Nadia Ermakova (born in 1985) is a Russian-born artist and photographer who has lived in France since 2022. A graduate of the Rodchenko School of Arts in Moscow and the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy (ENSAPC), her practice takes a broad documentary approach, blending personal research and social engagement. Her work explores the mechanisms of memory, migration processes, family ties, and forms of intimate and collective transmission. Through visual narratives often rooted in her personal experience, she explores subjetcs as displacement and identity. She has exhibited in numerous festivals has received several international awards for her books and photographic series. An alumnus of Agency VII (mentoring program), she joined the Atelier des artistes en exil in Paris in 2022. In France, she develops collective and collaborative projects.
selected prices
2025 – UPP, short-list
2022 – Gomma Photography Grant, finalist
2021 – Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, finalist
2021 – Riga Self Publish, winner, 1st place
2020 – Kassel dummy award, shortlist”
2020 – BarTur Photo Award, winner of Student entries, 1st place in all categories Basecamp Student of the Year
2020 – Moscow International Photo Awards, 3rd place
2020 – International Woman in Photo Association, short-list
2019 – Immigrantopolis, Krakow, Poland. Finalist
2019 – The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest, 2nd place
2019 – Felix Schoeller Award, short-list
2019 – International Photography grant, short-list
selected group shows
2024 – «Terrain instable», la résidence La Forge, Souillac
2024 – «In the shadows», Aubervilliers, France
2024 – «Images latentes», Aubervilliers, France
2023 – Fondation «Ekaterina», Moscou, Russie
2023 – «Tombe de Van», Auvers-sur-Oise
2022 – «LOX. Oxygène liquid», Neuville, France
2022 – Festival du Regard 7th edition, «Experience de la Nuit», Cergy, France
2022 – «Entitled», Garein, France
2021 – Riga Self Publish, ISSP Gallery, Latvia
2020 – Kassel Dummy Award
2020 – BarTur Photo Award
2019 – “Daisy”, Moscow
2019 – The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest, group exhibition of winners
2023 – solo show at ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia (the show did not take place because of my nationality)
Publications:
2018 – "Strangers" on "Takie dela"
2018 – "Strangers" on "Lenta.ru"
2019 – “Strangers” on "BoaredPanda"
2019 – "Lida" on "Takie dela"
2019 – «The city and the ore» in the magazine «Ogonyok»
2019 – “Strangers” on Republic
2019 – “Strangers” on “Edge of Humanity”
2019 – “Strangers” on RTVI
2021 – "An Ordinary Story" https://issp.lv/en/self-publish-riga/2021/the-best-of-SPR-2021
2021 – "An Ordinary Story" on BJP https://www.1854.photography/2021/07/nadezhda-ermakova-an-ordinary-story/
2023 – "Lida" https://www.1in6by2030.com/stories/nadezhda-ermakova