Kirill Simakov

Kir Simakov is a New York-based multidisciplinary photographer working across portrait, architectural and fine art photography. Throughout his career, he has been equally drawn to people and places, believing that both shape our cultural memory.

His work has been exhibited internationally in the United States, Italy and Russia. In 2026, Simakov presented his solo exhibition On the Other Side at Leonovich Gallery in New York. The project is a portrait series revealing the human side of those who shape contemporary culture. In 2023, he held several solo exhibitions in Italy as part of the Year of Italian Culture, including Horizons of Peace at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Bergamo, becoming the first photographer to exhibit there alongside the works of Renaissance master Lorenzo Lotto.

Documentation of Horizons of Peace is preserved in the personal archive of Pope Francis at the Vatican in recognition of the project’s artistic and cultural significance. Two works from his Nine series are held in the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts, where Simakov serves as a Corresponding Member.

His photographs have been recognized internationally, including the Architecture MasterPrize, the Artexpo New York Digital...

Education

2012 – Marketing for Photographers, New York Institute of Photography, USA

2018 – Portrait Photography, New York Institute of Photography, USA

Solo exhibitions

2017 – New York or Nowhere, Design Factory Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia.

05/2021 – People. Cities, Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia.

08–09/2021 – My Moscow, Gorky Park Museum Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

10/2022 – Luminaries, Alchemy Gallery, Milan, Italy.

01/2023 – Bergamo Favolosa, San Bartolomeo Cultural Center, Bergamo, Italy.

08/2023 – Orizzonti di Pace, Church of the Holy Spirit, Bergamo, Italy.

09/2023 – Città Immaginaria, San Bartolomeo Cultural Center, Bergamo, Italy.

09–10/2023 – Citadel, Tsereteli Gallery, Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia.

10/2023 – Halogen, Spazio Fase, Bergamo, Italy.

09/2024 – My Moscow, Hermitage Garden, Moscow, Russia.

09/2024 – La Mia Mosca, Russian Center for Science and Culture, Rome, Italy.

02/2025 – Citadel. Selected, Hermitage Garden, Moscow, Russia.

03/2026 – On the Other Side, Leonovich Gallery, New York, USA.


Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs

2018 – ArtFair Tampa, Tampa, USA.

2019 – Red Dot Miami during Art Basel Week, Miami, USA.

2020 – Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai, China.

09–11/2021 – theNINE, StART Venice, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

11/2021 – Motion, Salvador Dalí: Il Viaggio Exhibition, Cantù, Italy.

04–06/2022 – Motio...