Artists
Doug Cannell
Career Level: Mid-Career
Medium: Sculpture, 3D Mixed Media
Open for Commissions: Yes
I make sculpture, installation art, and write poetry.
http://dougcannell.com
https://www.instagram.com/dougcannell/
About
Doug Cannell is an artist whose works have been exhibited in museums and art galleries throughout the US. Born and schooled in Detroit, he went on to earn a BFA degree from Wayne State University. He now works from his Highland Park studio that is situated in a former stamping plant. He is also teaches at the College for Creative Studies.
Artist Statement
So there’s this huge pot of community soup. Let’s call it Culture. Culture Soup. It has been simmering on the stove for ten, maybe twenty thousand years. We can all drink from it, and we can all add ingredients to it.
I make art and poetry, those are my ingredients. I’m confident that my ideas have value and if I put them in the pot, someone, somewhere will taste them. Maybe they’ll think it tastes good, or maybe they’ll believe they can make it taste even better, so they add ingredients. There is beauty and nourishment and important stuff in Culture Soup, and I help make it.
I can make a piece of art and sell it to someone who puts it in their house, which adds a little to the pot. Or maybe I could exhibit it before thousands of people in galleries and museums and online, which adds a lot more to the pot. I’ve drunk a lot of that soup over the years, and I feel it’s important that I contribute what I can.
So I make a lot of art, I show it a lot, and I hope it tastes good to you.
Gallery
Upcoming Exhibitions:
UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION:
Backstories
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Birmingham, MI
Sept 25 through Oct 29, 2026
bbartcenter.org
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UPCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition
Scarab Club
Detroit, MI
Apr 23 - Jun 28, 2026
Opening Reception: Apr 24, 2026
scarabclub.org
Re/View 2026: CCS Alumni Exhibition
Valade Family Gallery
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI
May 15 - May 29, 2026
Opening Reception: May 15, 2026
ccsdetroit.edu
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CURRENT ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
Shape of Now
Saatchi Art Online Gallery
Ongoing starting Apr 20, 2026
saatchiart.com
Wabi-Sabi II
Art Fluent Online Gallery
Ongoing starting Mar 22, 2026
art-fluent.com
Past Exhibitions:
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
October 2025
Selections from Backstories
The Dennos Museum Center
Traverse City, MI
September 2025
Brilliant Corners
Studio23/The Art Center
Bay City, MI
Feb 2025
Doug Cannell: Backstories
108 Contemporary
Tulsa, OK
October 2023
Doug Cannell: Learning Curves
Stamelos Gallery Center at the
University of Michigan Dearborn
Dearborn, MI
July 2023
Doug Cannell: In Longhand
ARC Gallery
Chicago, IL
February 2021
A Tree is a Wild Thing:
New Sculpture by Doug Cannell
Hatch Gallery
Hamtramck, Michigan
February 2019
approaching [im]perfect
Galerie Camille
Detroit, Michigan
January 2014
Art & Invention: The Sculpture of Doug Cannell
The Gallery at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill
Canton, MI
Awards & Residencies:
I have won many awards in group exhibitions which I will not list here.
Press & Media Links:
https://dougcannell.com/the-pickup-2025
https://dougcannell.com/detroit-art-review-2023
https://dougcannell.com/new-city-art-2023