Biography
Aleksey Myakishev was born in 1971 in Kirov (formerly Vyatka), USSR. Since 1999, he has lived in Moscow, Russia.
1991 — he began working professionally as a photojournalist. He has collaborated with numerous Russian and foreign publications, including Russian Newsweek, Kommersant, Helsingin Sanomat, APU, Talouselama (Finland), etc.
1999 — Aleksey became a freelance photographer and began working on personal documentary projects dedicated to provincial Russia.
He is a Instructor of educational program Leica-Akademia.
Works have been exhibited in numerous collective and personal exhibitions in Russia, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Czech Republic, and Austria.
Since 2015 — Ambassador for Bergger in Russia.
Since 2018 — Ambassador for Leica Camera Russia, M/Q System.
Since 2025 — member of the Noga Creative Union.
Awards & Honors
2020 — Winner of the Rencontres Photographiques des Amis du musée départemental Albert-Kahn (Photographic Encounters of Friends of the Albert Kahn Departmental Museum) award.
2013 — Professional Shortlist, Lifestyle, Sony World Photography Awards.
2012 — Winner of the contest ‘The Best of Russia’, Moscow.
2010 — 3rd place in the Best Photographer competition, Tskhinvali-August series.
2010 — 2nd place in the FRF Award competition in the General News category, The Path to Faith series.
2001 — Winner of the INTERPHOTO Award, Northern Urals series.
1998 — Winner of the INTERPHOTO Award, Pilgrims series.
1996-1997 — Russian Ministry of Culture grant.
Solo exhibitions
2019 — Prints of Russian Nord, Photosale Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2019 — The History of a pilgrimage, gallery Open club, Moscow, Russia.
2018 — Pierrevert, photofestival Les Nuits de Pierrevert, France.
2018 — Vyatka-Kolodozero, Krista Gallery, Rybinsk, Russia.
2018 — Soul of the Russian Provinces, Auditorium al Duomo, Florence, Italy.
2018 — Kolodozero, Photofestival 'Rencontres Photographiques de la Ravoire photo festival', France.
2017 — Kolodozero, bookshop Globe, Paris, France.
2017 — Kolodozero, Kunstraum Cafe Mitterhofer, San-Candido, Italy.
2016 — Kolodozero, gallery Art of Foto, St.Petersburg, Russia.
2016 — Kolodozero, GCF, Moscow, Russia.
2016 — Kolodozero, photofestival Trieste 2016, Italy.
2016 — Kolodozero, photofestival Les Nuits de Pierrevert, France.
2015 — Vyatka-90s, festival Photoparade, Uglich, Russia.
2015 — Kolodozero, gallery Morgenland, Hamburg, Germany.
2015 — Vyatka bilder vom rande Europas, gallery Fotoforum, Innsbruck, Austria.
2014 — Vyatka-90s, Vedogon Theatre, Zelenograd, Russia.
2014 — Retrospective, gallery Zahradnik, Prague, Czech Republic.
2014 — Vyatka, GCF, Moscow, Russia.
2014 — Retrospective, Mois de La Photo, Toulon, France.
2013 — Retrospective, galleria FIAF, Torino, Italy.
2013 — Kolodozero, for Leica-Russia, MAMM, Moscow. Russia.
2012 — Selected photos 1993-2011, Vyatka Art Museum, Kirov, Russia.
2011 — Coast, Feodosia, Ukraine.
2011 — People from the past, gallery Art school, Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia.
2011 — Zerkalo, in project Zakari Gilbert, Quebec, Canada.
2011 — Magic trip, Leica Camera Russia, Moscow, Russia.
2010 — Moscou-Viatka, Avallon, France.
2010 — Chronicle of provincial life, Omsk, Russia.
2010 — Moscow-Vyatka, gallery Maison du Pays Coulangeois, Coulanges la Vineuse, France.
2010 — Windows of time, gallery Art-Propaganda, Samara, Russia.
2010 — Windows of time, gallery Feofania, Moscow, Russia.
2008 — Retrospective, Bibliotheque Municipale D`Auxerre, Auxerre, France.
2000 — Retrospective, University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Group exhibitions
2021 — East. Eyes. Effect, Leica Gallery Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
2021 — Exhibition of works by the three winners of the 2020 Photographers' Encounters competition, Albert Kahn Museum, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
2018 — Centre de Gravite, GCF, Moscow, Russia.
2017 — Centre de Gravite, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St.Petersburg, Russia.
2017 — Mixt, Seattle, USA.
2015 — Salon de la Photo, Paris, France.
2015 — Photomontage, gallery The Montage Forest Hill, London, GB.
2014 — Licht, gallery Morgenland, Hamburg, Germany.
2014 — Where Does the Motherland Begin?, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
2014 — Mois de la Photo dans l’Yonne 2014, France.
2013 — Sony World Photography Awards Winners, Somerset House, London, GB.
2013 — From the White Sea to the Black Sea. North, GCF, Moscow, Russia.
2012 — Museum.The photographer View, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
2012 — Optimalne projekcij, Zagreb, Pula (Croatia).
2012 — XXI. My Pacific Ocean, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2011 — Invisible Country, Project Liberty.SU, White Cube Gallery, Omsk, Russia.
2011 — Privat holiday, Center for Documentary Photography FOTODOC, Moscow, Russia.
2011 — Reflection in time, Bestphotographer-2010, Moscow, Russia.
2009-11 — We, a travelling exhibition, held by web-based community Photopolygon, Novosibirsk — Krasnodar — Moscow — Yuzhno-Sahalinsk — Vladivostok, Russia.
2010 — Man in Motion, Central Exhibition Hall Manezh, Moscow, Russia.
2010 — To See Paris and Live, gallery Era, Moscow, Russia.
2001 — Religion at the Turn of the Century, Pilgrims series, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia.
1999 — Generation portrait, gallery Russkoe Pole, Moscow, Russia.
Bibliography
2018 — The History of a Pilgrimage, Treemedia Publishing House, rus./en., ISBN 9 789 526 897 738, Moscow, Russia.
2016 – Kolodozero, Bergger Editions, rus./fr./en., ISBN 978-2-9 555 912-0-8, Limoges, France.
2014 — Vyatka, Treemedia Publishing House, en., ISBN 977 157 727 203 825, Moscow, Russia.
Museum collections
Bibliotheque Municipale D`Auxerre, Auxerre, France.
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna, Russia.
