Matéria Gallery

Matéria Gallery Contemporary Art and Design Gallery. Matéria Eastern Market (EHXIBITIONS), Matéria Cass Corridor (OFFICE)

Opening in October 2008, Simone DeSousa Gallery was born as a physical reminder of art’s connectivity to community and social transformation, a space designed to channel inspiration in the form of some of the best manifestations of contemporary art today, and cultivate a new culture of art collecting in Detroit. Simone DeSousa Gallery was formerly known as Re:View Contemporary Gallery.

Perfect 82°F afternoon in Detroit and a chance to catch up with Cass Corridor artist Robert Sestok at his studio, just b...
06/03/2026

Perfect 82°F afternoon in Detroit and a chance to catch up with Cass Corridor artist Robert Sestok at his studio, just back in town from a project in London.

Sestok’s decades-long practice has always oscillated between sculpture and painting/drawing.

Always a treat to be in the studio 🧡💚💙🩵





Fiber artist Lynn Bennett-Carpenter’s work is currently on view at the Muskegon Museum of Art in the group exhibition “M...
06/03/2026

Fiber artist Lynn Bennett-Carpenter’s work is currently on view at the Muskegon Museum of Art in the group exhibition “MATERIAL WORLD: TEN WOMEN,” an invitational exhibition organized by the museum bringing together women artists working with non-traditional materials or using traditional materials in non-traditional ways. The exhibition highlights the use of the physical characteristics of material and technique as a component of both visual and conceptual themes.

“MATERIAL WORLD: TEN WOMEN” is on view through August 23, 2026💫

IMAGES:
1- Lynn Bennett-Carpenter with her work “Vaughn”
2- “Vaughn” (2017) Handwoven Drawing on basswood with acrylic and ink, woven with cotton, 60 x 48 inches.

Lynn Bennett-Carpenter is an interdisciplinary fiber artist and educator. Bennett-Carpenter earned a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2003. She served as the Artist-in-Residence of the Kingswood Weaving Studio (2003-2023) at Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA). Lynn was co-founder of the Namtenga Soundo Babisi, a weaving co-operative in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Bennett-Carpenter has taught at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina and Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Maine. She attended the Open Residency at Haystack and was a Good Hart Artist-in-Residence.

Bennett-Carpenter maintains an active studio practice in Pontiac, Michigan and exhibits throughout North America including solo exhibitions at Matéria Gallery in Detroit, the Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey, Michigan and the Hooks-Epstein Gallery in Houston, Texas. She has presented her work at the Handweavers Guild of America and the Textile Society of America. Her Handwoven Drawings are included in numerous private collections and the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.




Congratulations to Detroit fiber artist Carole Harris on being featured in the inaugural Medina Triennial opening June 6...
06/01/2026

Congratulations to Detroit fiber artist Carole Harris on being featured in the inaugural Medina Triennial opening June 6 ✨🌱

The Medina Triennial is a site-responsive contemporary art exhibition that activates the landscapes and histories of Medina and Western New York. Every three years, it brings together artists from around the globe to create new work that fosters critical dialogue and public engagement. As the first initiative of its kind in the region, the inaugural Triennial will bring together 39 artists and collectives from across the globe to realize a town-wide exhibition and public programs that are both expansive in scale and grounded in the local context.

The inaugural 2026 edition, titled All That Sustains Us, features more than 100 artworks across 10+ sites and is curated by Kari Conte and Karin Laansoo. The curatorial framework of the Triennial sits at the intersection of art, ecology, architecture, and rural contexts and considers maintenance not only as a physical act of upkeep, but also as a social, political, and environmental process shaped by fragility and resilience. The Triennial brings together artistic practices that examine how civic and ecological systems are structured by labor, regulation, extraction, and repair.

Carole Harris’ work will be a part of the Historic Medina High School site. Built in 1926 on Catherine Street, the former Medina High School serves as the main exhibition site of the Medina Triennial. The 100,000-square-foot building educated generations of local students until the 1990s. Its expansive windows and wide corridors reflect the civic architecture of early twentieth-century public education. For the Triennial, the building serves as the main exhibition site, presenting works by more than 25 artists.

The Medina Triennial will take place from June 6 through September 7.

IMAGE: Carole Harris, “Bearing Witness” (2017) Fiber. 53 x 42 inches.




Every work in Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” tells a story through personal and universal symbols ✨O...
05/30/2026

Every work in Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” tells a story through personal and universal symbols ✨

One of our exhibition visitors today appreciating all the layers of his favorite piece in the show, “Adinkra Bouquet”, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches.

Matéria Eastern Market is open until 5 pm today! Shirley Woodson’s “Bright Moments” is on view through the end of June.

LINK to full Press Release: https://www.materia-art.com/shirley-woodson-bright-moments





Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” is currently on view at Matéria Eastern Market through the end of Jun...
05/30/2026

Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” is currently on view at Matéria Eastern Market through the end of June✨✨✨🔥

Matéria is open Saturdays, 11 am - 5 pm, and during the week by appointment.

Matéria Gallery is thrilled to present Shirley Woodson: Bright Moments, a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings spanning from 1992 to 2025 by the artist, educator, arts advocate, and 2021 Kresge Eminent Artist.

Woodson’s paintings connect with Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s Bright Moments—a live album created in 1973 and released in 1974—and his musicality in general, as they express vitality and improvisation like the simultaneous playing of several instruments present in the late musician’s performances. In Shirley Woodson’s paintings color acts as life force from which figures appear and disappear—a part of the environment itself—in a continuum of energies that celebrate all kinds of bodies, where different expressions become a dynamic one.

Woodson recalls what she experienced when she first saw Niagara Falls, from both sides, saying it was beyond her imagination, like being in the clouds and touching the elements of the Earth. This vivid and transcendent moment carries into a series of works she created in the 1990s, a few included in her new exhibition, Bright Moments.

LINK in BIO to full Press Release.





Looking through the Spring edition of Detroit Design magazine and thinking about great collaborative work! Matéria in Sp...
05/28/2026

Looking through the Spring edition of Detroit Design magazine and thinking about great collaborative work! Matéria in Spaces had the opportunity to work with Saturn Coffee’s ( ) Chris and Sarah Welch and architects Chelsea Hyduk () and Chris Johnson () to bring together an intentional art curation to this exciting new space in Detroit’s New Center area!

The installation includes collaborative works by Detroit-based artists James Collins and Lauren Harrington.

If you haven’t visited Saturn Coffee yet, you are in for a treat, including visually! ✨💛




Mark Your Calendars 💫 Carole Harris’ work will be featured in the upcoming Toronto Biennial of Art 🔥🔥🔥The fourth edition...
05/28/2026

Mark Your Calendars 💫 Carole Harris’ work will be featured in the upcoming Toronto Biennial of Art 🔥🔥🔥

The fourth edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) runs from September 26 to December 20, 2026. Titled Things Fall Apart, it features over 30 international artists and 17 newly commissioned works exploring waterways, systemic ruptures, and socio-political transformation.Curated by Allison Glenn , this year’s exhibition expands across major institutions, public spaces, and nontraditional sites throughout Toronto, and for the first time ever, extends beyond the Greater Toronto Area to include institutional collaborations in cities like Detroit, New York, and Anchorage.

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↪️ Meet the Artists of TBA 2026⁠

Carole Harris is a Detroit-based fiber artist whose work expands the possibilities of quiltmaking as a contemporary art form. Introduced to textiles at an early age, she has maintained a studio practice for decades rooted in material exploration and craft.⁠

Her work reflects on memory and time, using colour, fabric, and composition to create layered surfaces that echo lived experience—moments that blur, fade, and return.⁠

Harris holds a BFA from Wayne State University and, after more than three decades running a commercial interior design firm, transitioned in 2007 to focus fully on her studio practice. She is a recipient of the Kresge Arts Foundation Fellowship, and her work is held in collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts. Recent exhibitions include Art Basel in Paris and a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.⁠

At the 2026 Biennial, Carole Harris’s work will be co-presented with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto () and made possible with the generous support of the Women Leading Initiative. More details to come.⁠



Reminder that Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” has been extended through June 27, 2026 ✨✨🔥Matéria will...
05/19/2026

Reminder that Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition “Bright Moments” has been extended through June 27, 2026 ✨✨🔥

Matéria will be closed this Saturday, May 23, for Memorial Day Weekend.

IMAGE:

Left: SHIRLEY WOODSON, Maiden Voyage #1, 2017 Acrylic, Vinyl, on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches.

Right: SHIRLEY WOODSON, Adinkra Bouquet, 2018 Acrylic on Canvas, 60 x 48 inches.




Such a joy to be with artists/designers Alberte Tranberg and Adam Shirley last Saturday during the opening of their two-...
05/18/2026

Such a joy to be with artists/designers Alberte Tranberg and Adam Shirley last Saturday during the opening of their two-person exhibition “STILL WORK OF MILD HANDS” 🩶 now on view at Wasserman Projects through August 15 💫

Not to be missed if you are visiting Detroit for SNAG 🔥

➖2026 SNAG Conference

June 10-13, 2026 | Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

“Detroit, the Motor City, is rich with cultural ingenuity, built by working hands. Known for its industrial power and labor movements as well as its vibrant music, art, and design scenes, Detroit represents the confluence of creative and diverse communities.

The conference theme, Labor & Legacy, explores jewelry and metalwork as both practice and inheritance—honoring the labor of makers and their commitments to sharing knowledge. This intergenerational passion drives the future forward.

Join us in Detroit as together we travel new avenues, find inspiration, and forge lifelong bonds of collaboration and friendship.”

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An image from Shirley Woodson’s great opening on May 8 💚 Reminder that Matéria Eastern Market is 💫OPEN💫 today, SATURDAY,...
05/16/2026

An image from Shirley Woodson’s great opening on May 8 💚 Reminder that Matéria Eastern Market is 💫OPEN💫 today, SATURDAY, 11-5 pm Beautiful Flower Day in the market, including a little bit of nice rain 🌱

The gallery will be closed next weekend for Memorial Day weekend, but we are pleased to also announce that the exhibition has been extended through the end of June!

Matéria Gallery is thrilled to present Shirley Woodson: Bright Moments, a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings spanning from 1992 to 2025 by the artist, educator, arts advocate, and 2021 Kresge Eminent Artist.

Woodson’s paintings connect with Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s Bright Moments—a live album created in 1973 and released in 1974—and his musicality in general, as they express vitality and improvisation like the simultaneous playing of several instruments present in the late musician’s performances. In Shirley Woodson’s paintings color acts as life force from which figures appear and disappear—a part of the environment itself—in a continuum of energies that celebrate all kinds of bodies, where different expressions become a dynamic one.

Woodson recalls what she experienced when she first saw Niagara Falls, from both sides, saying it was beyond her imagination, like being in the clouds and touching the elements of the Earth. This vivid and transcendent moment carries into a series of works she created in the 1990s, a few included in her new exhibition, Bright Moments.

LINK in BIO to full Press Release.





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