I became a photographer and artist in the 1980’s after formally studying photography at Columbia College in Chicago. My subject matter ranges several areas including landscapes, travel, people, abstracts, and documentary photography.

Other professions of mine include as a public school teacher (after earning a Masters in Teaching), project manager and corporate trainer for a software engineering firm, and as a technician in ophthalmology.

Following my love of the outdoors and the desire to contribute to society, I am a guide for the Sierra Club and have been introducing people to the outdoors for over 20 years. I also volunteer as a Ranger Assistant and on the Trail Crew for the National Park Service at the Indiana Dunes National Park.

Enjoy!

Bob Brubaker

Art Institute of Chicago, 2022
“Historic Architecture and Landscape Image Collection: Modern”

Chicago History Museum/Chicago Historical Society, 1990, 1987
Documentary architectural images of the River North Area and the Granada Theater

Blue Island Historical Society, 2018, 1984
Architecture and Street Photography

Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, 1990
Portfolio

Date: 4/21/18
Event: Art Walk Chicago 2018, Art Fair
Subject: Images from across my work
Address: 5555 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL

Dates: 5/2/19 to 6/9/19
Opening: 5/2/19
Event: Eternal Spring, Rebirth
Subject: Images Relating to Spring in the Natural World
Location: Gallery 1070
Address: 1070 W. Granville, Chicago, IL

Date: 5/18/19
Event: Art Walk Chicago 2019, Art Fair
Subject: Images from across my work
Address: 5555 N. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL

Dates: 6/20/19 to 7/25/19
Opening: 5/2/19
Event: Photography and Sculpture Show
Subject: Six images from the “Sand” Project, a semi-abstract series
Location: Gallery 1070
Address: 1070 W. Granville, Chicago, IL

Date: 9/21/19
Event: Filter Festival Portfolio Walk
Subject: Images from the Sand series
Location: Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
Address: 163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL

Dates: 1/14/23 to 2/28/23
Opening: 1/13/23
Event: Geometry+Nature=Art
Location: Admiral
Address: 929 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, IL

Solo Shows

Dates: 7/25/19 to 8/28/19 CANCELED
Opening: 7/25/19, CANCELED There will be a brief talk and refreshments
Event: Solo show
Location: Blue Island Historical Society
Address: 13018 Maple Ave, Blue Island, IL
Subject: Retrospective, Blue Island 1984 & 2018
Canceled due to Historical Society funding problem of a new exhibit space.

Chicago Sun Times Triathlon – Chief photographer x 3 years

Children’s Home and Aid Society, Chicago

The Construction Specifier (trade publication)

Chicago Tribune

General Parking Co.

National Association of Professional Environmental Communicators

G. Heileman Brewing Co (Stroh's)

Lexington Homes, Arlington Heights, IL

Documentary of the Gwich’in Indians in Old Crow, Yukon Territory, Canada

JA Jones Construction Services, for 311 South Wacker construction

Waste Management Inc.

O’Hare Terminal 5 Venture - Gilbane Building Company

Edgewater Beach Apartments Inc.

Various architects and developers

Various individuals for portraits

Various food, fashion, product, and architectural photographers, to help with their projects