Selected Photographs, 2000–2018
Selected Photographs, 2000–2018 | Series':
Selected Photographs, 2000–2018 | Interchangeable Landscapes:
Selected Photographs, 2000–2018 | 2000–2006:
Diptychs & Interventions
"The Broccoli is Delicious Here" is an experiment. Prioritizing content over formal concerns, and using accessible, low-fi digital photography, I document absurdities produced by converging commercial, social, and cultural forces. I began compiling images in 2018 for use in printed projects.
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
dansiney@gmail.com
dansiney.com
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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, Shadbolt Centre and McGill Library, Vancouver, BC. With family members Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty and Leroy Gushowaty (age two).
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
2026 “Tinyvices Archive 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition.” Urban Research Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2026 “Tinyvices Archive 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition.” SO1, Tokyo, Japan.
2025 “Tinyvices Archive 20th Anniversary Exhibition.” The Hole, NY, NY.
2022 “Out of Control.” Audain Art Museum, 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. Accompanying publication: Animals Who Don't Know You're Trying to Help.
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, St Louis Missouri; Proyectos Moncloya Colima, Mexico City; The Gallery Soho/Clair de Rouen Books, London; Colette, Paris; Studio Bee, Tokyo; University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; House of Campari, New York; Spencer Brownstone, New York.
2007 “For The Compass I Do Not Need.” Go Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2005 “Do You Want To?” La Santa, Barcelona, Spain
2005 “Completely Naked” Campbell Works, London, England.
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2024/'25 Residency Kent Harrison Arts Council, with Dan, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty and son Leroy Gushowaty, Harrison Hot Springs BC
2024 Residency Sointula Art Shed, with family, Sointula BC
2009 Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts
SELECTED INVITED LECTURE
2024 “The Artist as Community Leader” Arts Umbrella, Vancouver BC.
AWARD NOMINATION
2013 nomination Aimia, Art Gallery of Ontario Photography Prize.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
2012 Hamanaka, Atsushi, 12 Books, Japan; Queen of Tsawwassen, Inventory Magazine Publishing, 2012.
2011 Animals Who Don't Know You're Trying to Help. Unique artist's book; companion publication to Unstable Ground, curated by Andrea Pinheiro, UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver, BC.
2007 Jesse Pearson & Gavin McInnes, The Vice Photo Book, Vice Publishing, 2007, p. 240.
Texts
2008 “Stump Skulls", Lee Henderson, Moodyville exhibition catalogue: The Capilano Review 3.8, 2008.
Books
Reviews
2012 Mitch Speed “Phantasmagoria, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver”, Frieze issue 150, Oct 2012 p.252.
2011 Robin Laurence “LES Gallery Exhibition Brings Together Dan Siney's Photography and Heather Martin's Textile Art”, Georgia Straight March 22, 2011.
Features
2015 The Malahat Review issues 192 and 191 covers.
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.
2004-2008
- Color Magazine Special Edition (Cover); Feature “Found Gaol Portraits, Newcastle England”, pp 18,19; pp166-169
- Color Magazine Vol 4.2 cover; c magazine “Big Picture”, issue 86, 2005, inside back cover
- Vice Magazine photo issues: 2006 vol 13 #7 p40 || 2005 vol12 #7 p31,56 || 2004 vol11 #7 p19.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CREDITS
Artistic Consultation / Content Provider
2020 Production Support, Jin-me Yoon, Untunnelling Vision. Assisted with development and production of work for Yoon’s multidisciplinary intallation.
2009 Documentary videography, Roy Caussy, South South East (multimedia installation), Centre A Gallery, Vancouver BC.
2007 Camera / Commissioned Footage for Jeremy Shaw, Best Minds Part One (2007). Footage incorporated into Shaw’s video installation and subsequent expanded version. Selected presentations: OR Gallery Vancouver (2007); Carpi Contemporanea Italy (2007; presented as Jeremy Shaw / Circlesquare); MoMA PS1 New York (2011; Best Minds Part One (Expanded)); Art Basel Miami Beach, New World Center (2013; excerpt screening); Polygon Gallery North Vancouver (2018).
Filmography
SELECTED ARTISTIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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.
2017 “Syrinx”, Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty (15:50, documentary, digital), RVNG International. Videographer.
2014 Portfolio Development. Vancouver House: Westbank Living, Bjarke Ingles Group.
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 p16-19.
2008 “Age of Aquarius”, Color Magazine issue6.2 Summer p84-91.
2007 Lee Henderson “Ken Roux”, Border Crossings issue101 March 2007 p46-55.
2006 Nicholas Brown “Corey Adams”, Color Magazine vol4.2 Summer 2006 p80-89.
2006 Dan Bejar, Dan Siney “Diary: Dan Bejar”, Tokion issue52 Apr/May 2006 p106.
2006 Transworld Staff “Dong it For the Kids”, Transworld Skateboarding June 2006 p76.
2005 Brion Paul “Circle Square: Vancouver Native Creates Moody Shapes From Shoegaze Template”, XLR8R issue78 p29.
Selected Fashion Photography
2006 “Fiction Stunts”, Vice Magazine (DE), vol.2 #4, 2007.
GRANTS
BC Arts Council / ArtStarts —> Vancouver Alt. Schools
2021–2024: Cedar Walk Tupper Nova, Genesis, Genesis South, Vinery, Total Education, West
Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grant: 2019, '16, '15, '14, '12.
CURATION
Doing&Doing Fine Art, 2022–present
Founded in May 2022, Doing&Doing Fine Art promotes creative expression as fundamental to cultural health. Operating as an independent online curatorial platform and in collaboration with exhibition spaces including Kasko Gallery in Vancouver, Doing&Doing showcases artists across contexts – including disciplines, creative cultures, backgrounds, geographies, and levels of experience – providing exposure and sales opportunities.
Online Curation & Guest-Curator Program: Since 2022, Dan has curated and featured the work of 100+ artists on Instagram, and invited artists to guest-curate monthly selections. Artist features include authorized surveys of works by Maud Lewis and Roger “Syd” Barrett, as well as restricted-access masks from the U’mista Cultural Centre’s Potlatch collection in ’Yalis / Alert Bay, and an interview with Lesly Pierre-Paul of New Vision Art School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Exhibitions
2026 Jonathan Petersen: Five Years. Kasko Frame Works and Doing&Doing Fine Art. Opening October 17; on view October 19–November 12, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2026 New Vision Art School: Lesly Pierre-Paul and His Students, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Opening September 19; on view through October 14, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2026 Paige Elton, Midnight Oil. June 20, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2026 Nick Lakowski – Grazers. Opening April 18; on view April 19–May 14, Kasko Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2025 Scorpion Tongue. Roster launch and group exhibition, May 17, 560 Clark Drive, Vancouver, BC.
2023 Flavoured Soup: Doing&Doing’s First Exhibition. July 1–August 1, 560 Gallery / Kasko Frame Works, Vancouver, BC. Group exhibition featuring 60 current and former Vancouver-based artists.
Community Partnerships: Curatorial collaborations with nonprofit organizations supporting underserved communities, including Arts of Life in Chicago, supporting artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and New Vision Art School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Interview: Sproule, Michelle. “On Alternative Ways of ‘Doing&Doing’, with Local Artist-Slash-Art-Activist, Dan Siney.” Scout Magazine, 10 July 2023 [view]
SELECTED TEACHER / PROGRAMER
2020–2024 Vancouver Alternate School System (Vancouver School Board), Trauma-Informed Art Programming, Ages 12-19, Funded by BC Arts Council / ArtStarts & AiRS
2023–2025 Big Top Art Tent, Free, Low-Barrier Programming in Oppenheimer and other DTES Parks, Ages 10+, Founded by Andrew Dadson and Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Head Teacher, Vancouver BC.
2024/'25 School District 78 and Kent Harrison Arts Council, Fraser Cascade district. Various programs.
2026 Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Various programs.
SELECTED TECHNICIAN
2012 Banff Centre for the Arts, Interim Photography Facilitator, Banff AL.
2011 Malaspina Printmakers Society, Teaching/Technician, Various, Vancouver BC, Digital Printmaking.