Opening December 21st


Spaysky Fine Art Gallery llc is thrilled to announce the opening of Untitled, a new exhibition by Detroit creative icon Simone Else. Working with similar themes and materials in her other practices (clothing, performance, flash tattoo, etc.), Untitled presents a gallery installation of object-based artworks. Using formal and functional elements, Simone plays with the relationships of the decorative and the practical and explores the captivating tension they can form together in an object. Pulling from modernist formalism, domestic home decor and lighting design, car culture, childhood bedrooms, craft culture, feminine flourishes, and blue-collar grit, Else smashes these elements into a unique installation of weirdo countercultural objects.


Untitled will have an opening reception on Saturday, December 21st, 2024, from 6-9 pm and will be on exhibit in the gallery until January 11th, 2025. Open Saturdays from 1-5 pm and by appointment



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Simone Else is an artist, designer, performer, and entrepreneur based in Detroit, Michigan. From 2006 through 2012, she conceived and directed several seasonal iterations of the Hellbound performance art series in coordination with Noir Leather. Simone was art director for the 2009 edition of Theater Bizarre. In 2010, she founded the EAT DA RICH  fashion house, designing popular lines of upcycled and custom clothing and jewelry design. In 2017, Simone opened the EAT DA RICH showroom, showcasing her works alongside curated shows by other artists in the community. In 2022, she Created Glamp City, an urban RV and campground featuring customized and refurbished vintage RV rentals. She has produced performances for the Crowfoot, the Labyrinth, Mephistos, Blondies, Northern Lights, Tangent Gallery, Smalls, Cave Gallery, and Royal Oak Music Theater, among others. Her object-based visual art has been exhibited at Grey Area, Public Pool, Yolondas, Voyer Bordello, Detroit is the New Black, and Playground Detroit, among others. Vogue Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, and NPR’s Culture Shift have produced features with their art. In 2023, she founded Jobstoppers Inc. in Southwest Detroit. Functioning as a tattoo parlor and event space, Jobstoppers regularly program and host musical acts, performance art, and guest artists that complement Simone’s tattoo practice. In the fall of 2024, Simone visited a Build-a-Bear workshop for the first time.






Saturday December 21st 
6-9 pm


Spaysky Fine Art Gallery llc
1539 Hubbard Street
Back entrance