Ivan Caniga

Slovakia - Asociácia Profesionálnych Fotografov Slovenskej Republiky - APFSR

Qualified European PhotographerMaster Qualified European Photographer

Specialisations:

Portrait photography Product photography Fine-Art photography

Biography

Ivan Caniga is a professional Slovak photographer. His main focus is  Fine Art Photography. Ivan Caniga was born in Partizánske, and he lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia. He graduated at the School of Art Industry in Bratislava, specialized in Photography. After graduation he worked in Slovak Television as a photographer, and since 1991 he works as a freelance photographer. Ivan is member of the Association of Artists of Western Slovakia and also co-founder and member of the Association of Professional Photographers of the Slovak Republic. Later on, he decided to pass on his experience and from 2008 to 2015 he worked as a lecturer of photography at the Pan-European University at the Faculty of Mass Media in Bratislava. Since 2016 he works as a lecturer of photography at the St. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava. Ivan has completed dozens of individual and collective exhibitions in Slovakia and abroad, from which he has won several remarkable prices. On the international scene, Ivan was recognized and became the holder of prestigious QEP Certificates (Qualified European Professional Photographer) in Portrait photography and in Illustrative photography and since 2013 Ivan holds the prestigious Master QEP Certificate (Master Qualified European Professional Photographer) which is the most distinguished award for outstanding photographers in Europe. His work is part of public and private collections in Slovakia as well as all around the world, mainly in Austria, Hungary, Italy, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France and the USA.