Brenton John Drechsler (he/him) is an Australian emerging visual artist. He was born in Campbelltown, South Australia on Kaurna Country in December of 1981. He spent his childhood in Holden Hill, South Australia. Drechsler studied at TAFE SA, from 2006 to 2010 and completed an Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design and Technology. In his graduating year he won the 2010 TAFE SA Student of the Year award and a financial scholarship to participate in industry events in Hong Kong in 2011. Drechsler was self-employed as a fashion designer until 2015. From 2015 to 2020 he was employed as cabin crew for Qantaslink. Drechsler commenced his Bachelor of Visual Arts at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2018. He completed this in 2022. In 2023, Drechsler completed an Honours year at Adelaide Central School of Art achieving a First Class result.
Established in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was created to provide an annual, highly visible national platform to identify, promote and support the most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists in Australia.