Hebru Brantley is a Chicago-based contemporary artist who creates narrative-driven Afro-Futurist art. His heroic characters are bold and brightly-colored, creating fantasy worlds from the realities of urban life and exploring themes of nostalgia, power, and hope. Drawing inspiration from pop culture and his own background as a graffiti artist, Brantley has worked with a variety of mediums to create murals, paintings, prints, and merchandise, while also experimenting with nontraditional mediums like found objects, wood, coffee, and tea. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he’s collaborated with brands such as Nike, Huboly, and Adidas.
