Nick Pedersen

Nick Pedersen is a photographer and digital artist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He holds a BFA degree in Photography, as well as an MFA degree in Digital Arts from Pratt Institute in New York. He has shown artwork in galleries across the country and internationally, recently including the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Paradigm Gallery, and Arch Enemy Arts. He has published two artist books featuring his long-term personal projects Sumeru and Ultima. Many of his images have been recognized with awards from the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, the International Photography Awards, and the Photoshop Guru Awards. His work has been featured in numerous publications such as Vogue, Create Magazine, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, and on the covers of Photoshop User and After Capture. In the past few years he has also completed Artist Residencies at the Banff Center in Canada, the Gullkistan Residency in Iceland, and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Read Less

2021: Luerzer's Archive, 200 Best Digital Artists
2020: Fine Art Photo Awards, 1st Place
2019: International Photo Awards, Collage Finalist
2019: AIGA, 100 Show Finalist
2018: Pangea Seed, ARTivism Finalist
2017: Photoshop Guru Awards, Best of Show
2016: Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop CC
2013: Digital Arts California, Stellar Art Award
2011: Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2011: Empty Kingdom, Top 100 Artists of 2011
2011: Outstanding Achievement, Pratt Institute MFA Read Less