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About
Artist Bio
Nick Simko (he/they) is an artist, educator, and activist. His creative practice uses photography to look closely at the cultural technology of representation and how it relates to perception. Simko’s photographs, collages, tapestries, and sculptures have been exhibited at museums and galleries throughout the United States. In 2023 he was a part of the Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Silver List and in 2019 was the recipient of a ONE Archives Foundation LGBTQ Research Fellowship. His work has been published in the University of Pittsburgh culture journal, Contemporaneity, and on Strange Fire Collective. Nick is the Chair of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Pride Caucus, which supports LGBTQAI2S+ students and faculty nationwide. Nick holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico and a BFA in Art History, Theory & Criticism from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Nick is tenure track faculty in Photography at Santa Rosa Junior College in California.