Sal Rodriguez and Freddy Diaz at Inner State, in front of one of the latter's paintings.

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Inner State Gallery

1410 Gratiot
Detroit MI 48207

The 323East gallery in Royal Oak was the precursor of Inner State Gallery. In Detroit, near Eastern Market and the Red Bull House of Art, Inner State Gallery collaborated extensively with galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Mexico, and also exhibited a few prominent local artists and emerging artists. 1xRUN was in the same building and was managed by pretty much the same people as the gallery.

Opening receptions were typically on Fridays from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. At first, gallery hours were just on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. But at some point in May 2016, gallery hours were expanded to Wednesdays through Fridays from noon to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Upcoming exhibitions

Well, Inner State Gallery closed on December 16, 2017. Moving On was the final exhibit. The 1xRUN business is moving close to the Heidelberg Project, and looks like it will also have a gallery attached, most likely to be named something other than "Inner State." The Gratiot location is now the site of K. Oss Contemporary Art.

I don't know what's going to happen with these exhibits Inner State previously announced:

• Drew Leshko and Rashaun Rucker. Originally slated to open November 17, 2017.
• Legion Paper Co. group exhibit. Originally slated to open December 15, 2017.
• Hebru Brantley. Originally slated to open August 4, 2017, had already been postponed once when the gallery closing was announced.

Maybe they will be rescheduled at the new gallery, maybe they will never happen, I don't know.

Past exhibitions

Tyree Guyton (right) and a young fan at Inner State Gallery on October 17, 2014.

• Moving On. November 10, 2017 – December 16, 2017.
• Glenn Barr and William Wray. October 20, 2017 – ???, 2017.
• LAX/DTW 2017. June 30, 2017 – July 29, 2017?
• Two artists. May 26, 2017 – June? ??, 2017.
• Derek Hess and Ron Zakrin. April 28, 2017 – May? ??, 2017.
• ...lost track of the gallery for two or three exhibits...
• A Family Affair, an exhibit of 1xRUN staffers. December 16, 2016 – ??? ??, 2017?
• Mike Giant and Jesse Kassel. November 11, 2016 – December 3, 2016.
• Kevin Lyons and Ellen Rutt. October 21, 2016 – November 5, 2016.
• Face-ology, Tyree Guyton. August 12, 2016 – September? ??, 2016.
• Inertia. July 15, 2016 – August 5?, 2016.
• Seminatural. June 24, 2016 – July 1?, 2016.
• Rhythm Generation, Ron Zakrin. May 27, 2016 – June 18, 2016.
• Damaged Goods, Luke Chueh. April 22, 2016 – May 21, 2016.
• Whitdel Arts 2016 Members' Show. April 15, 2016.
• 1xRun presents Trust the Shooter. March 4, 2016 – ???, 2016.
• Daniel Joseph Bombardier solo show. December 18, 2015 – February 20, 2016.
• New works by Glenn Barr. November 20, 2015 – December 12, 2015.
• Prefab77 pop-up, one night only, October 16, 2015.
• LYRIC 3, curated by Glenn Barr. August 14, 2015 – ???.
• Alchemy, curated by Monica Canilao. July 10, 2015 – August 8, 2015.
• LAX/DTW: Thinkspace Invades Detroit. June 6, 2015 – July 2, 2015.
• Cinco de Mayo, featuring Freddy Diaz and artists from Mexico. May 8 – 30, 2015
• Glass, Cinder & Thorns
• Scope NYC 2015
• We Have A Dream, January 25, 2015 – February 21, 2015
• Scope Miami Beach 2014
• Remix
• Spirit, Tyree Guyton
• The Secret Of Life... Revealed, Again, For The First Time, Ever. Jerry Vile
• Spoiled Rotten
• Location Location Location
• Nothing Is Forever, Jeremy Deputat
• I'm Shark Toof Who The Hell Are You?
• Critical Infrastructure Against External Threats, Derek Hess
• Versatile
• Company of Thieves
• It's in the Water, Malt, Tead & Ellen Rutt
• Entropy
• Zero Gravity, Camilo Pardo
• The Weird Group Exhibition
• I'd Like To Meat You
• Beauty and the Beats, Ron Zakrin
• Rooms, Glenn Barr

On October 15, 2015 the Inner State staff were in New York to present work by Lawrence Atoigue at Joseph Gross Gallery.

Also, Heron Arts in San Francisco hosted Inner State Gallery for a group show titled The Detroiter, with a few dozen artists who have exhibited at Inner State. That opened on July 30, 2016, I don't know when it closed.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page

News

• Ryan Patrick Hooper, "Inner State Gallery to close as owners reveal move to building near Heidelberg Project", Detroit Free Press, November 5, 2017.
• Alonso del Arte, "Inner State Gallery celebrates Cinco de Mayo with Mexican artists", Examiner.com, May 8, 2015. This will eventually be available in a public online archive.
• Alonso del Arte, "Inner State Gallery pays homage to King speech", Examiner.com, January 25, 2015. This will eventually be available in a public online archive.
• Kate Abbey-Lambertz, "What 'I Have A Dream' Looks Like To Detroit Artists", The Huffington Post, January 19, 2015.
• Alonso del Arte, "Tyree Guyton draws a full house at Inner State Gallery", Examiner.com, October 17, 2014. This will eventually be available in a public online archive; in the meantime, however, you can read it on Daily Kos.
• Lee DeVito, "Heidelberg Project firebugs can’t keep Tyree Guyton down", Metro Times, October 15, 2014.
• Alonso del Arte, "Ellen Rutt makes a splash at Inner State Gallery", Examiner.com, September 28, 2013. (This will eventually be available in a public online archive).

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