Bakharev lives and works in Novokuznetsk in the Kemerovo region of East-Siberia where he continues to earn his living as a private phtographer.

He has participated in a number of exhibitions both in Russia and abroad, and has been a member of the Photographes Union of Russia since 1991.

Solo Exhibitions

1990 SovDep, Exhibition hall \"Flora\", Omsk, Russia
1991 SovDep, Photocentre, Kemerovo, Russia; Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996 25 years of the Soviet landscape, Art Museum, Novokuznetsk, Russia
VI International Photography Month, Bratislava, Slovakia
1998 International Photo Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1999 Humanitarian and Political science Centre “Strategy”, Moscow
2003 BAHAREVLAND, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008-2009 Public and Private, Photographer.ru Gallery, Moscow


Selected Group Exhibitions

1972 Svema-72, All-Union Photo Exhibition, Shostka, Russia
1987 All-Union Photo Exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of October Revolution, Moscow, Russia
1989 Analytical photography. IV Biennial in Ioshkar-Ola, Russia
150 years of Photography, The Central Exhibition Hall MANEZSH, Russia
1991 I exhibition of Russian Photographers’ Union, Smolensk, Russia
Replica, Shkola Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1993 II exhibition of Russian Photographers’ Union, Moscow, Russia
Russian Art Photography Today, University Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
1994 The Art of Contemporary photography from Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, The Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
1995 Neue Fotokunst aus Russland, Frankfurt am Main, Karlsruhe, Hannover, Germany
1996 Emerging Images: Contemporary Photography in Russia and Eurasia/USA,Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA
1996-1997 Russia: Chronicles of Change, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Washington Centre of Photography, USA
2000 International Photosalon Siberia 2000, Novosibirsk, Russia
2002 Photoplyazh (Russian Championship of Beach photography), Manezh , Moscow, Russia
2004 Flight of Fools: Contemporary Russian Photography (Nickolay Bakharev, Sergey Bratkov, Vita Buivid, Olga Chernysheva, Oleg Kulik), White Space Gallery, London
2005 Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2006 Beach Photography (Bakharev Nikolay, John Hinde, Boris Mikhailov, Martin Parr, Tony Ray-Jones, Antanas Sutkus, Nick Waplington), White Space Gallery, London
2007 Russia Miami 2007 (in frames of Art Basel Miami Beach) Miami, USA
2010 Russia! Michael Hoppen Gallery. London, Great Britain
2010 Russians! Photographic portrait. 1970-2010. La Gallerie Orel Art. Paris, France
2010 Russian Photography: historical, modern and contemporary. 1850-2010. Gallery Beckel-Odille-Boïcos. Paris, France
2010 Object of [Passion and] Desire. RTR (Russiantearoom) Gallery. Paris, France