Nikita Pirogov

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Nikita Pirogov's practice focuses on topics of peace, love, freedom and spirituality. He earned an MFA in Photography from Institute of European Design in Madrid, and has international exposure on photography festivals around the world. Pirogov's work is in the collection of State Russian museum in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in Festival Images’ collection in Vevey, Switzerland, in Galleri Image’s collection in Aarhus, Denmark, and in many private and corporate collections in Asia, North America and Europe.
 
Select publications include: The Telegraph, 1000words, Phases, European Photography, Lensculture, Eikon, Fraction, PhotoWorld, Vision, Art innovation, Foto&Video, Photography Monthly, Bird in flight, Dansk Fotografi.

Select recent milestones include: Foam Paul Huf nominee, 2023; Lexicon of Russian Photography book, 2023; International Color Award 2023, 2024, 2025; International Photography Grant nominee, 2020; Festival Images Grand Prix & photo book award shortlist, Open competition prize winner (2012, 2024), Manifesta 2014 participant; 5th International Dali Photo Festival prize winner, 2013; Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect and Depth after Postmodernism book, 2014; IED Madrid grant recipient, 2012; Vienna, Bratislava, Moscow portfolio review winner, 2010.
 
Pirogov’s work was exhibited and published internationally, including such countries as Israel, USA, Spain, UK, France, Germany, Russia, China, South Korea, Cambodia, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Denmark, Switzerland, Hungary, Canada, Greece, The Netherlands, Brazil, Turkey, Fiji, Portugal and others. He has published two books - The house of light (2021) and Weeper grass (2021).