Ca’ del Duca 3052, Corte del Duca Sforza
San Marco, 30124, Venezia, Italy
Sat 10am – 6pm
Venice is not a city you understand quickly. It asks for time, patience, and a willingness to look beyond the obvious. During his residency, Dawit gave it exactly that — walking its streets, sitting with its light, returning to the same spots at different hours, slowly building a relationship with a place that reveals itself in layers.
What came out of that time is not a celebration of Venice's beauty, though the beauty is undeniably there. It is something more personal — an attempt to understand what sits beneath the surface. The worn stone, the quiet canals, the weight of history pressed into every corner. A city that has been many things to many people, and continues to shift depending on who is looking and from where.
This body of work is Dawit's way of sharing that process. Not a final conclusion about Venice, but an honest account of what it felt like to move through it, observe it, and slowly let it in.
We are pleased to invite you to the opening of Dawit Abebe’s solo exhibition "Layers of Venice" on June 18th 2026 at AKKA Project Venice, marking the outcome of his residency.