1. Edit of 46 photo-based images
2. Diptychs & Digital Collage Examples
3. Digital Images
View The Broccolli is Delicious Here on dansiney.com to see how I am developing my photographic practice since 2018. Compilations of digital photographs will become material for conceptual projects. View on desktop.
From 2000-2018 I primarily made photographs. In 2016 I reunited with ‘tactile media’ and text, which I pursue alongside my photography practice.
Themes and concepts in the above edit include: reoccurring dome shapes across deep and shallow time, old growth cedar stumps anthropomorphized into death masks, light-as-image on water's surface, and class-oriented sociocultural commentary.
Rooted in the tradition of 35mm photography, my practice explores meaning through our relationship with light and subject. Informed by Deleuze's theory of "Affect," as taught by my mentor Sharon Kahanoff, I further examine how photography abstracts rather than duplicates reality. I create images that challenge habitual viewing expectations in both our mediated and direct viewing experiences, and assemble them into new relationships that reveal fresh meanings.
The photographic interventions in this edit reflect a direction I pursued before returning to tactile media and stepping away from 35mm film. 1: I created assemblages using construction paper and both my own and found images, then documented them under changing natural light to produce new images. These were paired with other 35mm photographs. 2: I developed a hybrid digital-analog image manipulation technique and presented the results without publicly revealing the method. 3: I experimented with subtle digital-collaging of my own photographs to create compelling but believable scenes, exploring our culture's shifting relationship with the presentation of "reality."
[Phantasmagoria, group-show, Presentation House Gallery, 2012, | Mid Double Daffy, solo-show, Gallery 295, 2013].
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Dan Siney (b. 1979, CA)
BFA ECUAD, 2003
Vancouver, BC
604-215-2272
dansiney.com
Solo / Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 TBD. Mark Christopher Gallery, Toronto, ON
2025 "Tinyvices Archive 20th Anniversary Exhibition." The Hole, NY, NY.
2025 Artists in Residence Exhibition, Kent Harrison Arts Council. With family, Dan Siney, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, and son Leroy Gushowaty. Ranger Station Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, BC
2023 "Learning to Draw, Learning to Paint". Burnaby Art Gallery offsite exhibition, Bob Prittie Metrotown Library, Vancouver, BC
2022 "Raunch, Raunch Dance" With Jessica Buie, CSA Space, Vancouver, BC
2013 "Mid Double Daffy". Gallery 295, Vancouver, BC
2011 "Strange Weather". With Andrea Pinheiro, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, On
2011 Dan Siney and Heather Martin, New Works. The LES Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Two person exhibition with Heather Martin)
2010 New Works By Dan Siney. Shudder Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Solo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 "Out of Control." Audain Gallery, Whistler, BC
2018 "Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest." The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
2018 "Serpentine Path." Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island, BC
2014 "Social Circles." Unit Pitt Projects, Vancouver, BC
2012 "Phantasmagoria." Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2011 "Unstable Ground." Unit/Pitt Projects, Vancouver, BC
2008 "A Good Summer to Stay Inside." East Van Studios (LES Gallery artists), Vancouver, BC
2008 "Moodyville." The Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2008 "The 1st Annual New York Photography Festival." DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
2006 "The 6th Annual Vice Photo Issue Exhibition." Bruce Silverstein Photography Gallery, New York, NY
2006/07 "tinyvices" (touring group exhibition, curated by Tim Barber):
· White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, Missouri
· Proyectos Moncloya Colima, Mexico City, Mexico
· The Gallery Soho/Clair de Rouen Books, London, England
· Colette, Paris, France
· Studio Bee, Tokyo, Japan,
· The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
· House of Campari, New York, NY
· Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY
Selected Residencies / Invited Lectures & Presentations / Award Nominations
2024/25 Residency. Kent Harrison Arts Council, Dan Siney, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, and son Leroy Gushowaty. Harrison Hot Springs, BC
2024 Residency. Sointula Art Shed, Dan Siney, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, and son Leroy Gushowaty.
2009 Residency. Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts
2024 Invited Speaker. "The Artist as Community Leader" Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, BC
2013 Nominantion. Aimia, Art Gallery of Ontario Photography Prize
Selected Bibliography
Texts
2008 “Stump Skulls", Lee Henderson, Moodyville exhibition catalogue: The Capilano Review 3.8, 2008
Books
2012 Hamanaka, Atsushi, 12 Books, Japan; Queen of Tsawwassen, Inventory Magazine Publishing, 2012
2007 Pearson, Jesse & McInnes, Gavin; The Vice Photo Book, Vice Publishing, 2007, p. 240
Reviews
2012 Mitch Speed: “Phantasmagoria, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver”, Frieze Magazine, issue 150, October 2012, p. 252
2011 Robin Laurence: "LES Gallery Exhibition Brings Together Dan Siney's Photography and Heather Martin's Textile Art", The Georgia Straight, March 22, 2011.
Features
2010
· Hunter and Cook Magazine, “Dan Siney”, issue 5, p. 2-3, 78-79
· Carousel Magazine, “Dan Siney, Stump Skulls”, issue 25, p. 31, 32
2009
· Pyramid Power Magazine, “Dan Siney: A New Body of Work”, issue 6, p. 48-57
· Color Magazine, “Dan Siney, Stumps”, Special Edition, p. 87-89
2015
· The Malahat Review, issue 192 (Cover)
· The Malahat Review, issue 191 (Cover)
2004-2008
· Color Magazine, Special Edition (Cover)
· Feature: “Found Gaol Portraits, Newcastle England”, p. 18,19; p.166-169
· Color Magazine, Vol. 4.2 (Cover)
· c magazine, “Big Picture”, issue 86, 2005, inside back cover
· Vice Magazine, Photo Issues:
2006 vol 13, #7, p. 40,
2005 vol. 12, #7, p. 31, 56,
2004 vol. 11, #7, p. 19,
CURATION | DOING&DOING FINE ART
"Doing&Doing Fine Art promotes creative expression as fundamental to cultural health, by providing exposure and sales opportunities for artists from across disciplines, creative cultures, backgrounds, geographies, and levels of experience."
2022–
Exhibitions
Flavoured Soup: Doing&Doing’s First Exhibition
July 1 – Aug 1, 2023
Featuring 60 current and former Vancouver-based artists
560 Gallery / Kasko Frame Works
Vancouver, BC
Online
@doing.and.doing | Instagram
doinganddoing.com | Exhibition Works List
TEACHING / TECHNICIAN
Vancouver Alternate School System (Vancouver School Board)
Trauma-Informed Art Programming, Ages 12-19, Funded by ArtStarts / BC Arts Council
Teacher/Coordinator
Vancouver, BC
2020 - present
Free, Low-Barrier Programming in Oppenheimer and other DTES Parks, Ages 10+, Founded by Andrew Dadson and Alex Tedlie-Stursberg
Head Teacher
Vancouver, BC
2023 - present
Kent Harrison District
Various Pommunity programs
Agassis, BC
2024/25
Banff Centre for the Arts
Interim Photography Facilitator
Banff, AL
2012
Malaspina Printmakers Society
Teaching/Technician
Various
Vancouver, BC
Digital Printmaking
2011
ARTISTIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Artistic Consultation / Content Provider
2020 Jin-Me Yoon: “The Beast”, image from “Untunnelling Vision” (multimedia installation). Image Consultant, Technical Assistant.
2015 Sharon Kahanoff: “Viewpoints” (multimedia installation). Project Consultant, Videographer, Actor.
2009 Roy Causi, “South, South East” (multimedia installation), Centre A Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Documentary Videography
2005 Jeremy Shaw, “Best Minds Part One” (2-channel video installation with original soundtrack, 40 min loop). Videography.
· MoMa, PS1, NY, NY
· Or Gallery, Vancouver
· TIFF, Toronto
· Circle Square (visuals; music group)
Filmography
2017 “Syrinx”, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty, (15:50, documentary, digital), RVNG International. Videographer.
2010 “Beyond the Black Rainbow”, Panos Cosmatos, (1hr, 50, feature film, 35mm), Chromewood Productions. Film Stills.
2007 Corey Adams, “Harvey Spannos” (45:00, short film, 35mm), Zosimos Productions. Co-Art Director, Film Stills, Prop Master, Promotional Material.
Selected Editorial Photography
2011 Jennifer Papararo: “Catriona Jeffries Interview with Jennifer Paparero”, Hunter and Cook Magazine, issue 10, fall, 2011, p. 16-19
2007 Lee Henderson: “Ken Roux”, Border Crossings, issue 101, March, 2007, p. 46-55
2006 Nicholas Brown: “Corey Adams”, Color Magazine, vol. 4.2, Summer, 2006, p. 80-89
2006 Dan Bejar, Dan Siney: “Diary: Dan Bejar”, Tokion Magazine, issue 52, April/May, 2006, p. 106
2006 Transworld Staff: “Dong it For the Kids”, Transworld Skateboarding Magazine, June, 2006, p. 76
2005 Brion Paul, “Circle Square: Vancouver Native Creates Moody Shapes From Shoegaze Template”, XLR8R Magazine, issue 78, p.29
Selected Fashion Photoraphy
2006 “Fiction Stunts”, Vice Magazine (DE), vol.2, #4, 2007
2008 “Age of Aquarius”, Color Magazine, issue 6.2, Summer p. 84-91
Other
2018 Permanent Installation. The Magnet, 309 West Pender, Vancouver: "Untitled (Racoons)" & "The Broccoli is Delicious Here" (series). Nigel Springthorpe, entrepreneur; Post Projects, commercial design agency.
2014 Portfolio Development. Vancouver House: Westbank Living, Bjarke Ingles Group.
GRANTS
BC Arts Council / ArtStarts
2024 Genesis; Vinery
2023 Total Education; Cedar Walk; West(x2)
2022 Cedar Walk; Genesis South; Tupper Nova; Vinery
2021 Cedar Walk; Tupper Nova
The Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grant
2019, '16, '15, '14, '12