Ivo Nagel (b. 2001, Germany) is an artist working with photography currently based in New York City. Nagel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston (August, 2019 — May, 2023) and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design |  The New School, New York City (June, 2024 — June, 2026). Nagel’s interests are rooted in conceptualism, minimalism, happenings, and process. Through a hybrid of image-making fields, he investigates the role of perception and memory in the age of personal digital archives and simulations. Nagel draws from concepts of objectivity in the construction of the photographic image.

Nagel has worked as a member of the in-house photo team of Annie Leibovitz and travelled across Europe as personal photographer for Sebastian Steudner. He is a recipient of the American Photography 40 award (2024) and Parsons School of Design, 50% Merit Scholarship (2023). Selected group exhibitions include: ‘As It Exists’, Huret & Spector Gallery, Boston (2022); ‘Andes, America’, The Corner Gallery, Andes, New York (2024). Selected press & publications include: Die Zeit (2023), MOTION Magazine (2023), Bloomberg (2021).