Nikolay Smirnov

Nikolay Smirnov is a geographer, curator, researcher, and artist whose work focuses on geographical imaginations, spatial practices, and representations of space and place in art, science, museum practices, and everyday life. His interdisciplinary interests span cultural geography, geo-humanities, political science, art studies, and curatorial practice. Currently, he is a research assistant at the documenta Institut in Kassel and a postgraduate student at the Sociology Department of the University of Kassel. He previously studied at the Geography Department of Moscow State University and the Rodchenko Art School in Moscow. Among his curatorial works is the project “Metageography.”