Mario Moore - History in the Making

Mario Moore is a Detroit native whose practice spans painting, drawing, and sculpture to confront the personal, social, and political conditions that continue to shape access, belonging, and power in American life. Presenting counternarratives that challenge canonical American stories, Moore interweaves history, art history, politics, and literature to explore the cyclical nature of national memory and denial. His work bridges past and present by unearthing the mythos of American culture through a lens of overlooked figures — from prominent Black abolitionists to frontier laborers.