Darius Yektai
| 1973 / Southampton, NY
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Artist Bio
Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai, an Iranian who emigrated to the US after the Second World War, was a prominent Hamptons AbEx painter. Darius has picked up some traits from his father but pushes even further into what is now completely his-own.
Darius' most recent body of work is bright, colorful, with oil and acrylic paints laid on thick. He's creating sculptural paintings that can't be read from left to right, they need to be examined from surface to base, from section to section, and then overall as an encompassing whole.
EDUCATION
1998 - 1999 Studio Art, San Diego State University.
1994 - 1996 BA Art History, American University in Paris
1991 - 1994 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
AWARDS
Guild Hall Museum’s annual members show
2010 Best Representational Work - Benjamin Genocchio
2008 Best Sculpture - Linda Jablonsky
2002 Best in Show - Amei Wallach
Artist Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Darius Yektai | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2023 | Darius Yektai: Soliloquy | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Darius Yektai Latest Works | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Waterlilies | Soloeh Abghari Gallery | Marbella, Spain
2021 | Waterlilies | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2020 | RESINance | The Art Center at Duck Creek | Springs, NY
2017 | Darius Yektai | KEYES ART PROJECTS | Sag Harbor, NY
2015 | Touch Thoughts | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2014 | Two Weeks in Umbria | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2013 | On Country Ground | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2009 | All I Know about Love at Thirty - Six Part 2 | LTMH Gallery, NY
2009 | All I Know about Love at Thirty-Six - Part 1 Salomon Contemporary, NY
2006 | Salomon Contemporary | East Hampton, NY
2003 Darius Yektai: Survey 2000-2003 | Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Strike Fast, Dance Lightly | The Church, Sag Harbor, NY
2023 | Breeze and Brine | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Contemporary Group Exhibition | Rarity Gallery | Mykonos, Greece
2022 | Locale Melange | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2020 | Drive-By-Art, New York (organized by Warren Neidich)
2019 | Thick And Wet | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2017 | Yektai | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2015 | Selfies and Portraits of the East End | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2012 Thanksgiving Collective 2012 | Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
2012, 2010 | Watercolors, Phillips de Pury & Co. | New York, NY
2010 | Thanksgiving Collective | Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
2010 | Tehran-NewYork | LTMH Gallery | New York, NY
2009 | Recent Acquisitions | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2009 | Before We Let Go... | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2009 | In Stitches | LTMH Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody)
2009 | Iran Inside Out | The Chelsea Art Museum | New York, NY (curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath)
2009 | Selseleh Zelzeleh: movers and shakers in contemporary Iranian art | LTMH Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Leila Heller and Dr. Layla S. Diba)
2008 | Conference of the Birds | Berardi and Sagharchi Projects with LTMH gallery | London, England
2008 | The Annual Hamptons Show | The Fireplace Project (curated by Klaus Kertess)
2007 | Sex and Sensuality | Salomon Contemporary | East Hampton, NY
2006 | M*A*S*H | Art Basel, Miami (curated by David Hunt)
2005 | Hampton’s Artists: Then and Now | Remy Toledo Gallery | New York, NY
2004 | Large Paintings, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY
2004 | Fresh Paint | Hampton Road Gallery | Southampton, NY
2002 | Spring Exhibition 2002 | Clark Fine Art | Southampton
2001 | Re-emerging Artists | Elaine Benson Gallery | Bridgehampton, NY
1997 | All-California Juried Exhibition | San Diego Museum of Art
2024 | Darius Yektai | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2023 | Darius Yektai: Soliloquy | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Darius Yektai Latest Works | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Waterlilies | Soloeh Abghari Gallery | Marbella, Spain
2021 | Waterlilies | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2020 | RESINance | The Art Center at Duck Creek | Springs, NY
2017 | Darius Yektai | KEYES ART PROJECTS | Sag Harbor, NY
2015 | Touch Thoughts | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2014 | Two Weeks in Umbria | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2013 | On Country Ground | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2009 | All I Know about Love at Thirty - Six Part 2 | LTMH Gallery, NY
2009 | All I Know about Love at Thirty-Six - Part 1 Salomon Contemporary, NY
2006 | Salomon Contemporary | East Hampton, NY
2003 Darius Yektai: Survey 2000-2003 | Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Strike Fast, Dance Lightly | The Church, Sag Harbor, NY
2023 | Breeze and Brine | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2022 | Contemporary Group Exhibition | Rarity Gallery | Mykonos, Greece
2022 | Locale Melange | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2020 | Drive-By-Art, New York (organized by Warren Neidich)
2019 | Thick And Wet | The Grenning Gallery | Sag Harbor, NY
2017 | Yektai | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2015 | Selfies and Portraits of the East End | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2012 Thanksgiving Collective 2012 | Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
2012, 2010 | Watercolors, Phillips de Pury & Co. | New York, NY
2010 | Thanksgiving Collective | Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, NY
2010 | Tehran-NewYork | LTMH Gallery | New York, NY
2009 | Recent Acquisitions | Guild Hall Museum | East Hampton, NY
2009 | Before We Let Go... | Tripoli Gallery | Southampton, NY
2009 | In Stitches | LTMH Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody)
2009 | Iran Inside Out | The Chelsea Art Museum | New York, NY (curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath)
2009 | Selseleh Zelzeleh: movers and shakers in contemporary Iranian art | LTMH Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Leila Heller and Dr. Layla S. Diba)
2008 | Conference of the Birds | Berardi and Sagharchi Projects with LTMH gallery | London, England
2008 | The Annual Hamptons Show | The Fireplace Project (curated by Klaus Kertess)
2007 | Sex and Sensuality | Salomon Contemporary | East Hampton, NY
2006 | M*A*S*H | Art Basel, Miami (curated by David Hunt)
2005 | Hampton’s Artists: Then and Now | Remy Toledo Gallery | New York, NY
2004 | Large Paintings, Hampton Road Gallery, Southampton, NY
2004 | Fresh Paint | Hampton Road Gallery | Southampton, NY
2002 | Spring Exhibition 2002 | Clark Fine Art | Southampton
2001 | Re-emerging Artists | Elaine Benson Gallery | Bridgehampton, NY
1997 | All-California Juried Exhibition | San Diego Museum of Art
Artist Press
The New York Times - May 2020
A Drive-By Art Show Turns Lawns and Garages Into Galleries
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Hamptons Real Estate Showcase | Holiday 2021
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Artist Catalogues
Darius Yektai
Darius Yektai Waterlily Series is on view at Grenning Gallery beginning June 5, 2021 and through June 20th, 2021. This catalogue includes essays from Laura Grenning, Lloyd Wise, and Anthony Haden Guest, and high resolution images shot by local photographer, Gary Mamay.
Darius Yektai 2022
Unbounded by rules yet informed by art history AND his family's tradition of Abstract Expressionism, Darius Yektai's latest work is at once an homage to tradition while also being a journey of experimentation. The Grenning Gallery is pleased to welcome the Latest Works of Darius Yektai (b.1973, Southampton, NY) as he returns for his third annual Solo Show. Yektai's urge to paint is innate; an affinity for the medium surges through his veins, as he is the son of the longest-lived Abstract Expressionist from the East Ends mid-century modern art movement. He is a direct descendant of the Action Painting movement, with a shared obsession with the materiality of paint that Pollock and DeKooning embodied out here in the Hamptons.
Artist Works | 239 RESULTS
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Large Tulips Yell...
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Persian Lilies
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Cobalt Lilies
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Poured Lilies
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White Tulips
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Abstract Diptych
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Willow Pond
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Long Pond
The Patio Lesson
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First View of Swi...
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Silver Pond V
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Waterlilies
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Large Tulips 2
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Fathers Flowers
Highland Terrace
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Waterlilies on Ye...
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Waterlilies on Pi...
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Magenta Lilies
Night Lilies
Light Lilies
Teal Lilies
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Willow Lily Pond
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The Vow
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Wind Blown Lilies
Red Lily
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Untitled - Lily D...
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Lunch on the Slop...
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Sunset Willow
Yellow Pond
Nymphaea Odorata
Deia
Salt Chuck
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Large Lilies Jute...
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Large Lilies Squa...
Sunflower Vase Re...
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Untitled - Two Po...
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Madras Lilies
Drip Status
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Falling Flower La...
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The Reflecting Po...
Reflections: Skim...
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Waxer
Falling Sunset Ho...
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Falling Lilies wi...
Falling Lily Rose
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Untitled Landscap...
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The Leash Wrapper
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The Willow
64.0" x 46.0"
Gold Resin Lilies
36.0" x 80.0"
Marigold
Large Violet
50.0" x 55.0"
Waterlillies
Her Flowers
52.0" x 52.0"
Broken Vessels
36.0" x 72.0"
Delphiniums in Gl...
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Ocean Road
50.0" x 50.0"
Red on Red
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Crimson Field
Falling Stargazer
Spring Orchid, Wi...
50.0" x 50.0"
Cement Lilies
39.0" x 64.0"
Two Holes of Wate...
Hydrangeas
Starry Night 2
36.0" x 60.0"
Purple Falling Fl...
36.0" x 60.0"
Bright Lilies
36.0" x 60.0"
Blue Fall 2
42.0" x 50.0"
Costa Rica Rider
42.0" x 50.0"
Nicoya Street
42.0" x 50.0"
Snow on Top of Va...
50.0" x 42.0"
Crossing Willows
38.0" x 51.0"
Grey Silver Pond
Daniels Lane
36.0" x 48.0"
Black and White L...
48.0" x 36.0"
Pink Board
36.0" x 48.0"
White White Lilie...
On the Hill
Spring Morning Li...
24.0" x 72.0"
White Lily
36.0" x 48.0"
Fresh Pond
Violets on Corner...
Pink Pond Diptych
Red White and Blu...
Emerald Pond
36.0" x 48.0"
Sunset Pond
Persian Lilies II
White Willow Lili...
36.0" x 48.0"
Wildflower Table ...
36.0" x 48.0"
White Lilies III
Sleeping Willow
Sagaponack Landsc...
Blue Flowers in B...
47.0" x 36.0"
Montauk Daisies o...
Peonies By Window
36.0" x 47.0"
Two Mulberry Tree...
The Lily
Two Potted Violet...
Still Life and De...
Sandy Sunset at S...
36.0" x 36.0"
Flying Point
36.0" x 36.0"
Kamiland
36.0" x 36.0"
Off the Wall
36.0" x 36.0"
Averys Jetty
Two Mulberry Tree...
32.0" x 39.0"
Nasturtium, Dipty...
28.0" x 44.0"
River Mountain 2
22.0" x 56.0"
The Madonna
Black Roses Fuck
24.0" x 50.0"
White Table
30.0" x 40.0"
Mauve Tulips on G...
Turtle Pond
Light Shades
Powder Day
30.0" x 40.0"
Dark Lilies
Roses at Lily Pon...
Waterlilies Hiera...
30.0" x 40.0"
Calla Lily on Yel...
32.5" x 36.5"
Blue Mimeo Lilies
36.5" x 31.5"
Barcelona Neck
Two Still Life
Wind Blown Sand a...
30.0" x 36.0"
Ghost Orchid
30.0" x 36.0"
Sag Mallows
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Greenglass Vase
36.0" x 30.0"
Yellow Tulips on ...
Sunset Tree and S...
Red Vase
Waterlilies Hiera...
27.5" x 35.0"
Dozen Roses on Gr...
Untitled
24.0" x 36.0"
Blush Lilies
Cherry Blossom
36.0" x 24.0"
Hummingbird Pond
Waterlily Reflect...
24.0" x 36.0"
East Hampton Beac...
Blue Flowers in B...
Maple Lilies
Surface Lilies on...
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Alizarin Lilies
24.0" x 36.0"
Wild Flower on Ye...
Red Drip Vase on ...
Orchid
36.0" x 24.0"
Speckled Lily Pon...
24.0" x 36.0"
Calla Lilies in C...
Black Table Red V...
One Flower on Lig...
Garden Pond
31.5" x 26.5"
Chamonix Window
Switchbacks on th...
24.0" x 30.0"
Vase on Table
Paisley Room
Black Plate
25.0" x 27.0"
Cement Icon Vase
28.0" x 24.0"
Two Toot Trees
24.0" x 28.0"
Flower Diptych
20.0" x 32.0"
Sagg Pond Still L...
28.5" x 22.0"
Sagg Pond Still L...
Lilacs in Vase
Green Lilies, Mag...
28.0" x 22.0"
Blue Lilies
22.0" x 28.0"
Falling Blue Hydr...
Morning Glories
Black Table Red L...
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Black Table Green...
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Hyacinth
28.0" x 22.0"
Montauk Daisies i...
22.0" x 28.0"
Lilacs in Glass V...
Little Round Pond
Purple Flowers Pu...
23.0" x 25.0"
Rose
Black Table
White Vase
Black and Blue
Red Flower Table
24.0" x 20.0"
Edge of Table
Speckled Flowers
Yellow Spotted Hy...
Love Flowers
Untitled, Daisy
Relfections: Girl
20.0" x 24.0"
One Bird of Parad...
Glass Table
20.0" x 24.0"
Tern 4
Mirror Lilies
Edge of Pond
24.0" x 20.0"
Cook Pond
Bridgehampton Pon...
Sunrise Pond
Water Lilies: Aft...
Water Lilies: Aft...
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Water Lilies: Aft...
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Water Lilies: Aft...
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Yellow Tulips on ...
Falling Flowers
Morning Glory
Cement Tulips
Greenglass Vase W...
23.0" x 19.0"
Passion Flowers
18.0" x 24.0"
Yellow Rose
Boy Reflection
24.0" x 18.0"
Candy Lily
Yellow Roses
Lavender Pond
Untitled Resin Se...
Sag Beach Orchid
18.0" x 23.0"
Striped Table
Pink Scarlett Pon...
Red Wave
18.0" x 18.0"
Marigold
Pink and Green Po...
16.0" x 20.0"
One Lily Abstract
20.0" x 16.0"
Montana Diptych
Deer Drink
Tern 5
African Violets o...
Wild Flowers in R...
17.0" x 15.0"
Labradoodles
14.0" x 18.0"
Pink Flowers
12.0" x 16.0"
Yellow Flowers
12.0" x 16.0"
Blue Wave
Pool
14.0" x 11.0"
Odilons Flowers
14.0" x 11.0"