Aleks NIKOLAÏT
Art director and multidisciplinary artist - Paris

I combine digital experimentation and video to create visual narratives, at the intersection of fashion, technology, and contemporary culture. My works explores the friction between concepts to create surreal and raw art.

· Short films from my life

· Some books I made

· A little-bit of my creative space

· Playing with visuals on textiles

· Thesis: Graphic Design & Open-Source

· My c.v to know about my journey

Contact me : aleks.nikolait[@]gmail.com

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Short films from my life

J'ai pensée à toi, (I was thinking about you,)

  • Synopsis: A conversation between two people who experience an impossible love, as they feel their emotions at different paces, without ever saying anything to each other.
  • Genre: Visual art.
  • Duration: 15 mins.
  • Year: 2025.
Image from J'ai pensée à toi,
Image from J'ai pensée à toi,
Image from J'ai pensée à toi,

Clairement Rassemblé (Clearly United)

  • Synopsis: This film reveals the heart of the preparation for the "Ô les masques" carnival.
  • Genre: Social Documentary.
  • Duration: 30 mins.
  • Year: 2024.
Image from Clairement Rassemblé
Image from Clairement Rassemblé
Image from Clairement Rassemblé
Image from Clairement Rassemblé
Image from Clairement Rassemblé
Image from Clairement Rassemblé

Métanoïa

  • Synopsis: A visual art piece in multiple chapters, this film explores spiritual and philosophical questions. It invites viewers to delve into their own experience of religion and spirituality.
  • Genre: Visual Art.
  • Duration: Festivals : 30 mins. (Director's cut : 60 mins)
  • Year: 2023.
Image from Métanoia
Image from Métanoia
Image from Métanoia
Image from Métanoia
Image from Métanoia
Image from Métanoia

Playing with visuals on textiles

Texture experimentation

  • Photographer : Louis Thoprieux.
  • Model: Albert.
  • Year: 2022.

Some books I made

Tant que le soleil brille (As long as the sun shines)

  • Written by: Ibtissam Madani.
  • Discipline: Printed Work.
  • With: Quentin Mignot.
  • Year: 2024.
Image from Tant que le soleil brille
Image from Tant que le soleil brille
Image from Tant que le soleil brille
Image from Tant que le soleil brille

Ces personnes (n') existent (pas) (These People (Do Not) Exist)

  • Discipline: Printed Work, Augmented Reality.
  • Supervised by: Antoine Stevenot from the studio Spassky Fisher.
  • With: Yuna Müller.
  • Year: 2020.

À la recherche de Melancholia (Looking for Melancholia)

  • Discipline: Printed Work, Interview.
  • specs: 297x420mm, book printed in risography by Quintal in 500 copies.
  • With: Adèle Cluzel.
  • Year: 2020.

La tentation de la forêt (The temptation of the forest)

  • Discipline: Printed Work.
  • Year: 2019.

My creative space

Visuals for the SOS Group association

  • Discipline: 3D, drawing.
  • Year: 2022.
Image for the sos group association
Image for the sos group association

Nrt

  • Discipline: painting.
  • Year: 2021.
Image from nrt
Image from nrt
Image from nrt
Image from nrt

Fast Life, Slow Fashion

  • Discipline: Art Direction, Performance.
  • With: Collectif Poubelles Vulgaires. (Chloé, Félicie, Garence, Mathéo, Donnat)
  • Exhibition: Paris Aime la Mode Engagée.
  • Year: 2019.

Thesis: Graphic Design & Open-Source

Graphisme alternatif (Alternative Graphic Design)

  • Subject : How to liberate graphic designers from proprietary software ?
  • Abstract : This master's thesis in Digital Artistic Direction entitled “Alternative Graphic Design” aims to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of graphic designers using proprietary software.
    This thesis seeks to develop a reflection on graphic designers' dependence on proprietary software and to propose alternatives through experimentation with free and open source software. The analysis of proprietary software highlights the financial costs and restrictions associated with its use, as well as security and confidentiality risks. On the other hand, free and open source software offers greater creative freedom, flexibility in software use, and increased accessibility to professional tools. To support these claims, experiments were conducted with various free and open source software programs such as Inkscape and Kdenlive. The results of these experiments were compared with the results obtained with proprietary software such as Adobe Illustrator and After Effects. Finally, this thesis presents a critical opinion on the use of free and open source software in the field of professional graphic design, as well as recommendations for graphic designers wishing to free themselves from their dependence on proprietary software.
  • Year: 2023.
  • Supervised by : Lucas Lorigeon, Designer & Image Maker.
  • Read the thesis (FR)
  • Listen the podcast

Curriculum Vitae

After a DNMADE in Graphic Design at Duperré, specializing in Image & Visual Identity, followed by a Master's degree in Digital Art Direction at Campus Fonderie de l'Image, I refined my approach to design, combining experimentation and digital innovation.
My time at Duperré opened me up to a more conceptual vision of graphic design, while my work-study placement at No Name gave me the rigor and exacting standards of the professional world.
My approach is based on exploring the limits of graphic design by integrating digital and open-source tools. I seek to deconstruct established visual codes to create interactive and immersive experiences.
Inspired by Surrealism and Brutalism, I align with Marcel Duchamp’s philosophy: “The concept prevails over the visual.”To me, every project must first tell a story before being merely aesthetic.
My influences range from studios like Studio Golgotha, Wwwesh Studio, Périmètre Studio (Paris), Selam X (Berlin), and Studio Temp (Italy), to artists like Virgil Abloh, Takashi Murakami, Mahfuz Sultan, and Frédéric Teschner. Music also plays a key role in my creative process, shaping my sense of rhythm and composition.
Always on the lookout for new forms of expression, I see design as a space for constant experimentation, where each project is an opportunity to push back the boundaries of digital and visual identity.