Schinkel Fine Art

Artist Duo, mother (b. Detroit, MI 1953) and son,(b. Sylvania, OH 1986) create mixed media on aluminum using their artist processes, known as Metalagram®, Metalamirror™ and most original NFTs incorporating these works with lighting and their video.

Their Detroit outsider mindsets build upon roots in classical training and self exploration. Tradesmen tools and materials are used in their 'paintings'; layered and made by hand into one-of-a-kind works.

Metalagram® and Metalamirror™ unravel familiar elements in our inhabited world laying bare inner emotions, empowering realization of one's potential, and enrichment. Their works range from recognizable to deconstructed abstractions. Irrespective of time or space these works are portals prompting answers and self-exploration.

Metalagram® and Metalamirror™ artworks are vessels, akin to old-fashioned messages in bottles. Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan stated, “The medium is the message.” A symbiotic relationship forms delivering messages to viewers of Metalagram® works.

Linda Schinkel Rodney and Theodore M. Schinkel create and show their work in the oldest brick dwelling in the city of Detroit, circa 1840. The industrial aspects of the Greek Revival former museum, know...

Linda has a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, Science & Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH. Theodore has a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Economics from Denison University, Granville, OH. Additional studies include Sorbonne University of Paris, Paris, France, an Around the World Intensive with National Geographic and at Sienna, Italy, FAMU, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI and Ox-Bow School of Art Residency, Saugatuck, MI.

Inspiration for Metalagram® work is derived their quest for connections with the cosmos and from having studied, worked and traveled on six continents. Work of Van Gogh, Monet, Schinkel, Matisse, Dali, Calder and Richter give guidance.

Hickory Chair, MI Design Center, Group Exhibition, 2022
Art Mile, Group Online Exhibition, Detroit MI 2021
Schinkel Fine Art at the Moross House, Detroit, MI, Solo Exhibition 2022 - 2016
Beaumont Hospital Gallery, Group Exhibition, Grosse Pointe and Taylor, MI 2017 - 2016
Carr Center, Detroit, MI, Solo, Harmonie/Paradise Valley Park, Detroit, MI 2017 - 2016
Art & Soul, Group Exhibition, Pontiac Arts Center, Pontiac, MI, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI 2016 - 2017
Art Fusion Galleries, Art Basel Miami week, Group Exhibition, Wynwood Art District, FL 2016 - 2015
Art Fusion Galleries, Group Exhibition, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL 2017 - 2015
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, MI Fine Art Exhibition, Birmingham, MI 2015
London Biennale – Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, England, 2015
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA 2013
Southern NV Museum of Fine Art, International Masters Exhibition, Las Vegas NV 2013
Art en Capital Exhibition, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France 2013
Artexpo NY, New York, New York 2012
Red Dot at Art Basel Miami, FL 2012
Scarab Club 98th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Detroit, MI 2011
Art Effect Gallery Exhibition, Detroit, MI 2011