Brandon Breaux

Brandon Breaux is a multi-disciplinary artist from the South Side of Chicago whose work includes oil-on-canvas and digital art.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Breaux grew up in the Chatham and Grand Crossing neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago. Breaux graduated from DePaul University in 2006.[6]

Breaux after giving an artist talk at Luminaire in Chicago

Career

Breaux's work focuses on representation of his culture on the South Side of Chicago and his advocacy for mental health,[7] especially in the Black community.[8]

Breaux created the cover art to the 2012 Chance the Rapper debut mixtape 10 DAY. Breaux also created the cover art for the Acid Rap and Coloring Book mixtapes, and Chance's 2018 singles "Wala Cam", "65th and Ingleside" and "Work Out".[9]

Breaux shot the original photo and created the cover art for Acid Rap.[10] The picture happened by chance, according to Breaux: "I had made these tie-dye tank tops before we went to SXSW and I gave them to Chance… In the back of my mind I'm like I hope you wear this."[11]

The cover artwork Breaux created for Coloring Book depicted Chance holding his baby daughter, capturing his facial expression but with the baby outside the frame of the image.[12]

Following the publication of the cover art for Chance the Rapper, artists including Drake, Kehlani,[13] Miguel, and Troye Sivan have released album cover art showing Breaux's influence.[4]

His debut U.S. solo exhibition, BIG WORDS, included painting, print, and fashion design, and was curated by Anna Cerniglia and Alison Cuddy for Blanc Gallery.[14][15][16] In a review for Dazed, Vanessa Murrell noted the exhibition's use of typography and figures to stimulate the viewer's right and left brain functions.[17]

Breaux's commissioned portraiture work includes fashion icon André Leon Talley for the cover of Ebony, and civil rights pioneer Congressman John Lewis for the cover of his final published work, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation.[15]

In 2020, Breaux collaborated with the Museum of Contemporary Art on a capsule collection.[18]

Breaux participated in the artist residency program of the Kennedy Center in 2022

In 2022, Breaux was selected in a cohort of 14 master artists and designers to be part of Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab, a partnership of the Prada Group, Theaster Gates Studio, Dorchester Industries, and Rebuild Foundation.[19]

In 2022 Breaux was selected for the "Office Hours" curated developmental artist residency program at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.[20]

Awards and honors

Ebony magazine named Breaux in its 2022 EBONY Power 100 list of Black leaders.[21][22]

See also

References
  1. Chicago artist Brandon Breaux’s ‘28 Days’ is for Black History Month, portraits of those making history now Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, February 08, 2021
  2. Brandon Breaux South Side Art Center, June 11, 2022
  3. Work Of Artist Behind Chance's Mixtape Covers To Be Featured On Beer Cans Archived 2019-01-03 at the Wayback Machine DNA Info, Stephanie Lulay, June 15, 2017
  4. Talking Visual Branding & Consistency with Brandon Breaux, the Artist/Designer Behind Chance the Rapper's Album Art Charlie Kane, The Hundreds, May 8, 2017
  5. Brandon Breaux University of Chicago
  6. On staying positive and inspired: Visual artist Brandon Breaux discusses leaving an agency job to pursue his art full-time, collaborating with Chance the Rapper, and the questions you should ask yourself when you start something new. Creative Independent, August 9, 2018
  7. "VIRTUAL STUDIO VISIT: BRANDON BREAUX". Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago Architecture Biennial. September 1, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  8. Artists offer helping hand for emotional, mental healing in advance of World Mental Health Day Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, October 5, 2022
  9. Acovino, Vincent (27 July 2018). "The Artist Responsible For Chance The Rapper's Meme-Inspired Abstract Art". NPR. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  10. "The Artist Responsible For Chance The Rapper's Meme-Inspired Abstract Art". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  11. "Here's the Original Photo That Inspired Chance the Rapper's 'Acid Rap' Cover". Genius. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  12. Breaux, Brandon (May 5, 2016). "Meet Brandon Breaux, The Artist Who Brings Chance The Rapper's Mixtape Covers To Life". The Fader (Interview). Interviewed by Jordan Darville. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  13. Chance the Rapper on 5 Visual Artists Who Inspire Him Artsy, Brian P. Kelly, December 19, 2022
  14. Kerry Cardoza, Constructing Identity: A Review of Brandon Breaux at Blanc Gallery New City, APRIL 25, 2022
  15. The big world of Brandon Breaux Isa Giallorenzo, Chicago Reader, April 28, 2022
  16. Brandon Breaux: BIG WORDS: ARTIST TALK + RECEPTION The Visualist, May 7, 2022
  17. Dazed (2022-04-28). "Inside Chicago's booming art scene". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  18. A conversation with Brandon Breaux about his MCA collection that looks at access, safe space, and representation Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, September 14, 2020
  19. Prada and Theaster Gates Partner to Celebrate and Mentor Designers of Color JEREMY LEWIS, Vogue, April 7, 2022
  20. "Brandon Breaux". Kennedy Center. 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  21. INTRODUCING EBONY'S 2022 POWER 100 LIST AND GALA Ebony, September 20, 2022
  22. EBONY'S 2022 POWER 100: Artists Ebony, September 20, 2022
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