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Derya Akay (born 1988) is a Turkish artist based in Vancouver, Canada. Akay has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Japan, Mexico, U.S., and Turkey.[1][2] In 2010, Akay graduated from Emily Carr University and completed a residency at the Banff Centre.[3]

Derya Akay
Born	1988 Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Artist
Website	http://deryaakay.com/

Work

Derya Akay's artistic practice involves community organizing, gathering, cooking, food and knowledge sharing, gardening, performance, and installation.[4][5] Akay often uses tableware, textiles, food, and organic material in installations and performances with a focus on feminized and collective labour, while using intimate and domestic spaces such as kitchens, gardens, and bedrooms to showcase his work.[6][7][8]

Akay's mother, Dilara Akay, is an activist and artist. They collaborated on Ghost Spring (2018), a work about the political upheavals in Turkey and the loss of loved ones, installed and performed at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, Canada, in association with grunt gallery.[9]

Recent Exhibitions and Projects

Akay has collaborated with artists such as Haruko Okano, T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss, Julia Feyrer, and Anne Low.[10]

• Queer Dowry (2022), What Water Knows, The Land Remembers, Toronto Biennial of Art[11][12]
• Looking at the Garden Fence (2021), with Vivienne Bessette and Garden Don't Care artist collective at Sahalli Park Community Garden, Elisabeth Rogers Community Garden, Harmony Garden X̱wemelch’stn pen̓em̓áy[13]
• Meydan (2021), Polygon Gallery[14]
• The Neighbours Plate (2020), with Dana Qaddah and Amna Elnour, Unit 17[15]
• Green Grocer (2018), Unit 17[16]
• Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures (2016), Vancouver Art Gallery[17][18]

References

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