Brielle J

@cosmicbrie

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Hihi! I'm an interdisciplinary artist, pianist, and music composer. Having been born and grown up in Monroe, Louisiana, I found art to be an outlet for escapism as a child. Despite this, as I've grown older, my relationship with art and music and even myself have changed drastically, and after graduating high school at Ouachita Parish High School and graduating with my BFA at the University of Louisiana in Monroe, I now have the dream of living nomadically around the world and using my art to inspire various ideas of what freedom and love could be, like what it means to love someone even if they weren't who you thought they were or if they changed before your eyes, to embrace freedom even if it means risking the unknown, and how both can be taken into account with knowledge and wisdom to live your best life for yourself and those around you.

Artist Statement

My creative practice is born from a complicated existence, forged through traumatic and disheartening experiences that necessitated a deep investigation into the nature of love, freedom, and human connection. While some may view my "pastel pop" aesthetic as purely stylistic, for me, it is a language of survival. I am uniquely qualified to translate these themes because I have navigated the duality of human nature—learning how some may seek to see others suffer, while others possess a love so great it can either hurt or heal. This lived experience allows me to create art that does not merely depict hope, but actively engineers it from a place of hard-won empathy. Standing on its own merit, my work serves as a collision between reality and fantasy, using character-driven world-building to invite viewers into stories of salvation. I find my artistic lineage in creators who use fantasy to challenge the dark reality of fate. My practice follows the philosophical path of Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Ian Flynn (Sonic the Hedgehog) in their exploration of free will, and the Magical Quartet (Madoka Magica), whose work deconstructs the cost of magical tropes. Simultaneously, I embrace the power of love and expression championed by Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) and HAL Laboratory (Kirby) to free people from despair. This mission is executed through a professional, multimedia approach that bridges digital design and traditional fine arts. Utilizing expertise in the Adobe Creative Suite, Logic Pro X, and multimedia painting, I have demonstrated the profitability and ethical impact of this vision through collaborations with organizations like Friends of Black Bayou NWR, TheatreSouth, and 91X KXUL. As a 2026 International Artist in Residence at Gibraltar Point, I continue to prove that art rooted in personal hardship can be translated into a beneficial, professional era of global storytelling and communal healing. My work is for those seekers who, like me, look deep within themselves to find the strength to become their best selves.