K. Oss Contemporary Art

1410 Gratiot
Detroit MI 48207

Founded by Kristina and Vadim Oss, this gallery is located where Inner State Gallery used to be, very close to Eastern Market. Not to be confused with the KO Studio Gallery in Hamtramck.

K. Oss uses roughly half of the space of that Inner State used; the other half is a women's clothing boutique.

Gallery hours are on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and by appointment. Call (248) 599-2232 to make an appointment.

Update, May 21, 2023: The Gratiot location now is a tailor's shop. There is no indication on the gallery's social media of any relocation.

Upcoming exhibitions

Monument, Lloyd Martin. "Postponed until further notice."

Past exhibitions

Mark Bennion (left) and Kristina Oss in front of one of his untitled frescoes at K. Oss Contemporary Art.

My Silence Is My Self Defense, Angela Glajcar. February 7, 2020 — March 28, 2020.
Intimations, Lynne Avadenka. October 4, 2019 — November 23, 2019.
Corpus, Richard Nott. July 19, 2019 — September 14, 2019.
Night Hunter, Stacey Steers. May 24, 2019 — July 13, 2019.
Past Imperfect, Georgina Reskala. March 15, 2019 — May 4, 2019.
Measures of Constriction, Annica Cuppetelli. January 11, 2019 — March 2, 2019.
Fieldwork, Larry Cressman. November 2, 2018 — December 29, 2018.
Frescos from the Island, Mark Bennion. September 8, 2018 — October 27, 2018.
Sarah Wagner. July 6, 2018 — August? ??, 2018.
Metalscapes, Mary Gillis. May 4, 2018 — June? ??, 2018.
Ronald Chase. February 2, 2018 — April? ??, 2018.

External links

News

Sara Barron, "New in the neightborhood: Detroit newcomers K. Oss Contemporary Art replaces Inner State Gallery", Metro Times, March 21, 2018.

Reviews

Dennis Nawrocki, "Larry Cressman @ K.Oss Contemporary Art", Detroit Art Review, November 12, 2018. "Upon entering the snug, spartan gallery, Cressman’s reductive, purified palette, content (“fieldwork”), and elemental format (rectangles abound) immediately cue visitors: striking displays lie ahead. Whether framed and portable or installational (bare branches hovering an inch or two in front of a wall), the dozen and a half compositions, essentially shallow reliefs, proffer a bevy of intricate, engaging configurations."
Sarah Rose Sharp, "Debunking the Myths Around America's Rise to Power", Hyperallergic, July 30, 2018. "The steel frame armature that outlines two interlocking works on display at K. Oss looks like a rusted roller coaster, or a loose scale model of the industrial chutes and stacks that that move agricultural products like cotton or belch toxins into the air and water around Zug Island. Unlike a previous iteration at the Muskegon Museum of Art, which featured several sheep, the installation at K. Oss has only two ... Wagner artfully rearranged her elements to leverage every inch of the irregular gallery space at K. Oss. The steel frame forms archways and limbo poles to be negotiated by gallery-goers, sometimes ending up in miniature house forms positioned in different locations around the gallery."