Nishant Shukla is a photographer and artist based in London. He co-founded BIND (2015-2020) – a platform for photography and a library, examining the photobook as an art object. He received The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts: Photobook grant (2016) which enabled the publication of his first book. Seeking Moksha (2017) explores the search for transcendence through a collection of photographs, written notes, found objects and sound that memorialise his own experience.

Nishant’s practice is guided by a documentary approach, where he makes portrait, still life and landscape studies. The act of seeking is a central motif in his work, which engages with the struggle for purpose and meaning. By presenting his own personal journey, Nishant invites the viewer to contemplate their own path.

Nishant received the DYCP (develop your creative practice) grant by the Arts Council England (2021) through which he has been exploring a Sonic art practice. Currently, Nishant is the Director & Founder of “lake”. “lake” is a collaborative centre for the creation of multi-sensory works that explore the connections between sound, image and space. Much like the ecosystem of a lake, which supports life around and beneath its surface, lake is a place to incubate and observe the growth of ideas between varied creative practices.