Hebru Brantley

 

Hebru Brantley creates narrative-driven work revolving around his conceptualized iconic characters which are utilized to address complex ideas around nostalgia, the mental psyche, power, and hope. The color palettes, pop-art motifs, and characters themselves create accessibility around Brantley’s layered and multifaceted beliefs. Majorly influenced by the South Side of Chicago’s AfriCOBRA movement in the 1960s and 70s, Brantley uses the lineage of mural work as a frame to explore his inquiries, applying a plethora of mediums from oil, acrylic, watercolor and spray paint to non-traditional mediums such as coffee and tea. Brantley’s work challenges the traditional view of the hero or protagonist and his work insists on a contemporary and distinct narrative that shapes and impacts the viewer’s gaze. 

Recognized internationally, Hebru Brantley has exhibited 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.

Hebru Brantley 圍繞他概念化的標誌性角色創作了以敘事為基礎的作品，它們被用來表達有關鄉愁、心靈、力量和希望等等的複雜想法。豐富的色塊、波普藝術主題以及角色本身讓觀眾能更直觀地接觸到藝術家多層次和多方向的信仰。 Brantley 主要受到二十世紀60-70年代芝加哥南區AfriCOBRA運動的影響，以壁畫作品為框架來探索他的創作，並應用了多種媒介，從傳統的油彩、丙烯、水彩和噴漆到非傳統媒介如咖啡和茶等等。Brantley 的作品挑戰了英雄或主角的傳統觀點，他的作品堅持當代和獨特的敘事，塑造和影響觀眾的目光。

Hebru Brantley 享譽國際，曾在芝加哥、東京、香港、倫敦、舊金山、亞特蘭大、邁阿密、西雅圖、洛杉磯和紐約舉辦過展覽，其中包括瑞士巴塞爾藝術展、邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展、香港巴塞爾藝術展和倫敦弗里茲藝術博覽會。

Previous Exhibitions

  • 2023
    Traveling Without Moving | NANZUKA UNDERGROUND | Tokyo, Japan
    Best Of Brantley | MODCLAIR | Montclair, NJ

    2022
    Dark Fiction: Flowers & Frogs | Richard Beavers Gallery | New York, NY

    2021
    Saints & Shepherds | Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN
    The Great Debate | Art in the Parks | New York, NY
    Mythos Opus Three | 3110NZ by LDH Kitchen | Tokyo, Japan
    Mythos Opus Two | 2G Nanzuka Gallery | Tokyo, Japan
    Mythos Opus One | Megumi Ogita Gallery | Tokyo, Japan

    2020
    Editions I Vertical Gallery I Chicago, IL

    2019
    NEVERMORE PARK I Pilsen I Chicago, IL
    No ID I Rotofugi Resigner Toy Store and Gallery I Chicago, IL
    Stance I Casterline Goodman Gallery I Aspen, CO
    The Great Debate I Gallery Des Baines I Tokyo, Japan

    2018
    Then There Were Two I Gallery Des Baines I Geneva, Switzerland
    Lord Of The Flys I Avenue Des Arts HK I Hong Kong

    2017
    Forced Field I Elmhurst Art Museum I Elmhurst, IL
    Eat Crap King I Vertical Gallery I Chicago, IL

    2016
    Theories Of The Lowend I Solo Exhibition I Miami Art Basel
    I Wish I Knew (What It Felt Like To Be Free) | August Wilson Center | Pittsburgh, PA

    2015
    Memoirs Of The Minimum Wage | Vertical Gallery | Chicago, IL

    2014
    And All I Got Was Sunshine | Frank Pages Galerie | Geneva, Switzerland
    Parade Day Rain | Chicago Cultural Center | Chicago, IL.
    Everyone’s Everything | Mead Carney Gallery | London, EN

  • 2023
    The Summer | AISHONANZUKA | Hong Kong
    Art Toys | Lot 180 Gallery | New York, NY
    Spring For Art | End to End Gallery | Hollywood, FL
    Corridor Contemporary at Palm Beach | Corridor Contemporary | West Palm Beach, FL
    Gallery Team Picks | Corridor Contemporary | Tel Aviv, Isreal
    Online Exclusive | End to End Gallery | Hollywood, FL

    2022
    Street Art EVOLVED | CuratedBySey | Brooklyn, NY
    All Treats, No Tricks! | End to End Gallery | Hollywood, FL
    Urban Art Show | Exclusive Urban Art | Rome, Italy
    Pop Art Superheroes | Art Gallery Arterego | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Skin + Masks: Decolonizing Art Beyond the Politics of Visibility | Kavi Gupta Gallery | Chicago, IL
    Worldwide Contemporary Art | 3White Dots | Hong Kong
    #BlackARTMatters | End to End Gallery | Hollywood, FL

    2021
    Solus | Phillips Auction House | Hong Kong
    8 Year Anniversary Group Show | Vertical Gallery | Chicago, IL

    2020
    Contemporary Icons: Editions and Works on Paper | HOFA Gallery | London, UK
    A R T C E L S Presents ‘XXI’ | HOFA Gallery | London, UK
    Editions I Vertical Gallery I Chicago, IL

    2019
    Body (language) | Art Republic | London, UK
    Here's looking at you: modern and contemporary portraiture to fall in love with | Art Republic | London, UK
    Street Art Collection | Art Republic | London, UK
    Bring colour to your life - Jonas Wood, Julian Opie, David Shrigley and Tracey Emin | Art Republic | London, UK

    2018
    Black Blooded | Toshkova Fine Art Advisory | Charlotte, NC
    A Peerless Combination of Street, Pop, and Contemporary Art | Peerless Arts |