DAMIR HOYKA
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAMIR
HOYKA - His first serious reflections about artistic expression
began back in the eighties, when he was occupied with drawing and
painting. Afterwards, he learned about photography, the kind of
visual expression which fitted him best. Prompted by philosophical
surveys about the essence of art and photography itself, as well
as by the need to articulate a theoretical ground for his own creative
work, he decided to search for answers to his questions by studying
photography. In 1988 he studied German at the Goethe Institute in
Munich. In 1989 he enrolled at the Faculty for Applied Arts in Vienna
(Prof. Eva Choung-Fux). In 1991 he obtained the status of professional
artist (HZSU, Zagreb). In 1995 he lectured on photography at the
photo-workshop of the Croatian Photographic Association. In 1996
he published the essay "Fotosofia", a collection of personal
contemplations on photography, in which, rounding off his studies
in the field of photography, he tries to draw attention to one of
the possible ways of observing, understanding, explaining and "using"
the photographic medium. In 1998 after he was invited by the authorities
of the city of Mainz, he took part in the artists' meeting "Art
in the City". In 1999, invited by the organising committee
of the "5th International Project for Fine Arts" to Graz,
Austria, he participated together with seven other European artists
in a workshop on the subject "Wenn ich das nicht Krieg, geb
ich keinen Frieden...". In 2003 he published the photo book
"Metal Dreams" in collaboration with the Austrian artist
Thelma Herzl. In 2004 he published the photo book "Celebrity
Fair". To date he has published several thousand fine art and
applied photographs in various media. He has exhibited in many solo
and group exhibitions and won several awards.
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Contact:
DAMIR HOYKA
web: www.hoyka.com