Erkka Nissinen (born 1975) is a Finnish artist who lives and works in Helsinki and New York. Over the past ten years he has dedicated himself to a consistent body of work of absurdist videos and performances. In 2007 and 2008 he attended a residency at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.

His recent solo exhibitions include: God or Terror or Retro Dog, De Hallen, Haarlem (2015); Mikä on yhteisö?, Sorbus, Helsinki (2015), Vantaa, Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen (2015)

Recent group exhibitions include: Pretty Straighforward, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Austria (2015); Superficial Hygiene, De Hallen Haarlem, Netherlands (2014); Projections, Rottend Art Fair, Netherlands (2014), The Invisible Lady, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki (2013), The Enormous Speed of Change, Utrecht, Netherlands (2013), &Model, Leeds (2013), Camouflage, Kiasma, Helsinki (2012), Hypercolon, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (2011), Alligators!, De Appel, Amsterdam (2010)

During 2011 Rotterdam Art Fair, Nissinen won the acclaimed Illy Prize. In 2013, he was awarded with the AVEK Prize for media art.