Derya Akay
Derya Akay (b. 1988) is an artist living in Vancouver. Select solo exhibitions include with bread,, Campbell River Art Gallery, 2017; Pumice, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles, 2017; Painting with Light, Kunstverein Toronto, 2015; Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Supper, Centre A, Vancouver, 2014. Recent group exhibitions include The Lulennial II: A Low-Hanging Fruit, Lulu, Mexico City, 2018; Nature's Way, Cooper Cole, Toronto, 2017; HERE, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 2017; Ambivalent Pleasures, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2016. He recently completed the project Mantı, Börek, Baklava at the Burrard Marina Field House Residency, hosted by the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver). For this project Akay worked with elder women with immigrant backgrounds to host a series of cooking workshops and lunches open to the public.
News
forthcoming solo exhibition, Meydan, Polygon Gallery (North Vancouver), 24 April - 1 August 2021
Exhibitions
Fruit and Flower (2020)
Writing & Press
Publications
a flower as a poem (2016)
Ghost Spring (2018)
Mantı, Börek, Baklava (2019)

cyclodrum, potbound & soup from stone, 2015
installation view, Gardiner Museum (Toronto)

cyclodrum, potbound & soup from stone, 2015 (detail)

cyclodrum, potbound & soup from stone, 2015 (detail)
Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver), 2018, mixed media, 100 x 69 x 28cm
Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver), 2018, mixed media, 100 x 69 x 28cm

Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver), 2018, mixed media, 100 x 69 x 28cm

Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver),2018 (detail)
Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver), 2018
installation view, Lulu (Mexico City)
Plexi Lath, 2017, plexi, acrylic, plaster, cedar, 101.6 x 80cm

Plexi Lath, 2017 (detail)

Plexi Lath, 2017 (detail)
Belvedere Lath, 2016-17, wood, plaster, paint, rose petals, amaryllis, borage, turmeric, sumac, paprika, 101.6 x 80cm

Belvedere Lath, 2016/17 (detail)

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018
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Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018
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Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018
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Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018
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Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

Green Grocer, installation view Unit 17 2018

cyclodrum, courage, bread, and rosesculture and tomatoes, 2015-16
installation view, Vancouver Art Gallery

cyclodrum, courage, bread, and rosesculture and tomatoes, 2015-16
installation view, Vancouver Art Gallery

with bread, , installation view, Campbell River Art Gallery

with bread, (detail)

with bread, , installation view, Campbell River Art Gallery

with bread, (detail)

with bread, (detail)

with bread, (detail)

with bread, (detail)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Supper, installation view, Centre A (Vancouver)