Bob Langnas is a printmaker,
painter, and mixed-media artist. Much of his studio work deals with the theme
of entropy and its societal implications.
He received his Master of Fine
Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991. He has also studied at Harvard University’s
Graduate School of Design and the Philadelphia College of Art (University of
the Arts).
Langnas has an extensive
exhibition record and has judged more than 30 shows. He has served on
the Special Exhibitions Committee of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, the
Forums Committee of Art St. Louis, and the Artists' Advisory Board of the Foundry Art Centre.
He has been a full-time
faculty member in the nationally-accredited art department at St. Louis
Community College’s Florissant Valley campus since 2000. Prior to taking that
position he taught at Culver-Stockton College (Canton, MO) and Delaware County
Community College (Media, PA). Since 1990 he has taught all levels of drawing,
design, painting, printmaking, illustration, and art history. He has also given
numerous art- and antiquities-themed lectures and workshops to community and academic groups
over the years, and serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of KOINON: The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies.