2026 Futures, nominated by Organ Vida
Brussels Street Photography Festival, finalist, 2026
Foto Slovo, honorable mention, 2026
Europan 18, Bregenz-Hard-Fussach-Höchst (AT), Runner-Up, 2025
Sarajevo Photography Festival, 2nd place (life), 2025
XI Jalón Ángel International Photography Award, special mention, 2025
Rotlicht Festival, winner, 2023
The Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards, The Photo-Text Book Award, shortlisted, 2023
OHO Young Visual Artist Award, nomination, 2023
Belfast Photo Festival, photobook, winner, 2022
Čuvaj/Watchdog, Slovenian Association of Journalists, honorable mention, 2022
Brumen, recognition for excellent slovenian design, 2022
Čuvaj/Watchdog, Slovenian Association of Journalists, winner, 2021
Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, nomination, 2021
Fresh Eyes, GUP Magazine, 2021
Bartur Photo Award, shortlisted, 2021
Different Worlds, Photon Gallery, finalist, 2020
Festival Tresk, Best Photo of a Music Event, winner, 2020
Rovinj Photodays, second place (documentary), 2020
The ZINE VITRINE | 5th International Zine Open Call, finalist, 2019
Brussels Street Photography Festival, finalist, 2019
Rovinj Photodays, winner (fashion), 2018
Rovinj Photodays, third place (fashion), 2018
Malta International Photo Award, finalist, 2018
Balkan Photo Award, finalist, 2017
The Other Hundred, Entrepreneurs Edition, finalist, 2015
World Health Organisation - Adolescent Health, winner, 2014

Art Collections

Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (JO)
ArtLodge Private Art Collection (AT)
Riko Art Collection (SI)

Solo

White Smoke, Brown Glare, UGM, Maribor (SI), 2025
White Smoke, Brown Glare, Cankarjev dom (SI), 2025
Where’s the Afters?, Glass Atrium, Town Hall, Ljubljana (SI), 2023
Where’s the Afters?, National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia (SI), 2023
POP-UP | NIK ERIK NEUBAUER: Pomlad je prišla v mesto, DobraVaga (SI), 2022
You Always Cry Twice When You Go to the South, Galerija Fotografija (SI), 2021
You should go to Ms. Phranca!, DobraVaga, Ljubljana (SI), 2020
The London Suits, Photo Days, Trieste (IT), 2018
Once in Ljubljana, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM+), Ljubljana (SI), 2017

Group

2026

Next Stop: Bar Zdravljica (The Worst That's Ever Happened Here Is That a Glass Fell Off a Table), Kranj Foto Fest (SI)
People, Land, Memories, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman (JO)
As reality disintegrates, at least these dignified pictures remain, Ptuj City Gallery (SI)
Next Stop: Fotohiša Pelikan, Celje (SI)

2025

Viennacontemporary (AT)
Sarajevo Photo Festival, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
O!, Cankarjev dom (SI)
Winds of Change, Nova Gorica City Gallery (SI)

2024

Our Claim - Slovenian Protest Photography 2020-2022, Galerija Jakopič (SI)
Final Exhibition of the Art Colony in Trebnik, Žička kartuzija (SI)
FRESH FISH #winterstore, DobraVaga (SI)
Face to face, Galerija Fotografija (SI)
AppointMENT 8.0, DobraVaga (SI)

2023

Zeitgeist, Rotlicht Festival, Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna (AT)
Book Awards, The Rencontres d’Arles, Monoprix, Arles (FR)
This terrible, disorderly time: wildfire in Kras, Kranj Foto Fest (SI)
FRESH FISH #newcatch, DobraVaga (SI)
The OHO Group Award 2023 nominees’ art exhibition, P74 Gallery (SI)

2022

Iz likovne zbirke Riko / Neznosna lahkost bivanja, Galerija Miklova Hiša, Ribnica (SI)
Contemporary Photography of Young Artists, Month of Design, Ljubljana (SI)
Home: A State of Transition, Kranj Foto Fest, Layer House (SI)
Belfast Photo Festival, Botanic Garden, Belfast (UK)
FRESH FISH #summercatch, DobraVaga (SI)
GlasujZame, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor (SI)
Nikon Z- Creators, Galerija DLUL, Ljubljana (SI)
ŠTUDIO: POP-UP, Ljubljana Art Weekend, DobraVaga, Ljubljana (SI)

2021

PhotobookWeek Aarhus (DK)
Rotterdam Photo Book Market & Fresh Eyes (NL)
Ponjava, ALUO Graduation Show, Tobačna (SI)
Photonic Editions, Photon Gallery Ljubljana, Ljubljana (SI)
Different Worlds, Galerie Fotografic (CZ)
AppointMENT 5.0, DobraVaga (SI)
Neighbours. The Urban Adventures of Friends and Diplomats, DobraVaga (SI)
Different Worlds, Photon Gallery Wien, Vienna (AT)

2020

Different Worlds, Photon Gallery Ljubljana, Ljubljana (SI)
OFF THE HOOK - Accept and Continue, DobraVaga, Ljubljana (SI)
TRESK #11, DobraVaga (SI)
FOTOGANK, StopTrik Festival, Maribor (SI)
FOTOGANK, Kam pa maš za rint zdej?, screenings, Novo Mesto (SI)
FOTOGANK, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, screenings, Belgrade (SRB)
FOTOGANK, Ulična galerija v času epidemije (TAM-TAM), Ljubljana (SI)
FOTOGANK and Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, screenings, Tbilisi (GE)
FOTOGANK, screenings, Trubarjeva cesta, Ljubljana (SI)

2019

SVAKA ČAS, FOTO VIST, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana (SI)
BSPF Finalists, Centre Tour à Plomb, Brussels (BE)
MIPA Photography Exhibition, La Valetta (MT)

2018

Rovinj Photodays Finalists exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb (CRO)
V RAZNOLIKOSTI ODPRTI, Layer House, Kranj (SI)

2017

PONAVLJANJE, Cirkulacija2, Ljubljana (SI)
VIST: Fotoknjiga osebno, Layer House, Kranj (SI)
Foto VIST, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana (SI)
25 pictures of SIvenian daily life for 25 years of independence of Slovenia, Slovenian Embassy, Berlin (GER)

2016

2016 days of awesome photo books, LhGWR gallery, The Hague (NL)
Tree, Tivoli Park, Ljubljana (SI)
ISO0 - Month of photography, Public underground shelter, Ljubljana (SI)
Art Exhibition by the scholarship holders of city of Ljubljana, Town Hall, Ljubljana (SI)

2015

Pij Drugače, Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana (SI)

2017 – 2021: MA in Photography, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2014 – 2017: BA in Photography, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2020 Canon Student Development Programme, Visa pour l'Image, online

2020 Photonic School, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana

2019 VII Academy, Zagreb

2018 NOOR Masterclass, Budapest

Residency

2026

Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts

Amman, Jordan, EU in Jordan

2024

Brooklyn, New York, Slovenian Ministry of Culture

Dvojno mesto/Città doppia, Nova Gorica & Gorizia, European Capital of Culture

Art colony at Trebnik, Municipality of Slovenjske Konjice

Guest Lectures

Wijdan Artspace, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts — Talk with Resident Photographers

Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana — Presentation Techniques 3, 2024

Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), University of Ljubljana — Open Lecture, 2023

Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), University of Ljubljana — Thesis Bootcamp Presentations, 2023

Art Fairs

Vienna Contemporary, 2025

Podobe protokola, Radio Študent
Fotografski časopis Henrik: Kompleksne fotozgodbe, Dnevnik
Ko svet razpada, ostanejo vsaj te spodobne fotografije. Štirje fotografi opazujejo sodoben svet., rtvslo.si
(MLADI KRITIK) Košček New Yorka v Mariboru, Večer
Henrik – neke vrste eksperiment, Dnevnik
Henrik – nov časopis, posvečen sodobni fotografiji, rtvslo.si
Dunajski konec tedna v imenu (kupljive) umetnosti, Delo
O blišču in bedi večmilijonskega mesta, Radio Ars
Nik Erik Neubauer / Akademija, kaj ti je? / ALUO80
Fotografija Juda na protestu za Palestino dobro povzame krivdo, ki jo čutimo vsi, Večer
Nik Erik Neubauer - Intervju
Manj vidne plati velemesta in osebne zgodbe, v New Yorku ujete v objektiv Nika Erika Neubauerja, rtvslo.si
Nik Erik Neubauer, vizualni umetnik in ulični dokumentarni fotograf, Val 202
Analiza ideje o ameriških sanjah skozi newyorško serijo fotografij Nika Erika Neubauerja, rtvslo.si
Zvrhana mera dobrega starega humanizma, Delo
Ulične fotografije New Yorka, Dnevnik
Fotografija, ki spreminja svet, in fotografija, ki je smet, N1 Podcast
"Kje je after?" Protestna fotografija iz časa covida, rtvslo.si
Iskati zasebno v kolektivnem, Delo
Fotografije s protestov iz časa epidemije na ogled v muzeju novejše zgodovine, N1
Fotoaparat odpira številna vrata in omogoči, da spoznaš okolja in ljudi, ki jih sicer ne bi, rtvslo.si
Nik Erik Neubauer, fotograf in vizualni umetnik: Skozi detajle v ironijo mest in sveta, Dnevnik
Nagrada skupine OHO 2023: znana je peterica najperspektivnejših vizualnih umetnikov, rtvslo.si
Nagrada OHO: Med dokumentiranjem in kritičnim pogledom, Dnevnik
Akterji na gradbišču, Outsider
Novinarske nagrade: Med prejemniki naši Ervin Hladnik - Milharčič, Jaka Gasar in Erik Nik Neubauer, Dnevnik
Nik Erik Neubauer – fotograf, ki je bil uvrščen med najboljše v Evropi, Mladina
Fotoknjiga kot prostor ustvarjalne svobode?, Membrana
Fotografija: Nagrajena knjiga Nika Erika Neubauerja, Dnevnik
Nik Erik Neubauer: Today Is Friday, ETC. Magazine
Dobri dokumentarni fotografi so ljudje, okoli katerih se ne praši, Večer
051 Fotkast: dvojne solze Nika Erika Neubauerja (drugi del)
050 Fotkast: dvojne solze Nika Erika Neubauerja (prvi del)
Razstava in fotoknjiga Nika Erika Neubauer, RTVSLO Kultura
Tujec, ki obišče jug, vedno joka dvakrat: ko pride in ko odhaja, rtvslo.si
Strast Barija me vedno znova vrača nazaj, Val 202
Dokumentarna fotografija v dobi Instagrama, Membrana
Italija: Na jugu vedno jokaš dvakrat, Dnevnik
Ko greš na jug, jočeš dvakrat, Delo
Na začetku in na koncu: jok, recenzija fotoknjige Nika Erika Neubauerja Ko greš na jug, vedno jokaš dvakrat, Membrana
Pogovor o ulični fotografiji z Urško Savič, Radio Študent
Bari e il suo San Nicola, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
V taktih »Plesa valkir«, Mladina
Slovenska ulična fotografija, Digitalna Kamera
Romka 10
Young Talents by National Geographic Slovenia
The mountain that breathes prayer, The Culture-IST
Vrstniki na visokih promilih, ujeti v fotografijo, Delo