Resume
2008
Vellano Arte Gallery- Vellano Arte 2008- Group Exhibition - Vellano, Italy- 8/08
Gallery Marchi -LITTLE TREASURES- Group Exhibition - Bologna, Italy- 5/08
Butter Gallery: Robert Mirek – Recent Objects — Coconut Grove-Miami, Florida
Gallery Project: SURFACE – Group Exhibition — Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007
Gallery Project: Signs, Signals, Gestures – Group Exhibition — Ann Arbor, Michigan
Copper Country Community Arts Center – DRIVEN: Art from the Motor City –
Group Exhibition – Hancock, Michigan
Artist Space – New York, New York
Sarah Bowen Gallery – The Submissions Show – Williamsburg, New York
2006
Saatchi Gallery – Online Gallery – London, UK
Neal Davis Gallery – Small Works Exhibit – Royal Oak, Michigan
CCS at 100 – Faculty Now! – College for Creative Studies – Detroit, Michigan
Neal Davis Gallery – Black and White Show – Royal Oak, Michigan
Woods Gallery – New Works on Paper and other series by Robert Mirek – Huntington Woods, Michigan
Synergy Gallery – Kowalski + Mirek – Berkley, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery – TEXT group exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
2005
Detroit Artists MARKET – Members Invitational 2005 Biennial – Detroit, Michigan
MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Fine Arts Gallery – Recent Work by Robert Mirek – Flint, Michigan
Designhaus – Work by Robert Mirek – Rochester, Michigan
Sync 2005 – Duderstadt Center – University of Michigan
Saginaw Art Museum – 2nd Michigan Invitational – Architecture
TOTEM – 3 artist from 3 continents – Buggiano Castello, Italy
2004
Gallery 128 - JUGALBANDI – Group Exhibition – Work from the Upanishad Series – New York, New York
Arnold Klein Gallery – NUMBERS – Group Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
2003
Michigan Guild Gallery - SELECTIONS 2003 – Ann Arbor, Michigan
Cass Cafe Gallery, - SELECTIONS 2003 – Detroit, Michigan
BOOKS, Group Exhibition - Arnold Klein Gallery – Royal Oak, Michigan
Deluxe Arts Gallery – London, England
V Salon Internacional de Arte Digital – Havana, Cuba
Caelum Galley, New Work from the Aluminum Series – New York, New York
Villa Forini Lippi – Group Exhibition – Montecatini Terme , Italy
aniGma-2003, Festival of Digital Imaging and Animation – Novosibirsk, Siberia
Chelsea River Gallery, - Float Drawings, Paintings and New Aluminum Work – Chelsea, Michigan
2002
Arnold Klein Gallery - Solo Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
Sekanina Gallery - Estense Castle - "Magica" Group Exhibition – Ferrara, Italy
Cass Cafe Gallery -Group Exhibition: 6 @ Cass Café – Detroit, Michigan
Tengri Umai - International Arts Festival – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - 20 Years at PCCA – Rochester, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - Painting as an Abstraction - Juried Exhibition – Rochester, Michigan
immedia 2002 – Ann Arbor , Michigan
Gallery LeVall - Novosibirsk, Siberia - Russian Federation Exhibition Tour: Kaliningrad: VII International Graphics Biennial, Krasnoyarsk: Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Novosibirsk: Gallery LeVall - Solo Exhibition, Moscow: M'ARS Gallery, St. Petersburg: Gallery LeVall Collaboration
2001
Museum of New Art (Mona)- DOCUMENTA-USA – Detroit, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery - Earth Group Show – Royal Oak, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts- Made in Michigan Invitational – Rochester, Michigan
TRIAD Gallery – Upanishad Series, Float Drawings & Recent Paintings – Seal Rock,Oregon
2000
Museum of Contemporary Art /Detroit Institute of Arts - DOCUMENTA USA 2000 – Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Contemporary Gallery - Actual Size Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
GALLERY B.A.I. - Solo Exhibition – Barcelona, Spain
Arnold Klein Gallery - Red/Desert Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
CAELUM Gallery - International Group Exhibition – New York, New York
OPEN STUDIOS - Group Exhibition – Bielefeld, Germany
Galerie GORA - Solo Exhibition – Montreal, Canada
1999
Ward-Nasse Gallery - 178 Prince Street – New York, New York
World Fine Art Gallery - 443 Broadway, 4th Floor – New York, New York
Arnold Klein Gallery - In Honor of Water - Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
Galerie BLU - Group Exhibition – Pontiac, Michigan
Nicolet College - National Juried Competition – Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Nexus Gallery - Third Annual National Juried Competition: 345 East 12th St. – New York, New York
Galerie BLU - Febbo, Mirek, Newbill Exhibition – Pontiac, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery - A Tribute To Time - Group Exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
Lindenberg Gallery - End of the Millenium Group Show – New York, New York
Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea – Florence, Italy
The Art Gallery a Casa di Giorgio - Solo Exhibition – Massa e Cozzile, Italy
Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts - Americans from the Florence Biennale – New York, New York
1996
The Gallery at Marygrove- INVENTIONS – Detroit, Michigan
1995
Arnold Klein Gallery - about BOOKS – Royal Oak, Michigan
1985
CADE Gallery - NEO TROIT- a group exhibition – Royal Oak, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts - On-Going works exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
1982
Xochipilli Gallery - Group Exhibition – Birmingham, Michigan
Detroit Artists Market - Group Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
1981
Awful Truth Gallery - Pre-Institutional Art Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
1978
Gallery 7 - Ideas/Works Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Focus Gallery - 3-Dimensions Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
1977
Detroit Institute of Arts - Founders Gallery Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Artists Market - Group Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
Gallery 7 - 7th Annual Group Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
Gallery 7 - 8th Annual Group Exhibition – Detroit, Michigan
Corporate Installations
Art in Stairways – Euro Hotel – Pisa, Italy - 2007
LOFTS322 – Ann Arbor, Michigan - 2007
Metro Lofts – Royal Oak, Michigan - 2004
Education
BFA –Painting- The Society of Arts and Crafts – Detroit, Michigan 1975-1979
Merit Scholarships ‘78, ’79
Bibliography
UNDERVEJS - 222 teginger fra Picasso til Yoko Ono - Instruction Drawings - The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection © 2001 - Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst - Jon Hendricks and Gunnar B. Kuaran - ISBN#: 87-90029-59-3
ROBERT MIREK – RECENT WORK - catalog by Richard Scott, May 2003
Mirek's Idols - David Calvo, November 2002
Detroit Free Press - Invitational show delivers top quality - August 2001
Oregon News Times -- Artists Michael Shannon and Robert Mirek - July, 2001
Arte in Toscana - 2001 - 2002
Woodward Magazine - Passport For Painting – Detroit artist Robert Mirek exhibits in Italy – January 2000
Gallery & Studio Magazine - New York Notebook - Robert Mirek chosen to represent the United States - January/February 2000
Wayne State University - African American Lecture Series - Lester Johnson: Collaborative Projects with Robert Mirek and new technologies - March 2000
The Royal Oak Mirror - Artist featured at Virtual Gallery - Detroit-area artists Robert Edwards, Kip Kowalski, Robert Mirek and Nelson Smith -- July 1998
Teaching
College for Creative Studies – Detroit, Michigan – Department of Digital Media and Animation – Adjunct Faculty since 2004 – Courses: Beginning Web Design, Advanced Web Design, Internet Basics, Web Portfolio
Lawrence Technological University – Southfield Michigan – College of Architecture and Design – Adjunct faculty since 2006 – Courses: Imaging Studio 1, New Media
Private Collections
Multiple private collections in the United States, Europe and the Russian Federation
Permanent Collections
Museum of New Art (MONA) - Detroit, Michigan
Museo del Tessile – Busto Arsizio, Italy |