Announcing an Exciting New Chapter for our Gallery:

Dear Friends,

There is so much to share. I am excited to announce that starting September 2023, Simone DeSousa Gallery is becoming Matéria.

Our new name signals the beginning of a new era of collaborations for our project, as we expand our presence in the city with a second space located in Detroit's Core City neighborhood.

Matéria

In Portuguese, my native language, Matéria has different meanings, one is “the substance in which all objects exist,” another is in reference to “a subject that you study.”

It is my intention that Matéria becomes a container to bring together the sum of our learnings from the past decade of gallery practice, while infusing our project with new, expanded, energy.

Since 2009, our contemporary art gallery and project located in Cass Corridor, Midtown Detroit, has presented more than 100 exhibitions, including works by local, national, and international emerging, mid-career,a nd established artists, and has played a pivotal role in supporting contemporary art and design in Detroit. In 2016, we also exapnded our model with an EDITION space.

The new space in Core City will open to the public on Saturday, September 9, with the presentation of two distinct exhibitions: Megan Heeres’ solo exhibition Tending Time, and Bilge Nur Saltik’s solo exhibition Form&Seek: Poetic, presented in conjunction with the Detroit Month of Design. The two shows will be presented side by side in the new location, opening with a public reception with the artists on Saturday, September, 6-8 pm, and will be on view through October 7.

The official press release for both exhibitions, including all the details about the extensive programming connected to the shows, comes out next week.

Our new Matéria website (www.materia-art.com) is now live, but our current Simone DeSousa Gallery website will continue to be up, and up-to-date, until we finish transferring all the archives and information to our new site.

Please make a note of our upcoming calendars for both spaces.

OUR UPCOMING CALENDARS

Matéria – Core City
(4725 16th Street, Unit 3, Detroit MI 48208)

Megan Heeres, Tending Time, September 9 – October 7, 2023

Bilge Nur Saltik, Form&Seek: Poetic, September 9 – October 7, 2023 (In conjunction with the Detroit Month of Design)

Jova Lynne, Solo Exhibition, October 28 – December 16, 2023

James Collins, Solo Exhibition, Jan 13 – March 23, 2024

Tyanna Buie, Solo Exhibition, April 6 – May 25, 2024

Mark Joshua Epstein, Solo Exhibition, June 1 – August 10, 2024

Bianca Beck, Solo Exhibition, September 7 – Oct 26, 2024

Alberte Tranberg, Solo Exhibition, November 2 – December 14, 2024

Matéria – Cass Corridor
(444 West Willis Street, Unit 111, Detroit, MI 48201)

Group Presentation of Works by Cass Corridor Artists – August through December 2023

Solo exhibitions coming up in 2024: Sharon Que, John Rowland, and a selection of Cass Corridor artists.

Our regular hours for our new Core City location will be Wednesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 pm, or by appointment.

Our Cass Corridor location will be open by appointment only this August through September, as we establish our new location and coordinate the presentation of two simultaneous shows. Regular hours in our Cass Corridor location will resume in October, along with an event to celebrate the group presentation of Cass Corridor artists.

We are so excited to continue this journey in Detroit with you, and invite you to come experience our new location on Saturday, September 9, when the first shows open!

Warmest,
Simone DeSousa
Matéria, Founder and Director

And our small, and mighty, team:

Alissa Lamarre, Gallery Manager
Sierra Aguilar, Gallery Assistant
Constantino, Sound Effects

Matéria é tudo aquilo que tem massa e volume, sendo a unidade fundamental de todos os objetos físicos. Tudo que  você pode tocar ou sentir, como o ar, uma árvore, animais  e  você, são feitos de matéria.

Matéria is everything that has mass and volume, being the fundamental unit present in all physical objects. Everything you can touch or feel, like air, a tree, animals, and you, are made of matéria.

All photography by John Donabedian.