Kaupo Kikkas (b. 1983) is an Estonian visual artist and photographer of classical musicians. Inspired by his homeland of Estonia and his own career in the musical arts, much of his work explores‌ themes involving nature and music. He conducted his formal training in photography at Finland’s Visual Arts Institute, and he continues to blend his own musical training into his photographic work of portraits which portray the sensitivity and nuances of classical music. 

His recent exhibition “Inner Cosmos” premiered in 2022 at the “Fotografiska” Institute in Tallinn, attracting over 25 000 visitors. His other recent and internationally recognized exhibitions have included Treescape (2016), Ansel (2018), and the multidisciplinary sculpture “Sphere-20” (2021). A number of his photographic collections have been published as books, including Ansel (2018), and The Story of One Hundred (2018), and Inner Cosmos (2022)  

Building on his recurrent themes of nature and music, his recent personal projects included a study of graveyards, a portrait series of shale miners, and a documentation of a lost cinema in the Egyptian desert—all of which were well- received in the international media. Many of his projects draw inspiration from the music and his long-time cooperation with the composer Arvo Pärt. He has photographed a number of book- and classical music album covers, and his work often appears in magazines. He was named best commercial portrait photographer at the WPPI Las Vegas print competition in 2013, and was honored as the best Estonian portrait photographer in 2011 at the Baltic's Photography Festival. 

When not working, he can be found purposefully lost in the Northern wilderness or sitting in the concert halls everywhere in the world nurturing connection with his musical roots.