July-August 2011
Che-Art Gallery, Novosibirsk, July 2011
Artist Hall, Perm, June-July 2011
Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, Photographer.ru, Moscow, June-July 2011

Acting as self. Part Two
Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, FotoLoft Gallery, Moscow, November 2008

Acting as self
Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, FotoLoft Gallery, Moscow, July-August 2008


PUBLICATIONS

2015
postkomsg.com — Immortal Letters
sostav.ru — Live Memory: fascinating project for May 9 by Google Russia
pisma.prlib.ru/#/talents — Alexey Nikishin. Live Memory. Another Life of Letters


2014
OK! Magazine #390 — Special project. When dreams come true


2013
KAK Magazine #15 — Mobilegraphy. Photographer listening
DigitalPhoto Magazine #122 — Mobilography: Basic Rules
DigitalPhoto Magazine #121 — Mobilography: Personal opinion
DigitalPhoto Magazine #120 — Mobilography: Nothing Happens
DigitalPhoto Magazine #119 — Mobilography: Shoot what?
DigitalPhoto Magazine #117 — Mobilography: To shoot the time


2012
DigitalPhoto Magazine #116 — Mobilography: Another episode
DigitalPhoto Magazine #115 — Mobilography: The genre of the modified cognition
DigitalPhoto Magazine #114 — Mobilography: Naive photography
DigitalPhoto Magazine #113 — Mobilography: Correcting algebra with harmony
DigitalPhoto Magazine #112 — Mobilography: Photographer listening
DigitalPhoto Magazine #111 — Mobilography: A look into Instagram
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #06 — 50 steps: Last steps
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #04 — 50 steps: Commercial shooting
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #03 — 50 steps: Cliché


2011
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #11 — 50 steps: A step over boundaries
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #09 — 50 steps: A photo of the being
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #06 — 50 steps: Breaking the rules
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #04 — 50 steps: Build editing
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #03 — 50 steps: Line, perspective, meaning
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #01 — 50 steps: Awkward people
Komsomolskaya Pravda — I can allow myself to shoot the way that nobody understands
Komsomolskaya Pravda — Dom.2 demasked of TV
Cheltoday.ru — Dom.2 utterly new
Art of Сonsumption Magazine #10 — Photographer without rules
Interview Magazine #02 — Alexey Nikishin. Familiar faces
StarHit Magazine #21 — Step out of the perimeter
Leonardo Magazine #09 — Acting as self
Sobaka Magazine #10 — Alexey Nikishin


2010
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #12 — Moment, details, colour. 50 steps to a good portrait
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #11 — Working with a model. 50 steps to a good portrait
Psychology Magazine #01 — Acting as self. Reincarnation. Part Two
FreeHugs Magazine #02 — Little mistake by Alexey Nikishin


2009
ZOOM Magazine #03 — Portfolio: Alexey Nikishin
Fotomasterskaya Magazine #3 — Alexey Nikishin. A choice is made
DigitalPhoto Magazine #19 — Look at an Instagram. Mobilegraphy of Alexey Nikishin
DigitalPhoto Magazine #04 — A Mission to be accomplished. Psychological portrait
DigitalPhoto Magazine #01 — School of Profi. Alexey Nikishin. Acting as self
Marten Magazine #09 — Black&White squares by Alexey Nikishin
Psychology Magazine #01 — Acting as self. Part Two


2008
City Radius Magazine #3 — Special Project. Alexey Nikishin Photographer. Part Two
Fotodelo Magazine #12 — Uncoloured psychology
City Radius Magazine #1 — Special Project. Alexey Nikishin Photographer
Strastnoy Blvd, 10 Magazine #9 — Acting as self by Alexey Nikishin
Vash Dosug Magazine #10 — A look at unglossy celebrities
KultPohod Magazine #10 — Acting as self
Dni.ru — A dream of Chulpan Khamatova came true at Acting as Self
Art4.ru — Alexey Nikishin. Acting as self
Prophotos.ru — Stars of Theatre and Cinema in photos by Alexey Nikishin
Gallarymagazine.ru — Acting as self. Part Two
Photographer.ru — Ready-made impromptu
Utro.ру — Celebrities with no make-up
Gif.ru — Acting as self
Mail.ru — Rock celebrities in "Acting as self"
Interfax.ru — Culture: Alexey Nikishin Exhibition
Billboard Magazine #04 — Alexey Nikishin's photo project rock stars
Billboard Magazine #03 — Acting as Self
Culture — One of "I"s
Moskovskaya Pravda — Alexey Nikishin. Acting as Self
Fasion Collection Magazine #05 — Demasked rock
Moskovskaya Pravda #105 — Rock-contrast of shadows and light
Mail.ru — Rock celebrities in photos by Alexey Nikishin
Dni.ru — Unusual portraits of rock musicians
Nazavisimaya — "Rock in contemplation


2006
Foto&Video Magazine #10 — Fading reality