The Passage of Time, 2025
Replicas, 2025
Replicas, 2025
Burnt Objects, 2024
Chanel — Arts & Culture
Acts of Kindness, 2025
Cut-outs, 2024
Cut-outs, 2024
Chanel — Arts & Culture
The New York Times Magazine — Dictionaries
Google — Avatar Project
Chanel — Arts & Culture
Chanel — Arts & Culture
Lipstick, 2024
Cut-outs, 2025
Google — Avatar Project
Apples in Lille, 2025
Form and Content, 2025
The Unknown, 2025
Wrapped Apple, 2025
Paper Flowers, 2025
Ascension, 2021
The New York Times Magazine — Climate Anxiety
Presence, 2025
Doors and Mirrors, 2025
The Chronicle of Higher Education — Law
Labor, 2024
Trickster, 2024
Google — Avatar Project
Burnt Pear, 2025
Leisure, 2024
Place of Reflection, 2025
Peas and Carrots, 2025
The New York Times Magazine — Creativity
M le Monde — Royal Branding
The New York Times Magazine — Financialization
CT — A Splintered Generation
Replicas, 2024
Imposters, 2021
Imposters, 2021
Color Fields, 2023
Color Fields, 2023
Brushstrokes, 2020
Brushstrokes, 2020
Brushstrokes, 2020
Brushstrokes, 2020



Derek Brahney (b. 1986) is a New York-based artist working across photography, sculpture, and visual communication. His work explores the poetic potential of everyday objects through constructed still life images, conceptual installations and set design. He works fluidly between independent and commercial projects with a sculptural, idea-driven approach.

Contact
    studio@derekbrahney.com

Select Clients
    Apple
    Chanel
    Google
    Die Zeit
    Financial Times
    M le Monde
    The New York Times

Awards
    ADC Young Guns 15
    American Illustration 37, 38

Exhibitions, Residencies
    La Junqueira Lille, France, June 2025

Lectures, Talks
    Syracuse University, 2024

More
    Brushstrokes
    Imposters

Full portfolio / CV available on request