Joci Sirak

Joci Sirak is a Hungarian born (1962) Fine Art Photographer based in Vancouver BC with a strong collection of British Columbia’s natural beauty and street scenes of Vancouver.
He bought himself a camera at the age of 16 and started capturing nature on B&W films. From that period, he has never stopped exploring what he is capable of with the camera.
He graduated in the Faculty of Wood Science and Technology of the University of Sopron, Hungary and worked in all levels of fields, beeing a lumberjack, a truck driver, a gardener, a game park deputy and a designer at a furniture company.
He accumulated decades of experience to make it a career entirely on his own as he was setting up the most important rules he follows when a new picture is just about to born.

Artist Statement

For Joci, the most important aspect of photography is composition: a search for the striking balance within the milieu of light, shadow, colour and the sharp or fading elements. Whether the photo draws from the nature of the beautiful British Columbia, or a forgotten, unkept back street, his ambition is to use this compelling harmony to lightly elevate the subject to another level or dimension. Therefore, he also believes that the object of his attention ...

Diploma
Certified Wood Technology Engineer, B.Sc., University of Sopron, Hungary
Courses
Contemporary Critical Art Theory, Emily Carr University
Art History, Simon Fraser University

Selected Exhibitions:

55-55 Gallery (Permanent Solo)
White Rock (East Beach)

3rd Annual Midsummer Art’s Dream 2014 (group)
The Community Art’s Council of Richmond

“Summer Salon” 2010 (group)
Leighdon Studio Gallery

“ARTS 2010” (group)
Arts Council of Surrey

"Salon Show" 2010 (group)
Exposure Gallery

"artShots 2009", Exhibition of Photographic Art (group)
Delta Arts Council, Tsawwassen Art Centre

"Backyard Insight" 2009 (solo)
Deer Lake Gallery, The Burnaby Arts Council

"Japanese Maple + 1" 2008 (solo)
Plum Gallery, Port Moody Art Centre

"Hidden Treasures of Vancouver" 2007 (solo)
Waterfront Theatre Gallery Lounge, Granville Island

"Natural Colours" 2007 (solo)
Place des Arts (Main Hall), Coquitlam

Hycroft Gallery 2007 (solo)
The University Women’s Club of Vancouver

"Vancouver Close Up" March 2 - 26, 2006 (solo)
Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody Art Centre

Awards and Prizes:

Top pick for „Two In One”
The Opus Big Picture 2014: Black & White Edition
Opus Art Vancouver

People’s Choice Prize for „Peeling Wall”
3rd Annual Midsummer Art’s Dream 2014
The Community Art’s Council of Richmond

2nd prize in Photography for “Chinatown III”
"ARTS 2010"
Surrey A...