Brandon Altman (b. 1996) is a painter and mixed-media artist based in Pontiac, Michigan. Working primarily through collage and assemblage, he reinterprets historical imagery and materials to expose overlooked aspects of American culture.
As a self-taught outsider artist, Altman’s work bridges nostalgia and critique, transforming remnants of the past into reflections on identity, memory, and the passage of time.
Altman presents his debut solo exhibition, “Stripped,” at PLAYGROUND DETROIT on February 10. The mixed-media series explores themes of fragmentation and reconstruction, drawing from the artist’s interest in recontextualizing overlooked elements of the American past. Through painting, collage, and assemblage, Altman incorporates vintage imagery from the late 1960s and early 1970s to evoke anemoia—nostalgia for a time never lived—while examining the cultural ruptures of that era.
