M Contemporary Art

205 E. Nine Mile Road
Ferndale MI 48220

Across the street from the Ferndale Public Library, M Contemporary Art is on the same block as a tattoo shop and an improv theater, and in the same building as the Conserva, 3Winks and Lofts on 9.

The main exhibition space is a roughly square area with a single column near the middle, most of which is visible from the outside through the glass front.

This gallery is owned and directed by Melanie Chard, who used to be the artistic director of Galerie Camille in Detroit. It seems likely that some of the artists who have exhibited at Galerie Camille will exhibit at M Contemporary Art in the future, and at Galerie Camille again.

Gallery hours are on Thursdays from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and by appointment.

Current exhibition

A Time For Notional Change, Elizabeth Youngblood. Opened May 19.

Upcoming exhibitions

Galatea: Myth, Love and Transformation, Austen Brantley. Slated to open ~~September 21~~ September 26 with a reception from ~~6:00 p.m.~~ 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and run to October 19.
Kaleigh Blevins and Cailyn Dawson. Tentantively for June.
Scherezade Washington Parrish. Tentatively for September.
Not yet titled solo show, Brian Day. Tentatively for October.
Unearthed, Austen Brantley and Cara Marie Young. Slated to open March 24, with a reception from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and run to April 15.
Familiar, Scott Vincent Campbell and Grant Czuj. Slated to open June 25?
Scott Vincent Campbell. Originally for May 2020, I don't know if this morphed into the exhibit with Grant Czuj or if Scott Vincent Campbell is still planning a solo show at this gallery.
Ani Garabedian and Marcia Freedman. Originally for September 2020, don't know what happened to it.
Xerophyte Club, Matt Eaton. November 2020?

Past exhibitions

Paula Zammit (left) with Melanie Chard at the opening of her solo show.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, some exhibits were online only. I'm probably not going to list those.

Created Equal, Taurus Burns. February 24, 2023 — March 18, 2023.
Mapping the Interior, Kaleigh Blevins, Austen Brantley, Don Kilpatrick III, Melih Meriç, Robert Mirek, Tony Rave, Senghor Reid, Rashaun Rucker, Delia Touche, Shirley Woodson. December 22, 2022 — January? ??, 2023.
Passages, Cydney Camp. November 18, 2022 — December 17, 2022.
Archenemy, Joshua Rainer. October 14, 2022 — November 12, 2022.
Michael Jesus Crisis, Tony Rave. September 9, 2022 — October 8, 2022.
eMerge, Habacuc S. Bessiake, Davariz Broaden, Cailyn Dawson, Ashley Marie, Cara Marie Young. July 15, 2022 — August 29, 2022.
Exhibit sponsored by Mighty Real / Queer Detroit, Tanner Blackwell, Brian Kovach, Kasper Ray O'Brien, Ackeem Salmon, Anthony Smith, Karianne Spens-Hanna, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, S. Kay Young, Tony Whitfield. June 2 — 30, 2022.
Chronicle, Gilda Snowden. April 29, 2022 — May 28, 2022.
Process // Progress, Don Kilpatrick III. March 25, 2022 — April 23, 2022.
Wanderings, Carla Anderson. February 11, 2022 — March 12, 2022.
Portrayal, with Sydney G. James and Lamar Landers. November 19, 2021 — December 30, 2021.
Write on Time, John McLaughlin. October 22, 2021 — November 13, 2021.
Shadowboxing, Senghor Reid. May 22, 2021 — June 19, 2021.
Something or other Kenny Corbin. May 15, 2021.
Up from the Red Clay, Rashaun Rucker. March 26, 2021 — May 1, 2021.
Room Tone, Elizabeth Youngblood. February 27, 2021 — March 20, 2021.
Auditioning the World, Bill Jackson. January 30, 2021 — February 19, 2021.
Watch Me Work, Sydney G. James. October 28, 2020 — November 1, 2020.
Truth & Grace in Hamtramck, Roy Feldman. March 20, 2020 — April 15, 2020.
Growth in an Hourglass, Grant Czuj. January 17, 2020 — February 8, 2020.
Kenny Corbin. November 22, 2019— December 14, 2019.
American Ornithology, Rashaun Rucker. October 25, 2019 — November 16, 2019.
In Flux, Molly Aubry, Aimee Cameron, Nora Chapa Mendonza, Kim Fay. September 27, 2019 — October 2, 2019.
A Moment Away, Brian Day. July 18, 2019 — August 17, 2019.
Abstraction. June 21, 2019 — July 13, 2019.
Metamorphic, Matthew Eaton. May 31, 2019 — June 15, 2019.
Material, Scott Vincent Campbell. April 26, 2019 — May 25, 2019.
Drawings group exhibit, Taurus Burns, Sanda Cook, Grant Czuj, Meighen Jackson, Hannah Kade, Don Kilpatrick III, Caitlin Manchester, John McLaughlin, Robert Mirek, Demetrius Roberts, Ron Weil, Elizabeth Youngblood. March 22, 2019 — April 13, 2019.
Distilled, Senghor Reid. February 15, 2019 — March 16, 2019.
The Voyager, Donald Kilpatrick III. January 18, 2019 — February 9, 2019.
Photography exhibit, several photographers including Carla Anderson, Jesse Basierbe, Brian Day, John Dykstra, Darrel Ellis, Roy Feldman, Sebastian Klug, Thomas Grubba, Bill Jackson, Erica Reade, Sal Rodriguez, Heather Saunders, Chris Schneider, S. Kay Young. December 8, 2018 — January 12, 2019.
Skyline Series, Paula Zammit. November 16, 2018 — December 5, 2018.
Welcome to Paradise, Christopher Gideon. October 19, 2018 — November 10, 2018.
One night pop up exhibition featuring Aimee Cameron, Scott Campbell, Brian Day, Matt Eaton, Christopher Gideon, Carole Harris, Sal Rodriguez, S. Kay Young. October 13, 2018.
ARAF, Matt Eaton. September 14, 2018.
Directions, Malt. May 18, 2018 — June 9, 2018.
Caro Kann, Scott Vincent Campbell. April 20, 2018 — May 12, 2018.
Rapport: Unity in Diversity, Nancy Thayer. March 16 — 31, 2018.
Detroit From Above, Brian Day. February 16, 2018 — March 9, 2018.
Pulp: An Exhibition of Works on Paper. January 26, 2018 — February 7, 2018.

There was an exhibit of John McLaughlin's paintings at Spacelab Detroit that opened in 2017. I don't consider this an actual M Contemporary Art exhibit, but it is listed in the past exhibitions section of the gallery's website (linked below).

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