Robert Brokl (b. 1948) is a painter, printmaker and arts writer whose expressive work draws on Bay Area Figuration, German Expressionism and Japanese woodblock printing. Born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, he earned his B.A. in 1979, M.A. in 1980 and M.F.A. in 1982 from UC Berkeley, where he studied with Joan Brown, Elmer Bischoff, Jay DeFeo and Hassel Smith. Working in painting, drawing and woodblock printing, Brokl explores landscape, portraiture, travel and personal experience through gestural brushwork, layered imagery and expressive color. He frequently combines autobiographical subjects with references to art history and the natural world. Brokl served as a visiting lecturer at UC Davis in 1991, and his prints were exhibited at the university's Richard L. Nelson Gallery in 1982. He received a Kala Fellowship in 1992 and a Gottlieb Foundation grant in 2006. His work has been exhibited at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, Fresno Art Museum and Monterey Museum of Art and is held in collections including the Library of Congress and Oakland Museum of California.