Sergey Chilikov () (born 1953 in Kilemary, Mari ASSR; died 21 June 2020, Yoshkar-Ola, Republic of Mari El) was a Russian photographer.
Chilikov graduated from the philosophical faculty with a Ph.D. Until 1991, he had been teaching in the universities of Yoshkar-Ola. In 1993, he published his first book on analytical philosophy titled âÂÂArtseg. The Owner of a Thing or Ontology of SubjectivenessâÂÂ.
Chilikov started as a photographer in 1976 in the creative group âÂÂThe Factâ (Chilikov, Mikhailov, Evlampiev, Likhosherst, Voetskiy). From 1980 to 1989, he ran âÂÂAnalytical exhibitions of Photographyâ and the annual open-air photography festival on Kundysh river. In 1988, Chilikov took part in the retrospective exhibitions of the âÂÂFactâ Group in Moscow titled âÂÂOn the KashirkaâÂÂ. Since 1989, he photographed the journey through former Soviet Union cities and towns.
He exhibited his photographic essays âÂÂPhoto ProvocationsâÂÂ, âÂÂThe Countryside GlamâÂÂ, âÂÂThe BeachâÂÂ, âÂÂThe GamblingâÂÂ, âÂÂThe Philosophy of a Journeyâ and others at âÂÂFashion and Style in Photographyâ and âÂÂPhotobiennaleâ in Moscow, and "Les Rencontres d'Arles" in France (2002).
Chilikov lived in Yoshkar-Ola and in Moscow.
He died on 21 June 2020.
A Chilikov photograph was used without his approval on the front and back of indie folk band Beirut's 2006 album Gulag Orkestar. According to Zach Condon, singer-songwriter of Beirut, the photographs were found in a book, torn out, in a library in Leipzig, Germany.