Derya Akay
Born in Istanbul, Turkey (1988).
Lives in and works out of Vancouver, Canada.

2010
BFA Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada

Solo Exhibitions


2014
Breakfast, lunch, dinner & supper
Centre A, Vancouver, Canada

Painting with Light
Gallery 295, Vancouver, Canada

2013
anewground
The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada

Wall blob
Terasaki Gallery, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi, Japan

2011
Scans on Display
The Apartment and Blanket Contemporary Art Inc., Vancouver, Canada

Collaborative Projects

2012
screen scans / rescan
Black Diamond Turner Vallery Online project (with Nicole Ondre)

Roundhay Garden Scenes (with Julia Feyrer)
Video-In Bar, VIVO, Vancouver, Canada

2011
Scans on Display
The Apartment and Blanket Contemporary Art Inc., Vancouver, Canada

Aviary (with Joshua Bartholomew)
Small Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Group Exhibitions

2014
Contemporary Art Society Emerging Artist's Prize Exhibition
Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2013
Proof 20
Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada

2012
Heroes in the Street
Fuse Event, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada

Serial Abstracts
The Commons, Vancouver, Canada

Vessel
Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2011
So Gay!
The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada

The Problem of Nothing
Hayaka Arti, Istanbul, Turkey

Office Hours
Fillip, Vancouver, Canada

Contemporary Histories: Intersecting pasts and future
AHVA Gallery, University of British  Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

2010
The International Chilliwack Biennial
Offsite project of Artspeak, Or Gallery, and Bodgers' and  Kludgers' Co-operative, Chilliwack, Canada

Emily Carr Graduation Exhibition, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada

Hand Joy, Centre for Recent Drawing (C4RD), London, UK

Sculpture Garden
Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University, Vancouver , Canada

favorites
WOO Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada

Winter Salon
Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada

2009
The Hand of a Stranger
Shudder Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Plusİst
Hayaka Arti, Istanbul Turkey

2006
The Queer Collective Exhibition
Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

The Foundation Show
Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Vancouver,  Canada

Residencies

2013
Artist in Residence - Yamanashi, August 4 – September 3, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi, Japan

2010
Theater of Erosion or I Hate Work That is Not A Play
Thematic residency with artist Geoffrey Farmer
November 11 – December 10, 2010 The Banff Centre, Canada

Exhibition Catalogs/Texts

2014
Patryk Stasieczek, ‘Painting with Light’, Lighbox, Gallery 295, Vancouver

2014
Mikhel Proulx, ‘Views from the Ground’, Proof 20, Gallery 44, Toronto


Magazines and Periodicals

2014
Rupert Nuttle, 'Derya Akay: Material Hangings, Hangouts", Espace Magazine, #108, Fall issue

2013
Michael Turner, 'Michael Turner's Top 3 of 2013: Signs of Change', Canadian Art Online, December 19, 2013

2010
Allison Collins, ‘Observations from the Chilliwack Biennial’, Fuse Magazine, Volume 33, No 4

Published Writings

2009
Ahmet Yildiz is My Family,
Woo Magazine, Emily Carr University, Issue 4,


Publications

2009 – 2010
Woo Magazine, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada

2008 – 2009
FUNDAMENTALİST ZINE, Self-Published Zine