PERSONAL

1960 Graduated from Horton Watkins High School – St. Louis, MO
1960 Attended University of Oklahoma – Norman, OK
1963  Attended Washington University – St. Louis, MO
1964  Began photography as a hobby
1967  Played minor league professional football – Des Moines, IA Worked as assistant to commercial photographer
1968  First journey through the American West, exposed to the work of Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park, CA
1969  Attended the Ansel Adams Workshop in Yosemite National Park, CA Began commercial photography business in St. Louis, MO
1970  Attended print workshop in Carmel, CA (Instructors were Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham)
1973  Attended winter workshop in Yosemite National Park, CA Instructors were Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham
1974. Assistant Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA
1974  Photography Instructor for The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, CA
1976  Assistant Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA
1977  Full Instructor for the Ansel Adams Spring Workshop – Yosemite National Park, CA Instructors included Yousuf Karsh
1978  Director and Instructor of the Green River Workshop – Green River, UT Sponsored by the University of California at Santa Cruz
1979 Director and Instructor of the Escalante Canyon Workshop – Escalante, UT Sponsored by the University of California at Santa Cruz
1980 Instructor for the Silver Scene Photography Workshop – Lake City, CO Sponsored by Webster University – St. Louis, MO
1980 Guest Lecturer for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO
1981 Judge of the Photo Spiva Photography Competition – Springfield, MO Guest Instructor for Webster University – St. Louis, MO
1983 Granted permission from the Federal Government to photograph entire Alcatraz Island during its Fiftieth Anniversary as a Federal Penitentiary – CA
1985  Guest Instructor for Washington University – St. Louis, MO
1986  Guest Lecturer for the University of Missouri – St. Louis, MO
1989  Guest Instructor for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO
1990  Guest Lecturer for the St. Charles Parks photography workshop – St. Louis, MO
1991  Featured Speaker for the St. Louis Camera Club – St. Louis, MO
1992  Guest Instructor for Washington University – St. Louis, MO
1993  Guest Lecturer for The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO Conversations with the Artist: Bob Kolbrener
1996 Granted permission from the National Park Service to produce notecards, posters and Special Edition Photographs to be sold at Devils Tower National Monument – WY
2004  Granted permission from the California State Parks to have full access to Pt. Lobos State Reserve. Project: To re-photograph Edward Weston’s images, as well as to photograph from Bob Kolbrener’s point of view.
2005  Lishui International Art Photography Festival – China
2006  Guest Speaker – The Yosemite Association Annual Meeting Yosemite National Park – CA
2008 Guest of Honor – Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. Best Foreign Photographer Award for Black and White Photography.

1974  
Cypress College – Los Angeles, CA - Two person show with Brett Weston
Ralston Purina Company – St. Louis, MO Group Exhibition
The Columbia Gallery of Photography – Columbia, MO - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1975
Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs
Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1976  
The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO Missouri Photographers’ Group Exhibition

1977
Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA Photographs from the Polaroid Collection

1978
Fontbonne College – St. Louis, MO
Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1979  Hunter Museum – Chattanooga, TN - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs
Polaroid Corporation – Cambridge, MA New Acquisitions – The Polaroid Collection
Borne ́ Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1981
The Greenberg Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1982
Creve Coeur Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Autographs

1985
Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener: From the West . . . People, Places, Other Encounters

1986  
The Hays Art Council – Hays, KS Five State Photography Exhibition

1987  
Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener Photographs: From the Sublime . . .

1988
Camelback Gallery – Phoenix, AR - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1989
The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO - The Developing Eye: 150 Years of Photography; Selected Images
Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener: From the West – A New Crop

1990  
The Arkansas Arts Center – Little Rock, AK Legacy; 15 Proteges of Ansel Adams

1991
Martin Schweig Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener: 100th Anniversary of Yosemite National Park

1992
Toneri Gallery – Sun Valley, ID - Bob Kolbrener: Black and White Photographs

1993
The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO - Bob Kolbrener Photographs: Twenty-Five Years in the American West

1994  
Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO Bob Kolbrener: Studio Portraits

1995
Locus Gallery – St. Louis, MO - Mural Photographs – Premier Exhibition

1996
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art – St. Louis, MO The Alcatraz Portfolio

1999  
The Suwa Art Museum – Suwa, Japan - Quest for Lost Image : Nudes – West Coast Photographers

2000  
Weston Gallery – Carmel, CA Selected Images
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA - Solo Exhibition: Large Scale Black and White Photographs
The Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA - Bob Kolbrener: To Eradicate Ennui – Large Scale Black and White Photographs
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition

2001  
SoHo Triad Fine Arts – New York City, NY Group Exhibition
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition

2002  
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA - Kolbrener’s Yosemite: Photographs Celebrating the Centennial of Ansel Adams Premier Exhibition
SoHo Triad Fine Arts – New York City, NY Kolbrener’s Yosemite
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition

2003
Louis Stern Fine Arts – West Hollywood, CA Kolbrener’s Yosemite
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA Kolbrener’s Yosemite
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – Scottsdale, AZ Ansel Adams: Classic Images and Contemporary Photographers
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition
High Museum of Art – Atlanta, GA Ansel Adams and His Legacy
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA - Bob Kolbrener: Photographs in the Tradition of Ansel Adams
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Carmel, CA - Solo Exhibition: Large Scale Black and White Photographs

2004
Nanao Art Museum – Nanao, Japan Group Exhibition
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition
De Arno Gallery – Jakarta, Indonesia Group Exhibition
Lishui International Art Photography Festival – China Guest of Honor

2005
Trierenberg Super Circuit Exhibition – Austria - Black and White Photographs – Special Recognition: Landscape/Nudes
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA 25th Anniversary Show - Group Exhibition

2006  
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Carmel, CA Group Exhibition
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition

2007
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Mumm Napa Valley, CA Group Exhibition
Alan Klotz Gallery – New York City, NY Group Exhibition
Fireside Gallery, Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA Bob Kolbrener: Master Photographer
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA Bob Kolbrener: From the Mountains to the Sea
Michele Mosko Fine Art – Denver, CO Group Exhibition

2008  
Fireside Gallery, Highlands Inn - Carmel, CA Bob Kolbrener: From the Mountains to the Sea
The Arts Company - Nashville, TN - Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West
Alan Klotz Gallery – New York City, NY Group Exhibition

2009  
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta, GA
Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West
Michele Mosko Fine Art – Denver, CO - Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West
The Ansel Adams Gallery - Ansel Adams/ Bob Kolbrener: 90 Years in the American West
Metro Art Gallery – Hong Kong - Bob Kolbrener – Master Photographer
Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA Group Exhibition

2010  
Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA - Picturing the West – Classic and Contemporary Photographs Group Exhibition
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH - American Photography: Selections from the Wells Fargo Art Collection Group Exhibition
Lumiére Gallery of Photography – Atlanta, GA Picturing the West: Photography by Bob Kolbrener
The Highlands Inn – Carmel, CA Bob Kolbrener: Seeing the Sea

2011  
Xiang Sha Wan Art Palace – Inner Mongolia, China Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes
Yun Tai Shan Photography Festival - Zhengzhou, China Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes
Pamela Lerner Antiques – Bellport, NY From the Mountains to the Sea
Classic Gallery - Moscow, Russia American Landscape Photography Group Exhibition

2012
The Ansel Adams Gallery – Yosemite National Park, CA Bob Kolbrener: When Meadows Turn White
Wine Art Center, Tianjin, China Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes

2012
Mino Gallery – Kunming, China Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes
Beijing 798 – Third Eye Photo Gallery – Beijing, China Bob Kolbrener – Landscapes
Dali Photo Festival, Yunnan Province, China Group Exhibition

2013
ShiJiaZhuang Art Museum – ShiJiaZhuang, China American Life - Group Exhibition
California State Library – Sacramento, CA - Living by the Sun - The Western Landscape Photographs of Bob Kolbrener
Galerie Antoine Proulx – Scottsdale, AZ Solo Exhibition

2014
Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, CA - Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography
photo la, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition
The Arts Company, Nashville, TN Group Exhibition
National Art Museum of China – Beijing, China Straight Photography 1839 - 2014 - Group Exhibition

2015  
Gallery of Classic Photography – Moscow, Russia Solo Exhibition
Fresno Art Museum - Bob Kolbrener: In Real Time Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography
Seijong Art Center – Seoul, Korea - Preserving the Vision: A Trio of Photographers Group Exhibition
Booth Western Art Museum – Cartersville, GA - Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

2016  
Berlanga Fine Art, Chicago, IL Les Femmes - Group Exhibition
The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA - A Great Certainty: Photographs Commemorating 100 Years of National Park Service Stewardship Group Exhibition
Causey Contemporary, New York, NY - Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA - Night Vision: Photographing in the Dark Group Exhibition

2017  
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA Vision of Place
The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA Creating Wilderness
POP International Galleries, New York, NY - Bob Kolbrener’s AutoGraphs – “Tradigital” Signs of the Time

2018  
The Gallery at Ventana, Big Sur, CA - Solo Exhibition
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA, Fire & Water - Group Exhibition
The Booth Museum, Cartersville, GA Bob Kolbrener: 50 Years in the West

2019
The Booth Museum, Cartersville, GA Bob Kolbrener: 50 Years in the West

2020
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA - Perfect Vision: 2020 - From Ocean to Sky
The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite National Park, CA Solo Exhibition

The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, Missouri
The Hunter Museum – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fontbonne College – St. Louis, Missouri
Washington University – St. Louis, Missouri
The Polaroid Collection of Photography – Cambridge, Massachusetts The St. Louis Union Trust Company – St. Louis, Missouri
Cypress College – Los Angeles, California
Fort Mason – San Francisco, California
Southwestern Bell Corporation – St. Louis, Missouri
Texaco Oil Company – Houston, Texas
The Peabody Coal Company – St. Louis, Missouri
The Suwa Art Museum – Suwa, Japan
A. G. Edwards & Company – St. Louis, Missouri
The Mallinckrodt Group – St. Louis, Missouri
The Monterey Museum of Art – Monterey, California
Park Hyatt Carmel, Highlands Inn – Carmel, California
High Museum of Art – Atlanta, Georgia
University of California, Bancroft Library – Berkeley, CA
Brooklyn Museum – Brooklyn, NYMuseum of Modern Art - New York, NY
Wells Fargo & Co., Private Collections – National, International
California State Library – Sacramento, CA
Birmingham Museum of Art – Birmingham, AL
Bakersfield Museum of Art – Bakersfield, CA

Polaroid print published: Ansel Adams Polaroid Land Photography 1978
Exhibition Catalog published by The Saint Louis Art Museum – St. Louis, MO 1993
Bob Kolbrener Photographs: Twenty-Five Years in the American West
View Camera Magazine – Feature Article 1997
Seven Seas Magazine, Japan – Feature Article 1999
B&W Magazine – Feature Article 2000
Art News – Review “Kolbrener’s Yosemite” – New York Exhibition 2002
Kolbrener’s Yosemite – Coffee Table Book; self-published to pay homage to Ansel Adams 2002
Sharon – Coffee Table Book; self-published 2002
National Geographic Adventure Magazine – Cover Photograph:The Devils Tower National Monument 2002
Roots of California Photography: The Monterey Legacy
B&W Magazine – Book Review: Kolbrener’s Yosemite 2003
Metro Magazine – Phoeniz, AZ – Featured Photographer – Premier Issue 2003
Popular Photography Magazine – U.S.A. – Feature Article 2004
Central Coast Magazine – California – Feature Article 2004
Picture Perfect – Collecting Art and Photography by Stephanie Hoppen 2004
THE POLAROID BOOK - TASCHEN - SELECTIONS FROM THE POLAROID COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2005
Popular Photography Magazine – China – Feature Article 2005 Carmel Magazine – Feature Article – Holiday 2008
From the Mountains to the Sea: The Making of 40 Great Photographs, published by the China Photographic Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2008
The Tennessean – Feature Article – November 16, 2008Photo Magazine – Hong Kong – Feature Article Fall/Winter 2008