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About
Nick Simko (he/they) is an artist, educator, and activist. In his studio practice he addresses cultural legibility and illegibility through the interwoven technologies of identity, photography, and representation. Nick is interested in these areas because together they make possible the opportunity to author oneself on one’s own terms and not someone else’s. In his recent work Nick has been imagining what queerness could look like off of the body.
His work has been exhibited in major cities throughout the United States, including San Francisco, Miami, and New York City. His creative and research practices have been recognized through awards and honors including the ONE Institute's Research Fellowship Program, the Sanitary Tortilla Factory's Exceptional Visual Scholars Program, and the Silver Eye Center for Photography's Silver List.
He is tenure track faculty and coordinator for the applied photography certificate program at Santa Rosa Junior College in California. He is chair of the Society for Photography Education Pride Caucus, which serves emerging and established photographers nationwide. Nick holds an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico and a BFA in art history, theory, and criticism with a concentration in curatorial studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art.