hal brentano (they/them) is a queer artist, based in portland, OR. their work centers on damaged ecosystems, traumatized communities, and the notion of “apocalypse” in an era of compounding social and environmental crisis.
Art for the Earth
Artwork
Projects
Multimedia Sci-Fi Series
APOCALYPSE STORY is a multimedia sci-fi series about a 22nd-century city on the precipice of an uncertain future. Explores themes of technology, consciousness, and the potential to overcome cyclical violence in a world ravaged by climate change.
Post-Apocalyptic Webcomic
LANDFILL is a post-apocalyptic horror webcomic, set in the ruins of an America nearly destroyed by nuclear war. Critiques rugged individualism and toxic masculinity while weaving a bleak tale of desperate people in a wounded world.