Man wearing a green flannel standing in front of text based artwork. The paintings say "live through emotions" and "my guardian angel has to be sick of my shit"

biography

Braxton Fuller (b. 1992) is an American contemporary artist based in Kansas City, Missouri. A self-taught artist, Fuller began his creative career as a poet before transitioning into visual art, where language evolved from something written into something experienced. His practice has since expanded across text-based works, abstraction, conceptual art, and a visual language of symbols.

Drawing from the complexities and contradictions of the human experience, Fuller explores themes of communication, self-discovery, internal conflict, and the subconscious. His work often gives form to the thoughts and emotions people experience but rarely say aloud, using wit, sarcasm, and moments of vulnerability to create an immediate connection with the viewer.

Working across a variety of mediums, Fuller creates bold yet intentionally restrained compositions that balance spontaneity with precision. Text, symbols, and familiar objects become vehicles for examining love, suffering, identity, ambition, relationships, and the often complicated ways people attempt to understand themselves and one another.

Each work captures a particular moment, thought, or experience from Fuller’s own life while remaining open enough for the viewer to find themselves within it. Rather than providing answers, his work creates space for recognition and reflection; transforming deeply personal experiences into something collective.

At the center of Fuller’s practice is an ongoing fascination with language: what we say, what we mean, what we misunderstand, and what remains unspoken. Through humor, honesty, and visual simplicity, his work examines the barriers that exist between our internal worlds and the versions of ourselves we communicate to others.

artist statement

My practice began with poetry; a way of giving language to thoughts and emotions I struggled to express. That language eventually moved onto canvas, evolving through conceptual work, a visual language of symbols, and ultimately back to text.

Through minimal compositions, sharp language, and sarcasm, my work explores the contradictions of the human experience: love, suffering, identity, connection, and the thoughts we often leave unspoken. Each piece captures a specific moment or feeling, transforming something deeply personal into something universally recognizable.

At the core of my practice is an interest in the limitations of communication; the distance between what we feel, what we think, and what we are willing or able to say. Humor becomes a way into heavier conversations, allowing the work to feel playful while confronting something more vulnerable beneath the surface.

I use text not simply as something to be read, but as a visual and emotional medium. My goal is to push the possibilities of text-based art, creating work that challenges how we process language, recognize ourselves within it, and connect through the experiences we rarely say aloud.

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Exhibitions

2025 solo exhibition “dont touch the comedians” with artist replete, chicago, Illinois

2024 solo exhibition “reflections” with kcac, Kansas city, missouri

2021 Solo Exhibition “WHERE WE’VE BEEN” Kansas City, Missouri

2026 group exhibition “parallel narratives” with artitude galeria, singapore

2025 group exhibition with Windmill art gallery, south hamptons, NY

2024 group exhibition “metamorphosis” with morton contemporary gallery, Philadelphia, pennsylvania

2024 group exhibition “the choice is yours” with nonamegallery, Philadelphia, pennsylvania

2024 group exhibition “seasonal shifts” with 812 Maplewood fine art, virtual

2024 group exhibition “wordplay” with artist replete, Chicago, Illinois

2024 group exhibition “Americana: we the people” with plug gallery, Kansas city, missouri

2024 group exhibition “Digital wIlderness” with digital dreams kc, Kansas City, Missouri

2023 Group Exhibition "In Other Words" Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri

2023 Group Exhibition "Refraction" WITH ArtSchool KC, Lee's Summit, Missouri

2022 Group Exhibition "Voices" WITH Zenith Art & Fashion, New York, New York

2022 Group Exhibition with Artitude Galeria, Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2021 Group Exhibition with Arushi Gallery, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California

2021 Group Exhibition WITH MEAN MULE, Kansas City, Missouri


Representation

  • 2026 dtr modern

  • 2024 artist replete

  • 2024 noname gallery

  • 2024 Morton Contemporary Gallery

  • 2024 812 Maplewood fine art

  • 2024 Kansas city artist Coalition

  • 2022 Zenith Art & Fashion

  • 2021 arushi gallery

  • 2020 galerie sonia monti

  • 2020 artitude galeria