Draft:Dana Qaddah

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).

Artistic career
Qaddah's practice focuses on the expression of fragmentation of identities, particularly between the Arab and Western worlds. 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. 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." Qaddah's contributions to the exhibition focused on rooftops in Beirut where these are a locations for vegetation and for social gatherings.

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

Group exhibitions

 * 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.
 * 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.

Solo exhibitions

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

Curated exhibitions

 * 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.