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About
Statement
In the broadest sense, my studio work addresses and employs photography as a technology that informs how we see and how we are seen. Perception and representation are central themes in my practice, which has taken the form of narrative still life compositions, photographs of paintings, conceptual diptychs, apocalyptic videos with sound, and deconstructed portrait-cum-landscapes. I am interested in how different visual styles and approaches determine the cultural legibility of specific people, objects, places, and ideas. I am further inspired by moments in my work that destabilize existing genres and forms - such as still life, portraiture, and landscape - while reimagining them and their potential as vehicles for new understanding.
Bio
Nick Simko (he/they) is an artist, educator, and activist. Simko's 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.
Simko 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. He 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.