• Comment: Qaddah does not seem notable, I only found a few sources talking mostly about her. TheNuggeteer (talk) 11:11, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Dana Qaddah (born 1996, Beirut, Lebanon) is an interdisciplinary artist based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples: Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations where they completed their BFA at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD).[1][2]

Artistic career

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Qaddah's practice focuses on the expression of fragmentation of identities, particularly between the Arab and Western worlds.[1] A constant theme in her work is the idea of generational displacement. This is presented by the abstraction and destruction of one's sense of being.[2] In the exhibition, The Willful Plot, displayed at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, her work presents images of gardens as a "site of tension between wild and cultivated...public and private, and sovereign and colonized."[3] Qaddah's contributions to the exhibition focused on rooftops in Beirut where these are a locations for vegetation and for social gatherings.[3]

Qaddah participated in Plug In ICA's Summer Institute II: BUSH gallery in 2018.[4] In 2019, Qaddah was the artist in residence for PLOT, hosted by Access Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4]

Selected exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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  • The Neighbor's Plate (November 28, 2020 – January 17, 2021) was a group exhibition at Unit 17 that included artists Derya Akay, Amna Elnour, and Dana Qaddah.[5]
  • Willful Plot (January 13, 2023 – April 16, 2023) was a group exhibition at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, featuring artists, Derya Akay, Vivienne Bessette, Gabi Dao, Derek Jarman, Charmian Johnson, Glenn Lewis,Mike MacDonald, Rehab Nazzal, and Dana Qaddah.[6]

Solo exhibitions

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  • Vessel(s) through which (November 7, 2020 – January 17, 2021) was Qaddah's solo exhibition at the Libby Leshgold Gallery.[1]

Curated exhibitions

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  • The Upper Side of the Sky (October 12, 2020 – April 30, 2021) was an online exhibition that functioned as a virtual reality archive of the ruins at Palmyra, Syria, a project created by artist Jawa El Khash.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yuill, Chelsea. "Where do we find home in the future?". ReIssue.
  2. ^ a b c "The Upper Side of the Sky A Virtual Reality Archive Exhibition by Jawa El Khash, Curated by Dana Qaddah". 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The Willful Plot". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  4. ^ a b "Posterity & Expatriation A Conversation Between Jawa El Khash and Dana Qaddah Virtual Event". 28 November 2020.
  5. ^ Thompson, April (2021). ""The Neighbour's Plate."". International Contemporary Art: 70–71. ProQuest 2550696881 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Graham, Sadie (7 April 2023). "In the Weeds at the Willful Plot". Sad Mag.