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 Future of Work: Parallel Economies, the Art Gallery of Burlington, until 31 December 2022
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)
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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)