Installations – Doug Jones

September 15 – October 20, 2023: Mare Incognitum: Unknown Waters solo exhibit at Irwin House Global Art Center and Gallery in Detroit.
October 13, 2023: The Field Street Legacy Native Plant Butterfly Garden on Field Street in Detroit.
September 30, 2023: Planters Workshop at Spot Lite as part of Design Core Detroit’s September Month of Design Closing Celebration in Detroit.
September 29, 2023: Planter Workshop at Shinola as part of Design Core Detroit’s September Month of Design Closing Celebration in Detroit. This is a link to information that we made available in a unique partnership with Akello Karamoko and Keep Growing Detroit.
July 28, 2023: A collaboration with Chris Turner: Community of Shapes sculptures unveiling on the Southside Dr. MLK Jr. Corridor (Jackson). This is a link to photos published by JTV.
June 19, 2023: A collaboration with Errin Whitaker. The Ancestor | Posterity Native Plant Butterfly Garden on Rosa Parks Boulevard in Detroit, featuring the Ancestor | Posterity Chair, which honors this present moment, our ancestors, and the generations of family members we have not yet met (/the future). You can find more information, here.
June 19, 2023: The 1967 Rebellion Memorial Rose Garden on Rosa Parks Boulevard in Detroit. Community members requested this design, concurrent with the development of The Ancestor | Posterity Native Plant Butterfly Garden.
May 9, 2023: Through Each Season Monument: HFMH Janet & Jim Riehl North Tower PIXEL Project. You can read more about this project, here. Thank you to Gina Joseph at Macomb Daily.
October, 21, 2022: Interconnected: An SLC PIXEL Project, at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
2022: This is Michigan feature at University of Michigan.
2022: Graduate Degree Exhibition at Cranbrook Art Museum.
2022: Space as Surface (in conversation with the Saarinen House and 2021’s Joutsen, Double-Consciousness, and the Veil installation). Installation at the Saarinen House in homage to Loja Saarinen and her work to promote Finland as part of Brought to the Table, curated by Iris Eichenberg, Nina Blomfield, and Kevin Adkisson.
2021: Flint-based artist, Errin Whitaker, and Jones began installing the Ancestor | Posterity Native Plant Butterfly Garden with community members. University of Michigan produced this film about the project as part of UM’s This is Michigan campaign.
2021: Joutsen, Double-Consciousness and the Veil. Originally installed as part of Speculative Histories, curated by Iris Eichenberg and Kevin Adkisson. Work will remained installed at Eliel Saarinen’s desk (designed by Eliel’s son, Eero) as part of Saarinen House and Smith House (Frank Lloyd Wright) tours through the rest of the year. This work reimagines the space and envisions historical exchanges.
2021: Dr. Jean Watson Science of Caring Lotus Blossom PIXEL Project, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Unit 4300. A brief description is provided by following this link to a film produced by Henry Ford Health Systems.
2020: Connect the Dots PIXEL Project: Collective Interpretations of the U-M Library Collections Online Exhibit. Curated by Rachel Torres and Bridget Kennedy, UM Library produced this online exhibit.
2020: MIDDLE CHILD | Visions of Detroit. Exhibited from February 3, 2020-April 25, 2020, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
2020: “University of Michigan Ross School of Business Erb Institute Twitter Takeover.”
2019: Design Detroit 139 Biennial (4 locations, varying sizes) “Everyone Loves Somewhere“
2019 Ann Arbor Summer Festival: University of Michigan (11 works, 3 locations, each 3’x8′) “Connect the Dots: Collective Interpretations of the U-M Library Collections“
2019: Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital (19 locations across 2 counties, various sizes ranging from 3’x4′ to 8’x12′) “In Our Hands”
2019: City of Detroit (427 W. 7 Mile Rd., Chaldean Town/North Town, ~3,000 sq. ft.) 14,000 dots/Detroit Dot Gradient
2018-2019: University of Michigan (11 works, 3 locations, each 3′ x 8′) “Connect the Dots PIXEL Project: Collective Interpretations of the U-M Library Collections film by Bill Bresler and University of Michigan Library.
2018-2019: University of Michigan (11 works, 3 locations, each 3′ x 8′) “Connect the Dots PIXEL Project: Collective Interpretations of the U-M Library Collections.”
2018-2019: University of Michigan Bookmarks: Speculating the Future of the Book and Library, which serves as an inspiration and gracious support for the Connect the Dots PIXEL Project, curated by Gunalan Nadarajan, Dean of the UM Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
2018: Ohio State University Football Stadium Band Center (Columbus, 8’x12′) “Am I Next?”
2017: City of Ypsilanti (10’x25′) “Women of Ypsilanti”
2016: City of Ypsilanti (20’x25′) “For the Good of My People”
2015: 11 School districts throughout Michigan for exterior installation at Coits Creative Art Academy (Grand Rapids, 8’x16′) “We Build Together”