Robert Brinkerhoff

Robert Brinkerhoff’s teaching focuses on illustration concepts classes and the synthesis of illustration and design. As an illustrator and designer, Brinkerhoff has worked for such clients as corporations, institutions of higher (including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, and Brandeis University), and regional and national magazines. His illustrations have stood out in numerous competitions sponsored by the University and College Designer’s Association (UCDA), the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Society of Illustrators, among others, and have appeared in annuals such as Print, How, and American Illustration. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been awarded artist residencies in the US, Italy, and the Republic of Ireland. Brinkerhoff has served as both the head of Illustration and chief critic for RISD’s European Honors Program in Rome. His book, Inferno: An Illustrated Primer, will be published in spring 2027 by Hachette/Union Square Books.