Derya Akay
Derya Akay (b. 1988) is an artist living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Nations, colonially known as Vancouver, BC. Akay received a BFA from Emily Carr University in 2010. Select solo exhibitions include Meydan, Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, 2021; 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 Contact Traces, Wattis Institute at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco; 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. In 2017 Akay had a Fieldhouse residency resulting in the publication, Mantı, Börek, Baklava, with the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver.
News
current group exhibition, The Willful Plot, the Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia, until 16 April 2023
Exhibitions
Fruit and Flower (2020)
Writing & Press
Publications
a flower as a poem (2016)
Ghost Spring (2018)
Mantı, Börek, Baklava (2019)

Installation view, Left: Seyyar (eskici), 2021. Wood, bicycle parts, seasonal toppings. Right: Queer Dowry, 2022
What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, Toronto Biennial 2022
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Installation view, Queer Dowry, What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, Toronto Biennial, 2022
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Installation view, What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, Toronto Biennial, 2022
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Meydan, Polygon Gallery, 2021
Rachel Topham Photography

Installation view, Queer Dowry, What Water Knows, the Land Remembers, Toronto Biennial, 2022
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Fallen fruit (Santa Barbara Market, Vancouver), 2018
installation view, Lulu (Mexico City)
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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)