Matéria

Eastern Market location

1343 E. Fisher Freeway Service Drive
Detroit MI 48207

Midtown location

444 W. Willis, #112
Detroit MI 48201

"Core City" location

4725 16th, Unit 3
Detroit MI 48208

Art gallery owned by Simone DeSousa. Originally called Re:View Contemporary, later Simone DeSousa Gallery.

In the announcement e-mail, the name of the gallery was stylized as "MATΣ́RIA," which of course makes no sense given that the Greek letter sigma is an S sound, not an E sound, though at least the owner does seem to at least have some awareness that a capital sigma is used as a mathematical symbol for summation.

The Midtown location was the gallery's original location. That location continued to be used for exhibits overlapping with the ones that take place at the Core City location. But on August 17, 2024, the gallery sent out an e-mail saying all future exhibits will be exclusively at the Core City location.

In late 2025, it was announced that the gallery would shift all exhibits to its new Eastern Market location, to be activated January 2026. The "Core City" location is now designated as closed. There was the clarification that the gallery still has the original location but that will only be used as the gallery's office.

Current exhibition

Bright Moments, Shirley Woodson. Opened May 8 and slated to run to June 20.

Upcoming exhibitions

Not yet announced.

Past exhibitions

Past exhibition at the Eastern Market location

Conversations in Color, Carole Harris and Jova Lynne. February 6, 2026 — March 7, 2026.

Period of exhibiting only at the Core City location

Homes and Gardens, James Collins, at 15114 Kercheval, Grosse Pointe Park, to kick off the Matéria in Spaces series. October 18, 2025 — December 13, 2025.
Outside in the Middle, Aaron Blendowski, Aleiya Olu, Bilge Nur Saltik, Sophie Yan. September 12, 2025 — October 4, 2025.
Summer Group Presentation, Bianca Beck, Lynn Bennett-Carpenter, Carole Harris, Michael Luchs, Jova Lynne, Alberte Tranberg. June 6, 2025 — August 2, 2025.
Shadow Bath, Julie Schenkelberg. April 5, 2025 — May 10, 2025.
Laughing Along with a Lump in My Throat, Mark Joshua Epstein. January 18, 2025 — March 15, 2025.
A third thing. Some topping out, Alberte Tranberg. November 15, 2024 — December 21, 2024.
See Me Plural, Bianca Beck. September 14, 2024 — October 24, 2024.

Period of simultaneous exhibits at Midtown and Core City locations

Standards, Ian Swanson at the Core City location. June 22, 2024 — August 10, 2024.
Ice Cream Castle, Sharon Querciagrossa, at the Midtown location. June 8, 2024 — August 10, 2024.
Input/Output, Tyanna Buie, at the Core City location. April 6, 2024 — May 25, 2024.
Handwoven drawings, Lynn Bennett Carpenter, at the Cass Corridor location. February 10, 2024 — March 30, 2024.
James Collins at the Core City location. January 20, 2024 — March 23, 2024.
Split, Jova Lynne, at the Core City location. October 28, 2023 — December 16, 2023.
At the Core City location. September 9, 2023 — October 7, 2023.
- Tending Time, Megan Heeres.
- Form & Seek: Poetic, Bilge Nur Saltik.