Burnt Offerings

AUSTEN BRANTLEY

Exhibition on view March 20th - April 11th, 2026

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 27th | 6 - 9 PM

Austen Brantley is a Detroit-based sculptor whose work explores cultural memory, resilience, and the power of figurative representation through ceramic and bronze sculpture. 

In 2023 he was named a Kresge Arts Fellowship recipient and a National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Emerging Artist Fellow. His work has been exhibited nationally and is currently included in a major exhibition at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. 

Brantley has also completed significant public commissions including work at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and a bronze memorial honoring Joe Louis for the City of Detroit.