He received his MFA in ceramics from The University of Notre Dame in 2007. He has also studied at Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Montana, where received his BFA. In 2002, Kakas was a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation. He has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions in China, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Romania and the United States. He was awarded the Silver Prize at the 5th Korean World Ceramic Biennale at the World Exposition Ceramic Center in 2009. In 2011, he was a Demonstrator at the 45th National Council of Education on the Ceramic Arts Conference in addition to being a resident artist at the LH Project in Joseph, Oregon. Recently, Kakas exhibited at the 1st Kaolin Grand Prix for International Ceramic Arts Exhibition in China and the Cluj International Ceramic Biennale held in Romania.