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Detroit Contemporary

487 W. Alexandrine
Detroit MI 48201

Gallery owned by Aaron Timlin, who used to run the Con­tem­po­rary Art Institute of De­troit, run by artistic director Bri Hayes. This new iteration is not ex­act­ly an apart­ment gal­lery.

Current exhibitions

• Spring Salon 2024, Sierra R. Aguilar, Ghada Ayoub, Cassidy Barnett, Rebecca Berdy, Kieran Betz, Uta Brauser, Alex Brueggeman, Marguerite Carroll Carlton, Evan J. Condron, Annie Covington, Zack Dannunzio, Melissa A. Day, Pamela Day, Isabella de la Mora, Alonso del Arte, Aspen DeMonaco, Anastasia Edry, Berris Flemmings, Diana Fleysher, Grace Francis, Bri Frey, Deborah Friedman, Lisa Galperin, Matthew Giffin, Kayce Gifford, Rachel Gluski, Javier González, Davia Gross, Nickie Gunning, Sara Harajli, Geno Harris, Chloé Hajjar, Erik Henderson, Susan Hipsley, Cliff Hughes, Ken Humberstone, Nathan Hutchison, Hana Ichikawa, Adiya Jahi, Jay Jaster, Tomaritz Jemison, Robin Jourdan, S. Barber Kennedy, Erika Kirchner, Riley Klein, Taylor Knight, Erin Kruczek, Rachael Kucken, Dante Lamb, Cheyenne Lee, Jen Lindemer, Tom Livo, Sharon Lollar, Megan Lui, Jennifer Maples, Mark Mardirosian, Majerle Marshall, Elise Martin, Roger J. Martin, Ian Matchett, Scott McDuffee, Tiffany McIntyre, Nicole Miazgowicz, Martín Milat, Virginia LaMont Naegeli, Brigette Neal, Stephanie Onwenu, Roberto Patiño, Christianna Sioux Plewka, Jade Pointzes, Jeremy C. Price, Troy Ramos, Kayla Renela, S. Lee Robinson, Simone Rosia, Michael Ross, Brenden Laith Roumaya, Allison Runyan, Jackie Rushing, Makenna Russell, Erin Rutkowski, Martina Sanroman, Susan Santoro, Brett Sauve, Steven Schoeberlein, Alexandra Siciliano, Nic Silva, Jacob Smith, Daniel Stelly, Nicolena Stubbs, Nicole Szymanski, Dale Teachout, Jessica Tenbusch, Mary Terhune, Wyatt Thiry, Lilly Thomson, Miles Rene Vankeersbilck, Genevieve Vanzandt, Viniecia Will, Mike Williams, Kailani Wolfe, Emilie Yonker. Opened April 13 and slated to run to April 28.

Upcoming exhibitions

• Not yet titled group show, Desawna Buford, Halima Afi Cassells, Jessica Care Moore, Marsha Battle Philpot, Maya Wynn Boyd, Melba Boyd, Sabrina Nelson, Sudani Shaah. Slated to open May 4 and run to May 26.
• Mighty Real Queer Detroit. Slated to open June 1 and run to June 30.
• Slated to open July 6 and run to July 28. These are presumably three separate exhibitions.
  • Jozie Bullard.
  • Carl Wilson.
  • Student exhibition.
• Slated to open August 3 and run to August 25. These are presumably three separate exhibitions.
  • Phillip Simpson.
  • Jacob Zelecki.
  • Student exhibition.
• Maria Prainito-Winczner. Slated to open September 7 and run to September 29.
• Mark Dancey. Slated to open October 5 and run to October 27.
• Kamil Antos. Slated to open November 2 and run to November 24.
• Actual Size 2024. Slated to open December 7 and run to December 29.

Past exhibitions

This gallery has been around since before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, but I didn't re­al­ly start keeping track until until 2022.

Nivek Monet with his painting The Queen of Heaven. Photo by Alonso del Arte.

• Diana Alva memorial exhibit. April 2 — 7, 2024.
• March 2 — 31, 2024.
  • To Each of Those, the Ones Who Leave, Cyrah Dardas. No gallery talk has been announced for this artist.
  • Love Canal; Evidence of Injury, Shanna Merola. She will have a gallery talk on March 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• February 3 — 25, 2024.
  • Where I End and You Begin, Melissa A. Day.
  • Futurelands, Loralee Grace.
• Nascent, Taru Lahti. January 6 — 28, 2024.
• Actual Size 2023, Susan Aaron-Taylor, Anita Bates, Douglas Bedard, Sean Bieri, Lowell Boileau, Desawna Buford, Jeff Cancelosi, Sandra Cardew, Sue Carman-Vian, Halima Afi Cassells, Skip Davis, Melissa A. Day, Annette DeLorean, Rose E. DeSloover, Gary Eleinko, M. Esse, Joseph Ferraro, Yvette Granata, Charles Green, Al Hebert, Ryan Herberholz Meighen Jackson, Melissa Jones, Kenneth Josephson, Navjeet Kaur, Dawnice Kerchaert, Cheyenne Lee, Shekenia Mann, Anthony Maugham, Shanna Merola, Eric Mesko, Sherry Moore, Jo Powers, Mel Rosas, Donita Simpson, Clinton Snider, Jeanette Strezinski, Russell Thayer, Rick Vian, Carl Wilson, Jacob Zelecki, Marilyn Zimmerman. December 2 — 31, 2023.
• November 4 — November 26, 2023.
  • My Journey Through Time, Adnan Charara.
  • A Transmission from the Cosmic Infinity, Dalia Reyes.
• October 7 — 29, 2023.
  • Anathem, Eric Fogle.
  • Illiteral.
• New paintings and sculptures by Chris Turner. September 2 — 30, 2023.
• August 5 — 27, 2023.
  • Natural History, Laura Macintyre.
  • Motherhood, Memories and the Passage of Time, Yvette Rock.
• July 1 — July 30, 2023.
  • Hide and Seek, Jeanne Bieri.
  • Analysis Paralysis, Andy Malone.
• June 3 — 25, 2023.
  • Resurgence 3: Vices & Virtues, Nivek Monet.
  • Naked, DaJaniere Rice.
• May 6 — 28, 2023.
  • Through Their Eyes: Beauty & Strength, Zyaire Brownlee.
  • 12 Detroit Artists, Jeff Cancelosi.
  • Crown, Christopher Gene.
  • Up Close and Personal, Shekenia Mann.
  • Detroit Framed, Donita Simpson.
• Spring Salon 2023, various artists. April 8 — 30, 2023.
• Pink Moon / Sprouting Grass, Clara DeGalan and Emily Gustafson. April 1, 2023.
• March 4 — 26, 2023:
  • Native Ground, Dawnice Ker­chaert.
  • COVID-19 to the Present, John Albert Murphy.
• February 4 — 26, 2023:
  • New Neighbors, Darcel Deneau.
  • World Imagined, Paul Farr.
• Outré Space, Jennifer Gariepy and Maurice Greenia, Jr. January 7, 2023 — 29, 2023.
• Actual Size 2022, various artists. De­cem­ber 10, 2022 — December? ??, 2022.
• November 5 — 27, 2022.
  • Love Letters to Impermanence, Jill Nienhuis.
  • Who Is Russell A. Taylor?, Jade Ashekerra, Ed Ballotts, Rick Bie­la­czyc, Lynn Blasey, Robin Burton, Anthony Carpenter, Pete and San­dra Coe, Marcus Con­cer­ni­cus, Steve Czapiewski, Connie De­ra­doo­rian, Joshua Gau­dette, Megan Harris, Brett J. Law­rence, A. Owen Layne, Sherri Le­mire, Trever Long, Luke Mac­Gil­vray, Gary M. Nem­cos­ky, Co­leen Par­sons-Novak, Pip­er Paton and Do­reen Sarrach De­Fauw, Brian Roz­man, Jerry Shirts, Donita Simp­son, John Sob­czak, Michael Spleet, John Syc­more, Russel A. Taylor, Mike Woods, S. Kay Young.
• October 1 — 30, 2022.
  • No Small Thing, Anne Harrington Hughes.
  • Philia Sophia, Michael Reid.
• September 3 — 25, 2022.
  • Borderland: Betwixt & Between, Susan Aaron-Taylor.
  • Head in the Sand, Gyona Rice.
• ...a few more...

Clara DeGalan. Photo by Alonso del Arte.

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