Short Bio
Born on 10 September 1979 in Siauliai, Lithuania.
Graduated from the Vilnius Art Academy, Photography and Media Arts Department. Master’s degree in Fine Art Photography.
Postgraduate studies at New York Film Academy.
Since 1999 has started participating in exhibitions. In 2002 represented Lithuania in North-East Europe biennale ArtGenda 2002 Hamburg.
In 2003 migrated to United States, soon after opened Ieva Sireikyte Photography Studio in Chicago, IL then moved to NYC. Member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA).
Lives and works in New York City.
Artist's Statement
After graduating from the Art Academy, my interests mostly lied in questioning the "truth" factor in photography: from mockumentary projects to photographic recreations of the religious icons. That lead to creating social experiment situations using the photographic medium.
The biggest influence on my work was the move from Europe to the US. First as an explorer, (“Vanishing Point” ) and later, as an analyzer, choosing more narrow anthropological issues. Like pagan and witch culture adapting to an urban setting of NYC.
Now focusing on paranormal, occult and subconscious parts of society.
My upbringing on the cusp of the “going digital” era lead me to use both of the two worlds – I work with medium format camera with a digital back, although all earlier projects were created by using medium format film. This setting is the best for portrait genre, as each shot still requires a pause to reset, rewind and refocus manually, giving the subject to be super present in the picture taking process.
