Hebru Brantley

HEBRU BRANTLEY CREATES NARRATIVE-DRIVEN WORKS REVOLVING HIS OWN UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS, WHILE REFERENCING POP CULTURE SYMBOLS LIKE BATMAN AND ROBIN, KERMIT THE FROG AND MORE. MAJORLY INFLUENCED BY CHICAGO’S AFRICOBRA MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S AND 70S, BRANTLEY DRAWS FROM THE LINEAGE OF MURAL PAINTING TO EXPLORE THEMES OF NOSTALGIA, PSYCHOLOGY, POWER, AND HOPE. BRANTLEY ENGAGES IN A WIDE RANGE OF MEDIUMS FROM OIL, ACRYLIC, WATERCOLOR, SPRAY PAINT AND EVEN NON-TRADITIONAL MEDIUMS LIKE COFFEE AND TEA. HIS WORK CHALLENGES THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF HERO OR PROTAGONIST, INSISTING A UNIQUE NARRATIVE THAT CHALLENGES THE VIEWER’S CONVENTIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THESE CONCEPTS. RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY, HEBRU BRANTLEY HAS EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN CHICAGO, TOKYO, HONG KONG, LONDON, SAN FRANCISCO, ATLANTA, MIAMI, SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK, INCLUDING ART BASEL SWITZERLAND, ART BASEL MIAMI, ART BASEL HONG KONG, AND FRIEZE LONDON. HE HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED IN PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING CNN, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, FORBES, WWD, HYPEBEAST, COMPLEX MAGAZINE, THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, AND THE NEW YORK POST.