The Neighbour's Plate

Derya Akay
Amna Elnour
Dana Qaddah

28 November 2020 to 17 January 2021

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Unit 17 is thrilled to announce The Neighbour’s Plate, a group exhibition of artworks by Derya Akay, Amna Elnour and Dana Qaddah.

 

The exhibition consists of a collaborative installation, poster and food projects initiated throughout the course of the exhibition. 

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menu (available for takeout):

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Coffee

Tea
 

Baskot w raha

Candied chestnut

Candied pumpkin

Ma’amoul

Rosemary shortbread

Tahini halva

Tahini molasses

 

Bastourma and eggs

Duck carbonara

Pickled beets

 

*daily specials*

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Derya Akay (b. 1988) is an artist living in Vancouver. Selected solo exhibitions include with bread,, Campbell River Art Gallery, 2017; Pumice, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles, 2017; Painting with Light, Kunstverein Toronto, 2015 and Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Supper, Centre A, Vancouver, 2014. Selected group exhibitions include The Lulennial II: A Low-Hanging Fruit, Lulu, Mexico City, 2018; HERE, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, 2017 and Ambivalent Pleasures, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2016. Akay will present a solo exhibition at Polygon Gallery (North Vancouver) in May 2021.

 

Amna Elnour (b. 1994) is an artist and writer who was most recently based in the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam nations. Her practice explores relations among the ephemeral, shapeshifting, and the effects of deterritorialization. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia. She has hosted a PDF based book club at Duplex, and contributed to NuZi Collective’s Wrong Wave zine, as well as participated in the group exhibitions Now Now Wow at the Audain Art Centre and Body Body Party Party at The Hatch Gallery (all Vancouver). Upcoming projects include Tip of Your Tongue, a conceptual cook book combining recipes with lyrical prose and poetry, and a contribution to UNIT/PITT’s upcoming quarantine cookbook.

Dana Qaddah (b. 1996, Beirut, Lebanon) is a third generation expatriate, artist and organizer based on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam nations. Qaddah’s interdisciplinary practice draws upon the condition of generational displacement, being abstracted from the destruction of one’s own sense of self, place, and home. Qaddah completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2019. In 2018, Qaddah participated in Plug In ICA’s Summer Institute II: BUSH gallery. The following year, Qaddah was invited to be the writer in residence at Access Gallery’s PLOT space, and is currently one of the artists in residence at the Media Arts Committee’s sound art program. Qaddah is presenting a concurrent solo exhibition titled Vessel(s) through which at Libby Leshgold Gallery (Vancouver) which continues until 17 January 2021.

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The Neighbour's Plate would like to acknowledge the support of the BC Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.