Brian Hebert

I am a painter as well as a curator, fascinated with depth and dimension on a 2 dimensional surface, preferably wood. My compositions are inspired by music and metaphysical thought. When I listen to certain songs my mind starts to compose, which is part of my process, as well as painting on color and in layers upon layers. I include sky and cosmos in my compositions coupled with a word commonly used in the golden era hip hop vernacular, using fonts and or graffiti style letters to get my point across in this body of work, which I call Word Power. I also use a sky, cloud scape, or a galactic background in my work as a metaphor for maintaining higher consciousness, as well as expressing my inspiration from music especially music used in the foundation of hip hop culture. My titles reflect my b-boy influence with pieces inspired by Gang Starr, Public Enemy, Outkast, and Cameo to name a few. I refer to the manner in which I work as Visual Rhyme Translation, seeing my paintings as visual lyrics or songs if you will. My visual arts influences are John Biggers, his references to the cosmos and the Dogon, fascinate me to this day, and inspire my metaphysical approach to composition, and the African-American Collective AFriCOBRA and...

Southern University Bachelors in Fine Arts 1997

567 Gallery for Renewal Exhibition 2013 Macon, GA.
Riffing On The Reel II, 2013 Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA.
Camouflage II 2013, Southwest Performance Theatre Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Organized Noize 2012, Southwest Art Center Studio Building, Atlanta, GA.
Camouflage I 2011, Southwest Performance Theater Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Riffing On The Reel I, Harriet Tubman Museum, Macon, GA.
The Antidote 2011, Southwest Performance Theater Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Bridging The Gap 2010, Southwest Performance Theater Gallery, Atlanta, GA.