Hebru Brantley’s young characters are headstrong and ambitious. They appear across canvas, murals and sculpture, often adorned in suits and masks that reference fictional icons like Batman and the Incredible Hulk. As a child, Brantley did not see himself or his friends represented in the comic books and sci-fi stories that he loved. The majority of the narratives centred around one all-powerful figure who was the incarnation of a white male. Critical of this, Brantley translates all that he admires about superheroes into archetypal characters who represent people of colour in an amalgamation o...
Bio
Hebru Brantley was born in 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. He now lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Collaborations
The artist has collaborated with and received commissions from a host of instantly recognisable brands including Nike, Lacoste, Nickelodeon, NBA, Redbull, BE@RBRICK, Hublot and Adidas.
Did you know?
Among his notable collectors are celebrities LeBron James, Beyonce and Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz and George Lucas.