Alexander Nikolsky is an artist, researcher and teacher from the coal-rich Kuzbass region of Western Siberia. He works with photography, video and objects. Rooted in the philosophical traditions of «dark ecology» and «flat ontologies», his work explores relationships between human, things and nature, where physical space, objects and human practices act as active and equal participants in the interaction.
Represented by FotoDepartament.Gallery
Exhibitions:
— 2019 Young photographers of Russia (Kaluga);
— 2019 XIII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale (Krasnoyarsk);
— 2019 Makers of Siberia Photo Prize (Omsk);
— 2019 48 hours (Novosibirsk-Berlin);
— 2019 Presence (St. Petersburg);
— 2019 Withdrawn everyday life (Novosibirsk);
— 2020 Nemoskva (St. Petersburg);
— 2021 Event Horizon (St. Petersburg);
— 2021 Herbarium (Moscow);
— 2021 Ghostology of Post-Soviet Spaces (Moscow);
— 2021 military-industrial complex / masculinity (Moscow);
— 2021 ARS Electronica (St. Petersburg);
— 2022 Point 55.754630, 37.638530 (Moscow)
— 2023 Burning Down the House (Berlin)
Curatorial projects:
— 2021 Trepang syndrome (Vladivostok, Novosibirsk);
— 2021 Practice of space (Novosibirsk)
— 2023 (in)visible air (Ulaanbaatar)
— 2023 Burning Down the House (Berlin)