Located on the lower level of the Peter White Public Library, the Deo Gallery is an important part of the Public Gallery Program, which provides accessible and inclusive gallery spaces for the community to experience fine art in a public setting.
The Deo Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting works that are both visually striking and intellectually engaging. With a bi-monthly rotation of exhibits, the gallery showcases a wide range of artistic expressions across all mediums, from painting and sculpture to photography and mixed media. Each exhibit features highly skilled and experienced artists whose work reflects a deep creative vision.
Sponsored by the Lake Superior Art Association, the Deo Gallery fosters a space for cultural connection and lifelong learning. It provides a welcoming environment where visitors can engage with art in meaningful ways, offering a platform for both established and emerging artists to share their stories and talents with the public.
For more information about the Public Gallery Program, visit the homepage.
Current Exhibit
Shadow Ashes
Shadow Ashes by Jessie Fleury
Charcoal on Canvas
On display in the Deo Gallery from August – September 2026
You can find more about Jessie and her work here!
This work explores the contradictions within emotional experience, particularly as they relate to femininity and the female body. Through body-based mark making, I create images that feel both visceral and meditative, balancing vulnerability and strength, rage and peace, intimacy and detachment.
Created in response to the current political and cultural climate surrounding bodily autonomy and women’s rights, these works embody both emotional and physical resistance.
Using her own body as a tool, she poured oil onto her skin and moved across the canvas before brushing charcoal powder over the surface to reveal the traces left behind. The resulting marks become raw records of movement, contact, and lived experience.
By transforming her body into a mark-making instrument, the process becomes both performative and cathartic, a way of reclaiming the body while exploring vulnerability, power, and embodiment.
Past Deo Exhibits:
Shadow Ashes
Shadow Ashes by Jessie Fleury Charcoal on Canvas On display in the Deo Gallery from August – September 2026 You
Inspirations From Nature, Two Visions
Inspirations From Nature, Two Visions by Monica & Marvin Zehnder Colored Pencil & Ceramics On display in the Deo Gallery
I Did Not Break
I Did Not Break by Taryn Okesson Acrylic & Mixed-Media On display in the Deo Gallery from April – May
I Hear the Caw
I Hear the Caw by Lindsey Heiden Clay, Fabric, and Paint On display in the Deo Gallery from February –
Winter Solstice: Art and Evergreen
On display in both the Huron Mountain Club Gallery and Deo Gallery from December 2025 – January 2026 For decades,
LSAA Member Show
Member Show by Lake Superior Art Association Mixed Media On display in the Deo Gallery from October – November 2025
Umbilios
The Sensoria Artist Collective, founded in 2013, is a group of eight professional artists living in the Upper Peninsula of
Detritus Mine
This exhibit explores relationships and the living edges that form as they intersect, attach, and pull in unexpected ways. Detritus
High School Art Show
The City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture invited the community to an evening of celebrating our community’s young
Artists In Excellence
Artists In Excellence is a cross-district program that provides unique art-based extracurricular experiences for students from Negaunee, Marquette, Gwinn and
Second Nature
The exploration of the intersection of artmaking and motherhood through the collaborative artworks of identical twin sisters.
Winter Work
December/January Artist: Pier Wright This exhibit is a collection of 62 pieces, each made in acrylic pieces of Duralar and