Robert McCann

Robert A. McCann is an Associate Professor and Foundations Coordinator in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. His work focuses on themes such as desire, loss, history, and the interplay between pop culture, mass media, and personal mythology. He holds degrees from Missouri State University and Indiana University, and served as a Fulbright scholar in Berlin, Germany. McCann’s art explores metaphors in media culture and the blending of public and private spaces through layered, fictional narratives.

Education: Missouri State University, Indiana University (studies), and a Fulbright fellowship in Berlin.

Research interests include the role of social media in flattening public and private boundaries, the use of pop culture figures in visual storytelling, and the physicality of painting as a medium. His works have been exhibited nationally, including solo shows at the Grand Rapids Art Museum and group exhibitions at institutions like the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

McCann is a member of the Amos Eno Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, since 2015. His recent works (2019–2024) include large-scale oil paintings addressing themes like entropy, cultural narratives, and the tension between reality and abstraction.