"Illiminality: Compressed Spaces" Closing
Please join us from 5pm-8pm for the closing of “Illiminality: Compressed Spaces”.
Illiminality: Compressed Spaces challenges the idea that borders are rigid and fixed, instead presenting them as thresholds where identities and meanings are constantly being reshaped. Charara and Xu take us to the spaces between cultural, psychological, and physical boundaries,
where meaning is always fluid and shifting, never fixed.
In Illiminality, compression is not just a physical limit but a driving force behind change. Each of the two artists uniquely explore the tensions found in the unseen forces that shape our inner and outer worlds.
Charara’s work focuses on entropy, the gradual breakdown of order into chaos, suggesting that within compressed spaces, both destruction and transformation occur. His abstract, symbolic art examines cultural identity and the ways we connect and change over time.
Xu’s work looks at how cultural and spatial boundaries are constantly in motion, turning these "in-between" spaces into areas of negotiation and reinvention. His In the Name of Walnuts series, for example, transforms a simple object into a tool for exploring the tensions of certainty and doubt in Chinese culture.
Charara and Xu invite viewers to reflect on the structures that shape our sense of belonging, and how the spaces we occupy—whether real or imagined—are always in a state of transformation.
Artist Talk with Adnan Charara & Zhongou Xu
Join us for an engaging Artist Talk on April 12th from 3–5 PM April 12th from 3pm-5pm at Galerie Camille, featuring exhibiting artists Adnan Charara & Zhongou Xu from “Illiminality: Compressed Spaces”.
Enjoy a Q&A session with both artists and witness Professor Xu’s mesmerizing Chinese calligraphy demo, exploring the art’s rich history and spiritual depth. Attendees will also participate in a hands-on sumi ink experience and receive a personalized character or blessing by Xu. Don’t miss this dynamic event celebrating visual storytelling, cultural tradition, and creative energy. Free and open to the public!
Illiminality: Compressed Spaces opening
Please join us Friday, April 4th from 5pm-9pm for the opening of “Illiminality: Compressed Spaces” featuring Adnan Charara & Zhongou Xu.
Special thanks to the Sichuan Fuhao Art Museum for sponsoring this exhibition with Professor Xu.
"Through Her Eyes" - Closing
Please join us from 1pm-4pm as we celebrate the closing of “Through Her Eyes”, a multimedia group exhibition in honor of Women’s History Month. Featuring works by Dina Charara, Jeanne Bieri, K.A. Letts, Kris Schaedig, Luzhen Qiu, and Susan Aaron-Taylor, this exhibition highlights the unique and diverse perspectives of women artists across various disciplines.
Through painting, sculpture, textile, and mixed media, these artists offer deeply personal, cultural, and conceptual narratives that invite viewers to see the world through their eyes. Through Her Eyes is a celebration of the strength, creativity, and resilience of women in the arts, emphasizing the power of storytelling through visual expression.
"Through Her Eyes" - Artist Talk
Join us for an artist talk with Dina Charara, Jeanne Bieri, K.A. Letts, Kris Schaedig, Luzhen Qiu, and Susan Aaron-Taylor as they share their stories and information about their art practice.
"Through Her Eyes" - Opening
Please join us on February 7th from 5pm-9pm for the reception of “Through Her Eyes”.
"Living Frequency" Artist Talk
Please join us Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 2pm to 5pm for the “Living Frequency” Artist Talk moderated by James Charles Morris (Curator) featuring: Joe Cazeno III, Ijania Cortez, Breianna Jackson, Jonathan Kimble, Brian Nickson, Joshua Rainer, Phillip Simpson, Miriam Uhura
"Living Frequency" - Opening
“Living Frequency: Honoring the Legacy of Black Artists in Detroit,” curated by multidisciplinary artist James Charles Morris in collaboration with Galerie Camille's Director Marta Carvajal, invites visitors to explore the deep cultural roots, ongoing evolution, and boundless potential of Detroit’s artistic landscape. Join us for this inspiring celebration of history, culture, and creative expression as we celebrate this legacy while embracing the future of creativity in Detroit.
Participating Artists Include: Joe Cazeno III, Ijania Cortez, Darian ‘Saint’ Greer, Breianna Jackson, Tylear Jefferson, Jonathan Kimble, James Charles Morris, Brian Nickson, Joshua Rainer, Phillip Simpson, Miriam Uhura, Oshun Williams, & Jacob Zelecki
ARCHIVAL REVIVAL- The WSU Graphic Design Senior Project Exhibition
Archival Revival | WSU Graphic Design Senior Project Exhibition
Friday, 12.06.24 | 6-8PM
This exhibition is a reflection by the Fall 2024 Graphic Design Senior Studio students, their unique perspectives, and the stories they’ve chosen to tell through design. It is a culmination of exploration, experimentation, and process. From visual storytelling about fragmented identities to alternate realities about cats ruling the world, the works on display reflect the diverse range of ideas and approaches that define this class. We invite you to engage with the work, and share in this moment of their creative journey.
ART AUCTION PANEL
Galerie camille x detroits fine arts breakfast club art auction PANEL
LOIS TEICHER- QUIET PERFORMANCE - THE STILLNESS OF SHAPE
OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 28 - 5-8PM
ARTIST TALK: OCT 18 - 5-8PM
Nina Ashraf- Language of the Heart
OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 31 5-8 PM
My passion to create stems from my upbringing in an art-filled home in Pakistan, frequented by artist and poet friends of my art loving parents, many of whom were later considered leading voices of contemporary South Asian art.
My creativity was aided by the cultural and physical landscape of my surroundings, where vibrant colors, scents, and textures permeate the scenery: the profusion of pattern and geometric design in clothing, pottery, and architecture; and the myriad hues of the nearby Indian Ocean.
As an artist in my present-day home of Detroit, my work is informed by the tension I feel between Eastern traditions and Western ideals. As a South Asian woman, an outsider in the Western art canon, my work explores calligraphy and other aspects of my own heritage, an equally important but under-recognized art tradition.
Through the years my passion for art has grown into something beyond a source of self expression as I seek to portray the essence of an innate shared humanity within diversity. I address themes of contradiction, abstraction and unity.
This series is a dance between the expressiveness and spontaneity of abstract expressionism and the precision of centuries old calligraphic gestures.
Nina has exhibited widely including the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and the Detroit Historical Museum and won numerous awards including the 2021Medal for Drawing at the Florence Biennale, Italy.
