Nick Tarasov (b. 1991) is a contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, photography, graphic design, and textual research. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, which provided him with a technical foundation; yet his independent practice quickly moved beyond the academic framework toward an experimental engagement with material and process. Since 2024, Nick has been living and working in St. Petersburg once again.

Working across media, Nick treats artistic form as a site of inquiry into perception, memory, and temporality, seeking not fixed solutions but open-ended processes. His works unfold as layered experiences, where gestures, objects, and texts intersect in nonlinear configurations. His practice transforms space, time, and presence into active components of the work itself.

In 2025, he published a series of monographs — Lozhok, [THREAT], and With (out). In 2019, he was a finalist for the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie. His photographs and paintings have been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Museum of the Academy of Arts, Blank Wall Gallery, First Watercolor Gallery, 5&J Gallery, and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, as well as at events including Jakarta International Photo Festival, Reclaim Photography Festival, and Trieste Photo Days. His work has been featured in the books Immigration (RoHo Press, 2017) and Open Boundaries (LoosenArt), and in magazines such as Ruum, Propeller, Shoot Film UK, Analog Forever, Lenscratch, Don’t Take Pictures, and Prada Journal. His works are held in private collections in Russia, the USA, Canada, the UK, China, and Serbia.

Bio/CV
Nick Tarasov (b. 1991) is a contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, photography, graphic design, and textual research. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, which provided him with a technical foundation; yet his independent practice quickly moved beyond the academic framework toward an experimental engagement with material and process. Since 2024, Nick has been living and working in St. Petersburg once again.

Working across media, Nick treats artistic form as a site of inquiry into perception, memory, and temporality, seeking not fixed solutions but open-ended processes. His works unfold as layered experiences, where gestures, objects, and texts intersect in nonlinear configurations. His practice transforms space, time, and presence into active components of the work itself.

In 2025, he published a series of monographs — Lozhok, [THREAT], and With (out). In 2019, he was a finalist for the Prix HSBC pour la Photographie. His photographs and paintings have been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Museum of the Academy of Arts, Blank Wall Gallery, First Watercolor Gallery, 5&J Gallery, and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, as well as at events including Jakarta International Photo Festival, Reclaim Photography Festival, and Trieste Photo Days. His work has been featured in the books Immigration (RoHo Press, 2017) and Open Boundaries (LoosenArt), and in magazines such as Ruum, Propeller, Shoot Film UK, Analog Forever, Lenscratch, Don’t Take Pictures, and Prada Journal. His works are held in private collections in Russia, the USA, Canada, the UK, China, and Serbia.
Bio/CV
(work)
2025 — 27


2012 — 19

2006 — 11

2025

2013





2025
2025
2025



2025


2018




2020

2019

2018

2018

2018

2018

2017

2017


2016


2011
Education
HSE Art and Design School, Art Direction for Cultural Institutions (Master's degree)
Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts (Specialist degree)
The College of Arts, Novosibirsk

HSE Art and Design School, Basic Design Technologies
Color Correction and Digital Color Management, Foto-One Lab, Saint Petersburg


Monographs
[THREAT] zine
Lozhok book
With (out) zine


Texts
"Pictorialism: Reloaded. The Painterly Effect in Contemporary Photography", Spectate
"Cubism in photography", Projection. Media, FotoDepartament


Grants and awards
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 — Shortlisted
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2019 — Finalist
"Text about photography" Projection. Media, FotoDepartament — Winner
One Year Revolv Collective competition — Winner
Palm* Studios Photo Prize — Shortlisted
Lenscratch Student Prize 2018 — Honorable mention
The Everyday Heroine photography award 2017 — Shortlisted
"Young people in the 21st century" IX international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
Grant "Proud of Siberia" in nomination "Hope of Siberia" — Winner
Education
HSE Art and Design School, Art Direction for Cultural Institutions (Master's degree)
Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts (Specialist degree)
The College of Arts, Novosibirsk

HSE Art and Design School, Basic Design Technologies
Color Correction and Digital Color Management, Foto-One Lab, Saint Petersburg


Monographs
[THREAT] zine
Lozhok book
With (out) zine


Texts
"Pictorialism: Reloaded. The Painterly Effect in Contemporary Photography", Spectate
"Cubism in photography", Projection. Media, FotoDepartament


Grants and awards
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 — Shortlisted
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2019 — Finalist
"Text about photography" Projection. Media, FotoDepartament — Winner
One Year Revolv Collective competition — Winner
Palm* Studios Photo Prize — Shortlisted
Lenscratch Student Prize 2018 — Honorable mention
The Everyday Heroine photography award 2017 — Shortlisted
"Young people in the 21st century" IX international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
Grant "Proud of Siberia" in nomination "Hope of Siberia" — Winner
2025 — 27
2012 — 19
2006 — 11

2025
2013


2025
2025
2025


2025
2018


2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2011

HSE Art and Design School, Art Direction for Cultural Institutions (Master's degree)
Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts (Specialist degree)
The College of Arts, Novosibirsk

HSE Art and Design School, Basic Design Technologies
Color Correction and Digital Color Management, Foto-One Lab, Saint Petersburg


[THREAT] zine
Lozhok book
With (out) zine


"Pictorialism: Reloaded. The Painterly Effect in Contemporary Photography", Spectate
"Cubism in photography", Projection. Media, FotoDepartament


Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 — Shortlisted
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2019 — Finalist
"Text about photography" Projection. Media, FotoDepartament — Winner
One Year Revolv Collective competition — Winner
Palm* Studios Photo Prize — Shortlisted
Lenscratch Student Prize 2018 — Honorable mention
The Everyday Heroine photography award 2017 — Shortlisted
"Young people in the 21st century" IX international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
Grant "Proud of Siberia" in nomination "Hope of Siberia" — Winner

Education
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-
Monographs
-
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-
Texts
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Grants and awards
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2025 — 27
2012 — 19
2006 — 11

2025
2013



2025
2025
2025



2025
2018



2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017

2016

2011
Education
HSE Art and Design School, Art Direction for Cultural Institutions (Master's degree)
Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts (Specialist degree)
The College of Arts, Novosibirsk

HSE Art and Design School, Basic Design Technologies
Color Correction and Digital Color Management, Foto-One Lab, Saint Petersburg


Monographs
[THREAT] zine
Lozhok book
With (out) zine


Texts
"Pictorialism: Reloaded. The Painterly Effect in Contemporary Photography", Spectate
"Cubism in photography", Projection. Media, FotoDepartament


Grants and awards
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 — Shortlisted
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2019 — Finalist
"Text about photography" Projection. Media, FotoDepartament — Winner
One Year Revolv Collective competition — Winner
Palm* Studios Photo Prize — Shortlisted
Lenscratch Student Prize 2018 — Honorable mention
The Everyday Heroine photography award 2017 — Shortlisted
"Young people in the 21st century" IX international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII international photography contest — Nomination for creativity
Grant "Proud of Siberia" in nomination "Hope of Siberia" — Winner
2025 — 27

2012 — 19
2006 — 11

2025
2013




2025
2025
2025



2025

2018



2020
2019
2018

2018
2018
2018
2017
2017

2016

2011

2025

2021

2020


2020

2019

2019

2019

2019

2019


2018

2018

2018

2018

2018


2018

2017

2017

2017


2017

2017

2017

2017


2016
Selected exhibitions
Zine Library, Victoria Gallery, VolgaFest, Samara, Russia
Green Oxygen Art Festival, Seven Art Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
"Reminisce/miss", backyard exhibition,121 Crescent Street, NYC, USA
Summer group exhibition, Campus Gallery, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Loud", Gallery Parfois, Montreal, Canada
[wa:|wa:] Festival, Kabawil, Düsseldorf, Germany
Phodar Biennial 2019, Sofia Central Station, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thesis Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Palm* Studios Photo Prize exhibition, House of Vans, London, UK
One Year Revolv Collective exhibition, Safehouse 1, London, UK
"Modules" by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Ruum °III exhibition, Rathausgallerie, Graz, Austria
V International Watercolor Biennale, First Watercolor Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Reclaim Photography Festival 2018, BCL Museum, West Midlands, UK
Art on a Postcard show and auction, Theprintspace, London, UK
"Manufactured Untruth", 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, USA
RPF Autumn Gallery exhibition, Light House Media Centre, West Midlands, UK
Trieste Photo Days 2017 "Urban life" Photography Festival, Trieste, Italy
"Bending the Truth", Woody Gaddis Photographic Gallery, Oklahoma, USA
Portrait exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
Reclaim Photography Festival 2017, Birmingham Museum, West Midlands, UK
Summer Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selected exhibitions
Zine Library, Victoria Gallery, VolgaFest, Samara, Russia
Green Oxygen Art Festival, Seven Art Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
"Reminisce/miss", backyard exhibition,121 Crescent Street, NYC, USA
Summer group exhibition, Campus Gallery, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Loud", Gallery Parfois, Montreal, Canada
[wa:|wa:] Festival, Kabawil, Düsseldorf, Germany
Phodar Biennial 2019, Sofia Central Station, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thesis Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Palm* Studios Photo Prize exhibition, House of Vans, London, UK
One Year Revolv Collective exhibition, Safehouse 1, London, UK
"Modules" by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Ruum °III exhibition, Rathausgallerie, Graz, Austria
V International Watercolor Biennale, First Watercolor Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Reclaim Photography Festival 2018, BCL Museum, West Midlands, UK
Art on a Postcard show and auction, Theprintspace, London, UK
"Manufactured Untruth", 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, USA
RPF Autumn Gallery exhibition, Light House Media Centre, West Midlands, UK
Trieste Photo Days 2017 "Urban life" Photography Festival, Trieste, Italy
"Bending the Truth", Woody Gaddis Photographic Gallery, Oklahoma, USA
Portrait exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
Reclaim Photography Festival 2017, Birmingham Museum, West Midlands, UK
Summer Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
2025
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
Zine Library, Victoria Gallery, VolgaFest, Samara, Russia
Green Oxygen Art Festival, Seven Art Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
"Reminisce/miss", backyard exhibition,121 Crescent Street, NYC, USA
Summer group exhibition, Campus Gallery, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Loud", Gallery Parfois, Montreal, Canada
[wa:|wa:] Festival, Kabawil, Düsseldorf, Germany
Phodar Biennial 2019, Sofia Central Station, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thesis Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Palm* Studios Photo Prize exhibition, House of Vans, London, UK
One Year Revolv Collective exhibition, Safehouse 1, London, UK
"Modules" by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Ruum °III exhibition, Rathausgallerie, Graz, Austria
V International Watercolor Biennale, First Watercolor Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Reclaim Photography Festival 2018, BCL Museum, West Midlands, UK
Art on a Postcard show and auction, Theprintspace, London, UK
"Manufactured Untruth", 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, USA
RPF Autumn Gallery exhibition, Light House Media Centre, West Midlands, UK
Trieste Photo Days 2017 "Urban life" Photography Festival, Trieste, Italy
"Bending the Truth", Woody Gaddis Photographic Gallery, Oklahoma, USA
Portrait exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
Reclaim Photography Festival 2017, Birmingham Museum, West Midlands, UK
Summer Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Selected exhibitions
2025
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
Selected exhibitions
Zine Library, Victoria Gallery, VolgaFest, Samara, Russia
Green Oxygen Art Festival, Seven Art Museum, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
"Reminisce/miss", backyard exhibition,121 Crescent Street, NYC, USA
Summer group exhibition, Campus Gallery, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
"Loud", Gallery Parfois, Montreal, Canada
[wa:|wa:] Festival, Kabawil, Düsseldorf, Germany
Phodar Biennial 2019, Sofia Central Station, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thesis Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
Palm* Studios Photo Prize exhibition, House of Vans, London, UK
One Year Revolv Collective exhibition, Safehouse 1, London, UK
"Modules" by LoosenArt, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Ruum °III exhibition, Rathausgallerie, Graz, Austria
V International Watercolor Biennale, First Watercolor Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Reclaim Photography Festival 2018, BCL Museum, West Midlands, UK
Art on a Postcard show and auction, Theprintspace, London, UK
"Manufactured Untruth", 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, USA
RPF Autumn Gallery exhibition, Light House Media Centre, West Midlands, UK
Trieste Photo Days 2017 "Urban life" Photography Festival, Trieste, Italy
"Bending the Truth", Woody Gaddis Photographic Gallery, Oklahoma, USA
Portrait exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
Reclaim Photography Festival 2017, Birmingham Museum, West Midlands, UK
Summer Exhibition, Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
2025
2021

2020

2020

2019
2019
2019
2019
2019

2018
2018
2018
2018
2018

2018

2017
2017
2017

2017

2017

2017
2017

2016
Selected publications
2023
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016

WerkHaus zine issue #4 — "Wild Things"
"Lozhok", portfolio publication, Urbanautica Institute Journal
WerkHaus zine issue #2 — "Still Life"
The Eye of Photography — Portfolio Publication
"Self" zine by Lose the Film
New Landscape Photography — "Lozhok"
"Grown" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "The Psychology of Night"
Portfolio Publication, Seven Art Museum Online Platform
"Throwaways" zine by Lose the Film
Oranbeg Press — "Reminisce/miss"
"The Performer" issue, LoosenArt
Reclaim Photography Festival Instagram Takeover
"I can hear the road call" zine by Sad Bird Books
Naturae project by Urbanautica Institute
"Loud" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "Exploration of the Unexpected"
Cumulus Photo — "The Pivotal Image"
Book "Open Boundaries" published by LoosenArt
Prada Journal issue #4 — "Inner Landscape"
Lenscratch "Sketches from Home"
Ruum magazine issue °III
Revolv Collective Instagram Takeover
Wotisart? magazine issue #16, issue #19
Sharing is Scary zine issue #01
Book "Immigration" published by J. Michael Skaggs and RoHo Press
Propeller magazine issue #01
Shoot Film UK issue #003 — "Instant film"
Lenscratch: "Unnatural", "The Dinner Table", "The Snow", "Seeing is Believing"
Don’t Take Pictures: "Flora", "Birds of a Feather"
The Passporte Gallery — Salon exhibition: "Family", "Food"
F-stop magazine: issue #83 — "Color"; issue #85 — "Home"
Light Leaked issue "Travel and Discovery"
PRYME Editions "Conversation with Light"
Elston Gunn magazine issue #1 — "Shot of Love"
"Portraits in B&W" exhibition catalogue, Blank Wall Gallery
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII competition catalogue

Selected publications
WerkHaus zine issue #4 — "Wild Things"
"Lozhok", portfolio publication, Urbanautica Institute Journal
WerkHaus zine issue #2 — "Still Life"
The Eye of Photography — Portfolio Publication
"Self" zine by Lose the Film
New Landscape Photography — "Lozhok"
"Grown" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "The Psychology of Night"
Portfolio Publication, Seven Art Museum Online Platform
"Throwaways" zine by Lose the Film
Oranbeg Press — "Reminisce/miss"
"The Performer" issue, LoosenArt
Reclaim Photography Festival Instagram Takeover
"I can hear the road call" zine by Sad Bird Books
Naturae project by Urbanautica Institute
"Loud" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "Exploration of the Unexpected"
Cumulus Photo — "The Pivotal Image"
Book "Open Boundaries" published by LoosenArt
Prada Journal issue #4 — "Inner Landscape"
Lenscratch "Sketches from Home"
Ruum magazine issue °III
Revolv Collective Instagram Takeover
Wotisart? magazine issue #16, issue #19
Sharing is Scary zine issue #01
Book "Immigration" published by J. Michael Skaggs and RoHo Press
Propeller magazine issue #01
Shoot Film UK issue #003 — "Instant film"
Lenscratch: "Unnatural", "The Dinner Table", "The Snow", "Seeing is Believing"
Don’t Take Pictures: "Flora", "Birds of a Feather"
The Passporte Gallery — Salon exhibition: "Family", "Food"
F-stop magazine: issue #83 — "Color"; issue #85 — "Home"
Light Leaked issue "Travel and Discovery"
PRYME Editions "Conversation with Light"
Elston Gunn magazine issue #1 — "Shot of Love"
"Portraits in B&W" exhibition catalogue, Blank Wall Gallery
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII competition catalogue
2023
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017

2017
2017
2017

2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
2023

2021

2021
2021

2021
2021

2020
2020

2020

2020
2020
2020
2020

2020

2019

2019
2019

2019
2018

2018

2018
2018
2018
2018

2018
2017

2017
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2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2017

2016
Selected publications
WerkHaus zine issue #4 — "Wild Things"
"Lozhok", portfolio publication, Urbanautica Institute Journal
WerkHaus zine issue #2 — "Still Life"
The Eye of Photography — Portfolio Publication
"Self" zine by Lose the Film
New Landscape Photography — "Lozhok"
"Grown" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "The Psychology of Night"
Portfolio Publication, Seven Art Museum Online Platform
"Throwaways" zine by Lose the Film
Oranbeg Press — "Reminisce/miss"
"The Performer" issue, LoosenArt
Reclaim Photography Festival Instagram Takeover
"I can hear the road call" zine by Sad Bird Books
Naturae project by Urbanautica Institute
"Loud" issue, Ok Cool Editions
Analog Forever Magazine — "Exploration of the Unexpected"
Cumulus Photo — "The Pivotal Image"
Book "Open Boundaries" published by LoosenArt
Prada Journal issue #4 — "Inner Landscape"
Lenscratch "Sketches from Home"
Ruum magazine issue °III
Revolv Collective Instagram Takeover
Wotisart? magazine issue #16, issue #19
Sharing is Scary zine issue #01
Book "Immigration" published by J. Michael Skaggs and RoHo Press
Propeller magazine issue #01
Shoot Film UK issue #003 — "Instant film"
Lenscratch: "Unnatural", "The Dinner Table", "The Snow", "Seeing is Believing"
Don’t Take Pictures: "Flora", "Birds of a Feather"
The Passporte Gallery — Salon exhibition: "Family", "Food"
F-stop magazine: issue #83 — "Color"; issue #85 — "Home"
Light Leaked issue "Travel and Discovery"
PRYME Editions "Conversation with Light"
Elston Gunn magazine issue #1 — "Shot of Love"
"Portraits in B&W" exhibition catalogue, Blank Wall Gallery
"Young people in the 21st century" VIII competition catalogue
2020
2020
Curatorial projects
International Open Call, Seven Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
Curatorial projects
International Open Call, Seven Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
2020
Curatorial projects
2020
Curatorial projects
International Open Call, Seven Art Museum, Jiangsu, China

website — nicktarasov.me — bio&CV — 082025 — v1.0 — 2640px

International Open Call, Seven Art Museum, Jiangsu, China