Rob Kangas
1321 E. Lincoln
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
Education
The University of Michigan Graduated May 1985
Ann Arbor, Michigan Master of Fine Arts
Center for Creative Studies Graduated with Distinction May 1980
Detroit, Michigan Bachelor of Fine Arts
Employment
Oakland Community College Program Coordinator, Photography Dept.
Royal Oak, Michigan R.O. Campus, August 1987 to present
Exhibitions - One and Two Person Shows
Oloman Cafe Thirteen Years: 2004 – 2017
Hamtramck, Michigan May 20th through June 26th, 2017
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Photographs of the Ambiguous Landscape
Rochester, Michigan January 16th through February 14th, 2009
Meadow Brook Art Gallery The Flowers of Insomnia & other photographs-A Retrospective
Rochester, Michigan January 9th through February 22, 2004
Lila Jones Theater Gallery Cleaning House
Royal Oak, Michigan November 1st - November 30th, 2000
Pierce Street Gallery The Flowers of Insomnia
Birmingham, Michigan March 27 through May 28, 1992
Pontiac Art Center Public Park
Pontiac, Michigan March 5 through April 22, 1988
Cade Gallery In Front of the Sky
Royal Oak, Michigan March 4 through April 5, 1988
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Carnival
Rochester, Michigan September 13 through October 17, 1984
Detroit Public Library December
Detroit, Michigan November 17 through December 23, 1983
Light Fantastic Gallery Figures and Spaces
Lansing, Michigan September 24 through October 14, 1979
Exhibitions - Group Shows
Valade Gallery, Taubman Center for Design Education Re/View: A CCS Alumni Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan May 11th through May 22nd, 2024
Lawrence Street Gallery Summer Invitational 2022
Ferndale, Michigan June 30th through July 29th, 2022
The Scarab Club 51st Annual Photography Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan April 20th through May 28th, 2022
Valade Gallery, Taubman Center for Design Education Re/View: A CCS Alumni Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan May 14th through May 28th, 2021
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Me! Me? Me.
Rochester, Michigan September 21st through October 26th, 2019
Valade Gallery, Taubman Center for Design Education Re/View: A CCS Alumni Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan April 11th through May 21st, 2019
Hatch Gallery Hatchback 13
Hamtramck, Michigan April 6th through May 4th, 2019
Valade Gallery, Taubman Center for Design Education Re/View
Detroit, Michigan March 23rd through May 22nd, 2018
The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit After Dark
Detroit, Michigan October 17th 2016 through April 23rd, 2017
Lawrence Street Gallery Exposures
Ferndale, Michigan April 8th through May 6th, 2016
Hatch Gallery #photo
Hamtramck, Michigan February 6th through February 27th, 2015
Pontiac Creative Arts Center OCC Faculty and Student Show
Pontiac, Michigan June 5th through July 2nd, 2015
Taubman Center Valade Gallery Re/View
Detroit, Michigan April 17th through May 14th, 2015
Taubman Center Valade Gallery Re/View
Detroit, Michigan April 11th through May 30th, 2014
Detroit Artists Market Winter Classic
Detroit, Michigan February 20th Through February 24th, 2014
Studio Couture Gallery DCCP Members Show
Detroit, Michigan October 25th through November 9th, 2013
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Art Endures – 30 Years and Counting
Rochester, Michigan January 18th through February 15th, 2013
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography Sum of Parts
Detroit, Michigan September 21st through October 26th, 2012
Hatch Gallery Hatchback 6
Hamtramck, Michigan April 28th through May 26th, 2012
Detroit Center for Creative Photography 1st Annual Juried Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan October 1st through October 15th, 2011
Detroit Center for Creative Photography Artist’s Choice
Detroit, Michigan April 9th, 2011
Valade Gallery – Taubman Center for Design Education Re View
Detroit, Michigan April 1st through May25th, 2011
Oakland University Art Gallery Ten Years of Contemporary Art at O.U.A.G.
Rochester, Michigan September 11th through October 17th, 2010
Southfield Civic Center Modernism
Southfield, Michigan July 15th through July 18th 2009
The Anton Art Center Faces
Mount Clemens, Michigan February 27th through March 28th, 2009
University of Michigan Slusser Gallery Alumni Invitational
Ann Arbor, Michigan July 11th through August 8th, 2008
Hamtramck Arts Collective Hatchback
Hamtramck, Michigan March 8th through April 8th, 2008
Café 1923 Hatched
Hamtramck, Michigan March 7th through April 7th, 2007
Detroit Artists Market Members Invitational
Detroit, Michigan February 17th through March 4th, 2006
Octane Photographic Motor City Rocks and Rolls 2
Ferndale, Michigan August 12th through September 23rd, 2005
Detroit Institute of Arts Beyond Big
Detroit, Michigan March 16th through July 31st, 2005
College for Creative Studies Alumni Invitational
Detroit, Michigan February 14th through March 19th, 2005
Tangent Gallery Finds
Detroit, Michigan November 12 through December 19th, 2004
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Michigan Friends Of Photography Juried Exhibition
Birmingham, Michigan September 10th through October 8th, 2004
Octane Photographic Motor City Rocks and Rolls
Ferndale, Michigan August 13th through October 1, 2004
Forum Project Gallery Artcore
Pontiac Michigan April 1st through July 23rd, 2004
Dennos Museum From Daguerre To Digital
Traverse City, Michigan December 5th, 2003 through March 7th, 2004
Smith Theater Gallery Faculty Exhibition
Farmington, Michigan October 10 through November 4th, 2003
Paint Creek Center for the Arts 20 Years and Counting
Rochester, Michigan August 23rd through September 21st, 2002
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Made In Michigan
Rochester, Michigan August 17th through September 20th, 2001
Paint Creek Center for the Arts It’s All Academic
Rochester, Mi. April 27 through May 25th, 2001
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association Michigan Friends of Photography Members Show
Birmingham, Mi. November 4 through November 25, 2000
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Michigan Friends of Photography
Rochester, Michigan October 1st through November 5th, 1999
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Body and Soul
Rochester, Michigan March 3rd through April 1st, 1999
Xedos Cafe Michigan Friends of Photography
Ferndale, Michigan October 5 through October 30th, 1998
Bookbeat Between The Eyes
Oak Park, Michigan May 15 through June 28, 1997
Metropolitan Center for the Arts Images 8
Detroit, Michigan January 17 through February 8 1997
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Photo Transitions
Rochester, Michigan May 15 through June 24, 1996
Urban Park Gallery Resonance
Detroit, Michigan March 5 through March 27, 1995
Pierce Street Gallery Veiled Vision
Birmingham, Michigan February 25 through March 25, 1995
Urban Park Gallery Michigan Friends of Photography
Detroit, Michigan April 6th through May 4th, 1994
Urban Park Gallery Michigan Friends of Photography
Detroit, Michigan October 16 through November 20, 1992
Photo National I Photo National 1
Traveling Exhibition January 25 through July 25, 1992
Adrian College Environments Through Photography
Adrian, Michigan June 30 through July 13, 1991
Art in Public Places Summer In The City
Organized by Creative Art Center June 14 through September 13, 1991
Michigan Friends of Photography Traveling Exhibition
Traveling Exhibition February 15 through March 11, 1991
Detroit Artists Market Photography
Detroit, Michigan October 12 through November 10, 1990
Michigan Friends of Photography Traveling Exhibition
Traveling Exhibition December 1988 through January, 1990
Front Room Gallery Belle Isle Invitational
Detroit Michigan March 31st through May 30th, 1989
Michigan Council For the Arts Gallery Urbanology
Detroit, Michigan May through August 1989
The Center Galleries Twenty Years of Photography at CCS
Detroit, Michigan March 31 through April 27, 1989
Detroit Focus Gallery After Ten Years – Detroit Focus
Detroit, Michigan March 17 through April 14, 1989
Detroit Focus Gallery Present Tense/Photography
Detroit, Michigan February 12 through March 12, 1988
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Faculty Exhibition
Rochester, Michigan January 9 through February 5, 1988
Michigan Gallery Michigan Friends of Photography
Detroit, Michigan January 31 through February 28, 1987
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Photoimages ‘86
Rochester, Michigan December 2 through December 20, 1986
Detroit Artists Market Photography
Detroit, Michigan October 17 through November 15, 1986
Urban Center for Photography Detroit Photography Project – City Limits
Detroit, Michigan October 10 through October 30, 1986
Paint Creek Center for the Arts Faculty Exhibition
Rochester, Michigan May 10 through June 7, 1986
Slusser Gallery Works in Progress
Ann Arbor, Michigan March 9th through March 20th, 1984
Detroit Artists Market Center for Creative Studies Alumni
Detroit, Michigan February 11 through March 4, 1983
The Scarab Club Michigan Photography Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan November 8 through November 27, 1982
Park West Galleries Detroit Summer Months III
Southfield, Michigan July 17 through August 23, 1982
The Scarab Club Michigan Photography Exhibition
Detroit, Michigan September 22 through November 30, 1979
Detroit Focus Gallery Figure
Detroit, Michigan September 11 through October 20, 1979
Detroit Focus Gallery Photography Juried By Nathan Lyons
Detroit, Michigan March 3 through April 3, 1979
Publications/Reviews
Detroit after Dark – Nancy W. Barr w/ Sara Blair and Chris Tysh, Detroit Institute of Arts, Dist. By Yale University Press 2016
Photographer Rob Kangas –In A Three Dimensional World - Salwan Georges, The Metropolitan April 2014
Sum Of Parts @ DCCP – Ron Scott, ArtHopper.org November 6th, 2012
Feast Your Eyes-Photographers Create Moody Artwork – Michael H. Hodges, The Detroit News February 5th, 2009
The Flowers of Insomnia and other photographs; a retrospective by Rob Kangas, Meadow Book Art Gallery 2004
OCC Teacher Shows the Depth of his Art- Keri Guten Cohen, Detroit Free Press, Jan. 25th, 2004
Inspiration Doesn’t Sleep – Nicole Stafford, Filter, January 15, 2004
Sleepless In Detroit - Maureen Electra Monte, Big Idea, December 2003
Photographer Snaps Still Cinema - Marsha Miro, Detroit Free Press, April 13th 1992
Photography by Phil Davis, Fifth and Sixth Editions, William D. Brown Publishers
Detroit Focus 19781989: The Ten Year Anniversary Detroit Focus
Awards
Creative Artist Grant, 1988
Michigan Council for the Arts
Collections
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Oakland University
The Dennos Museum
Artist Talks/Panels
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - 2019
Hatch Gallery - 2019
Oloman Cafe - 2017
Hatch Gallery - 2015
Scarab Club - 2014
SOAR Lifelong Learning Program 2013
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - 2009
Society of Photographic Education Regional Conference 2007
Meadowbrook Art Gallery - 2004
Michigan Friends of Photography 1998
Interlochen Center for the Arts 1996
Michigan Friends of Photography 1995
Society of Photographic Education Regional Conference - 1993
Michigan Friends of Photography - 1991
Jewish Community Center - 1989
Michigan Gallery -1987
Park West Galleries - 1982