Online Exhibition Archive

Explore the History of DAM’s Exhibitions!

DAM showcases over 400 artists each year, through exhibitions, off-site installations, and the Elements Gallery. Browse our previous exhibitions and featured artists below.

Extended Limb

Extended Limb

Extended Limb, curated by Detroit-based trans-media artist Holliday Martindale, delves into symbiotic relationships between art and contemporary technology. The participating artists use technology as an extension of themselves and/or as a medium. Artificial...

Dreamer Warriors

Dreamer Warriors

Dreamer Warriors brings together first, second, and third generation local immigrant and nonimmigrant artists that explore identity and constantly challenge the idea of existence outside of “expected stereotyping”. The perception of immigrants, by others and...

Concerning Landscape

Concerning Landscape

Concerning Landscape, curated by Megan Winkel, is a dual-location exhibition that explores the construct of landscape and its various forms of expression. The show at DAM focuses on conceptual interpretations and features artists Carla Anderson, John Azoni, Helen...

Detroit Expat Artists: Homecoming

Detroit Expat Artists: Homecoming

Curated by Stephanie James and Elizabeth Youngblood    The Detroit Artists Market celebrates its 90th birthday with Detroit Expat Artists: Homecoming—a celebratory reunion of artists nurtured by Detroit. The exhibition showcases a multigenerational group of artists...

2022 Art for the Holidays

2022 Art for the Holidays

November 11 - December 30, 2022           It’s that time of year again! Art for the Holidays at the Detroit Artists Market is Michigan’s original and longest-running holiday art market, featuring a brilliant display of one-of-a-kind gifts....

Inspired by Detroit’s Comic Book Artists

Inspired by Detroit’s Comic Book Artists

Organized by Tracy Irwin Inspired by Detroit’s Comic Book Artists, juried by local legends Dave Chow and Bill Morrison, showcases the intersection of art and the comic book genre. Detroit is home to many known comic book writers and artists, and in recent years has...

2022 Biennial All Media

2022 Biennial All Media

Juried by Srimoyee Mitra, director of Stamps Gallery, Stamps School of Art and Design It has been my pleasure and honor to jury the 2022 DAM Biennial. This year's exhibition brings together poignant and diverse works that explore ideas of portraiture and...

Poets, Mystics, and Gods

Poets, Mystics, and Gods

During the month of June, Mighty Real/Queer Detroit presents a series of exhibitions that celebrates 77 years of LGBTQ+ art. These exhibitions—spread out among 17 Metro-Detroit galleries—feature established and emerging Detroit artists, as well as artists whose...

FINDING HOME: Stories of Displacement

FINDING HOME: Stories of Displacement

Curated by Laura Gibson FINDING HOME: Stories of Displacement reflects on stories of home, displacement, and memory while exploring narratives of specific marginalized communities in America, through the eyes of local Detroit artists. FINDING HOME showcases work that...