Adrian Landon Brooks

Adrian Landon Brooks (born 1983) studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and now lives and works in Austin, Texas. Working primarily in painting and illustration, he frequently incorporates found materials such as reclaimed wood, metal, and antique photographs as unconventional surfaces. Brooks has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally, including with Antonio Colombo Gallery and Andenken Gallery, and has completed large-scale installations and murals for companies such as Meta, Google, and Indeed. His work has been featured in publications including Juxtapoz, VNA, Art Maze Mag, and New American Paintings.

Brooks creates otherworldly environments for mystical iconography, constructing cosmic backdrops of wormholes, starscapes, and portals that suggest monuments to higher purpose and unseen forces. Celestial elements, symbolic hands of worship, and raw wooden grounds establish a stark contrast between bare material and painted image, producing surreal spaces untethered from time or place. Figures often appear slumped or suspended, caught in moments of tension, longing, and transition, as if moving between realities. Through these layered narratives, Brooks explores universal themes of love, loss, and redemption, crafting sacred rituals and distant worlds that transcend specific cultures and invite reflection on the shared human experience.

Find him on Instagram @adrianlandonbrooks