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.

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...

Into the Open

Into the Open

To bring something into the open means it is made public, not subject to concealment or obfuscation.  The exhibition, Into the Open, intends to do just that; to make more visible the diverse and formidable work of Detroit-area artists, Mariam Ezzat, Mara...

2021 Art for the Holidays

2021 Art for the Holidays

November 12 – December 30, 2021 Detroit Artists Market is pleased to present the annual Art for the Holidays. Michigan’s original and longest-running holiday art market features a brilliant display of one-of-a-kind gifts, created by more than 100 local artists. Find a...

Shirley Woodson: Why Do I Delight

Shirley Woodson: Why Do I Delight

DAM has the honor of presenting Shirley Woodson: Why Do I Delight, curated by Leslie Graves. A legendary Detroit artist, educator, and this year’s Kresge Eminent Artist, Woodson’s career spans six decades, and her work is represented in collections across America,...

All Media Exhibition, Juried by Valerie J. Mercer

All Media Exhibition, Juried by Valerie J. Mercer

The Detroit Artists Market (DAM) is honored to present the All Media Exhibition, juried by Valerie Mercer, Curator of African American Art and Head of the General Motors Center for African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The All Media Exhibition began...

Vanguard Artist Collective: Overture

Vanguard Artist Collective: Overture

Overture (noun) the first part of an event: the beginning of something (verb)  1: to put forward 2: to make or present   Sydney G. James, Scheherazade Washington Parrish, Rashaun Rucker and Tylonn J. Sawyer, together known as The Vanguard Artist Collective, are...