Damir Hoyka

Damir Hoyka

Hoyka in 2015
Born (1967-04-23)23 April 1967
Brežice, Slovenia
Nationality Croatian
Known for Photography

Damir Hoyka (born April 23, 1967 in Brežice, Slovenia) is a Croatian fine art and advertising photographer...[1] The focus of his work are portraits and creative personal projects, and lately his educational project Fotosofia where he shares his knowledge and experience with photography talents. He won several awards.

Early life

Hoyka was born in Brežice to Croatian parents. Three days later he was in his parents' house in Zagreb where he grew up. His enthusiasm for visual expression showed up during the summer 1981 when he started drawing comics. He finished high school in Zagreb – first two years he studied at MIOC (Mathematical Informational Educational Center), and second two years at CEZAKUM (Center for Culture and Arts). During high school years he continued to draw until photography caught his attention[2]

Photography career

His first photographs were published in 1985. In 1988 he studied German at the Goethe Institute in Munich in order to be able to study in German-speaking area. In 1989 he enrolled at the Faculty for Applied Arts in Vienna (Prof. Eva Choung-Fux) as a guest student. In 1991 he obtained the status of professional artist (HZSU, Zagreb).[3] In 1995 he lectured on photography at the photo-workshop of the Croatian Photographic Association.[4] In 1996 he published the essay Fotosofia, a collection of personal insights in photography. In the essay he is presenting one of the possible ways of observing, understanding, explaining and "using" the photographic medium. In 1998 invited by the authorities of the city of Mainz, he participated in the international artists' project Art in the City. In 1999 invited by the organizing committee of the 5th International Project for Fine Arts, in Graz, Austria, he participated in the project 'If I don't get it, I'll give you no peace'[5] 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.[6][7] In the same year he launched a cycle of art events called Art4All, encouraging the audience to take a more active role in art communication. In 2005 he was a guest actor in the RTL TV novel 'Forbidden love' (Zabranjena ljubav). In 2006 he started annual seminar named after his essay Fotosofia. For each seminar he selects 15 participants by the contest. The strongholds of the seminar are photo education, creativity, networking, photographer's real-life situation experience, networking and promotion of seminarist's work and personality.[8] In 2008 he founded the photo portal www.fotosofia.info with the goal to connect all photo admirers – photographers and photo audience. In 2008 from Photo Club Zagreb he received Tošo Dabac prize for achievements in the fields of photographic art, and the developing and promotion of photographic culture.[9] In 2008 he was a member of 'Croatian Top Model' jury.[10][11] In 2009 he published the SF novel Xavia.[12] In 2013. he took part in the show 'Dancing with the Stars'.[13] To date he has published in the mass media thousands of fine art and applied-art photographs, exhibited at a numerous solo and collective shows,[14] put on a number of multimedia projects, and has been a member and president of numerous photo juries.[15] Hoyka has won several prizes for his work.

Selected books

Fotosofia

On the base of the essay 'Fotosofia', in 1996 Hoyka started Fotosofia annual seven-day photo seminar, sharing the ideas from the essay with fifteen seminarists he chooses via contest[16] [17] [18] .[19] The seminar is conceived as a combination of photo theory and photo praxis, including photo shootings of different genres and guest lecturers from disciplines directly and indirectly connected with photography. On the base of the seminar, in 2008 he founded the photo portal www.fotosofia.info

Bibliography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ ulupuh.hr, 'Članovi ULUPUHA' (retrieved 21.11.2015.)
  2. ↑ ulupuh.hr, 'Članovi ULUPUHA' (retrieved 21.11.2015.)
  3. ↑ hzsu.hr, 'Profesionalni samostalni umjetnici' (retrieved 29.12.2015.)
  4. ↑ hrvatski-fotosavez.hr, 'Ljetne fotoradionice za mlade' (retrieved 29.12.2015.)
  5. ↑ nextkunst.at, 'Artists 1995 – 2011' (retrieved 29.12.2015.)
  6. ↑ culturenet.hr, 'Damir Hoyka: Celebrity Fair' (8 June 2004.)
  7. ↑ vecernji.hr, 'Hoyka okupio svoje muze' (10 April 2004.)
  8. ↑ vecernji.hr, 'Fotoseminar Damira Hoyke: Fotoprilika u kojoj se ostvaruju snovi' (retrieved 29.12.2015.)
  9. ↑ culturenet.hr, 'Atletić i Hoyka dobitnici Nagrade 'Tošo Dabac' za 2008. godinu' (28 April 2009.)
  10. ↑ jutarnji.hr, 'Počinje Hrvatski top-model' (7 March 2008.)
  11. ↑ imdb.com, 'Damir Hoyka' (retrieved 29.12.2015.)
  12. ↑ tportal.hr, 'Damir Hoyka predstavio svoj prvi SF roman' (22 April 2009.)
  13. ↑ hrt.hr, 'Ples sa zvijezdama' (20 October 2013.)
  14. ↑ ulupuh.hr, 'Članovi ULUPUHA' (retrieved 21.11.2015.)
  15. ↑ southeast-europe.eu, 'Jury selection' (retrieved 25.11.2015.)
  16. ↑ tportal.hr, 'Završena Fotosofia 9' (4 July 2014.)
  17. ↑ tportal.hr, 'Modna fotografija kroz objektive 15 fotografa' (11 March 2014.)
  18. ↑ labin.com, 'Labin: retrospektiva Fotosofije' (9 September 2013.)
  19. ↑ tportal.hr, 'Fotosofia 8 – Exhibition Day' (10 July 2013.)
  20. ↑ culturenet.hr, 'Atletić i Hoyka dobitnici Nagrade 'Tošo Dabac' za 2008. godinu' (28 April 2009.)
  21. ↑ tportal.hr, 'Damir Hoyka nagrađen za najbolji ZF roman' (25 April 2010.)
  22. ↑ metro-portal.hr, 'Damir Hoyka dobio nagradu SFERA za najbolji znanstveno-fantastični roman' (25 April 2010.)
  23. ↑ 3zmaj.hr, 'Književna nagrada Artefakt' (retrieved 20 November 2015.)
  24. ↑ hrt.hr, 'Artefakt na RIKON-u' (4 October 2010.)

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