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About
Artist Statement
My studio practice examines the interwoven technologies of photography, identity, and representation. I explore lens-based strategies that frame the human body as a primary site of lived intersectional experience. At the same time I am interested in the potential of unexpected approaches that challenge such a notion, in which aspects of self might be represented in ways that depart from the strictly corporeal. Forms and genres from the related histories of painting and photography - such as still life, landscape, and portraiture - are further inspiring to me as their ongoing reinterpretation allows for both an expansion of the existing body of creative knowledge and the cultivation of new strategies towards cultural legibility.
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.