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Simone DeSousa
Brazilian born. Lives and works in Detroit, MI.

Bachelor’s in Architecture and Urbanism – University of Brasilia, Brazil

Founder/Director: Simone DeSousa Gallery  Detroit, MI, 2008-Present
Co-Founder: Salt-Mine Studio Collective, Detroit, MI, 1998-2019

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016   Calculating with Absence, Holding House, Detroit, MI
2013   A Myriad of One, Re:View Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2008   interconnectedness, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI

Selected Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2019   Thank You, Mies, Curated by Dennis Nawrocki, Detroit Artist Market (DAM), Detroit, MI
2017   Round in Circles, Curated by Jennifer Junkermeier, N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
2008   Curator’s Choice, Whitdel, Detroit, MI
2007   The Salt-Mine Studio, Gallery One, Ann Arbor, MI
2007   transformative, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2007   Juried All Media Exhibit, CAID, Detroit, MI
2006   n-tûrprt, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
2005   Salt-Mine Studio – New Works, Ann Arbor Art Center Exhibitions Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2004   architectural abstractions, Route 7 Gallery,  Stockbridge, MA
2003   CONSTRUCCIONES, CONSTRUÇõES, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2003   Invitational, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2003   Works by Gallery Artists, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2003  Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2002   Latin American Art Exhibit, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2002   fragmentos, Underground Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2002   A2, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2001   Focus on Four, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2001   Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001   Salt-Mine, Underground Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2001   Aqui, Workbench Contemporary, Ann Arbor, MI
2000   40 Minutes, Borders Books & Music, Ann Arbor, MI
1999   Untitled,  Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
1999   Birmingham Art Expo, Birmingham, MI
1999   Color,  A.R.C. Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998   Artist Alliance of California Annual Juried Show, San Francisco, CA
1998   Annual Collective Show, Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit, MI

Collections
Luciano Benetton
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Precision Capital, New York, NY
Compuware World Headquarters, Detroit, MI
Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MI

Bibliography
2013  Small Works Project, Luciano Benetton Foundation
2002  ARTisSpectrum