Olga Nikishova

Olga Nikishova is a Los Angeles based fine art photographer whose practice centers on structure, repetition, and the psychological tension between order and rupture.

Born in Moscow, Russia, she received her visual arts education at the British Higher School of Art & Design, following an earlier degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute. This dual background informs her work: a precise structural sensibility combined with a conceptual exploration of systems, fragility, and transformation.

Nikishova works across staged still life, conceptual portraiture, and photographic collage. Her images often employ repetition as a visual language - rows, patterns, modular arrangements - suggesting stability while subtly revealing disruption. Through restrained compositions and controlled color palettes, she examines themes of identity, collective experience, and the hidden fractures within seemingly coherent systems.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including selections by the Los Angeles Center of Photography and presentations in Milan, Paris and New York.

She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

British Higher School of Art & Design - Moscow, Russia

Diploma in Visual Arts / Photography

MAI - Moscow, Russia

Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Additional independent studies in fine art photography, conceptual image-making, and large-scale print production.

2026

The Magic of Light, Art/Space 114, Los Angeles, CA, 2026
Juried by Ann Jastrab and Georgina Reskala

Shadows, curated by Shana Nys Dambrot, The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles

ImageNation New York, One Art Space, New York

SHOW LA , LA Art Week, Los Angeles

Atlas of the Present: Collage and Photography Today, curated by Paris Chong, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP), Honorable Mention

2025

Paris Art Expo - Winter Edition
Galerie 24-b, Paris, France
Organized by MUSA International Art Space

IMAGENATION Paris - International Photo Festival

Group Exhibition “Confluence: Where Arts Meet”

Galerie Joseph Froissart, Paris, France

Earlier Exhibitions

ImageNation Milan
Fondazione Luciana Matalon - Milan, Italy

Special Project of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Young Art
Museum of Moscow - Center Gilyarovskogo
Exhibition Bond

Gallery of Modern Art, Winzavod
Exhibition That Is About the Future