The Revealers

JACOB TODD BROUSSARD (b. 1992, USA)

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Jacob Todd Broussard is a painter based in Richmond, USA, who received his BFA in Painting from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2014 and his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale School of Art in 2019.

Drawing from personal history, queer culture, and Southern vernacular imagery, he creates psychologically charged scenes that feel both intimate and theatrical. His paintings often unfold through fragmented interiors, staged environments, and dreamlike spaces where figures, objects, and symbols seem suspended between reality and fiction. Light plays a central role in the work, shaping atmospheres that feel at once familiar and slightly disorienting. Throughout his practice, Broussard returns to ideas of transformation, perception, and the tension between individuality and belonging.

Broussard currently teaches Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University. Alongside his studio practice, he has developed a broader body of work centered on storytelling, queer interiority, and the emotional possibilities of painting.

He’s shown work in various exhibitions across Louisiana, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Canada. He was a 2020/21 Drawing Center Viewing Program participant and a recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant for three consecutive years. His work has been reviewed in Cornelia Magazine and Burnaway. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Bunker Projects, The League Residency at Vyt, and more. He co-founded Kingfish, an art and architecture project space based in Buffalo, NY, and hosts an art podcast, Tintamarre. He is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University.