Artist Biography

Brad Comfort is a Paris-born artist and director whose work spans fine art, animation, and documentary storytelling. Rooted in classical European training and shaped by American cinematic influence, his practice explores the expressive power of the human figure across drawing, painting, and film.

His artistic journey began at the Musée du Louvre at the Ateliers du Carrousel, where he studied classical painting with Ernesto Drangosch and mastered trompe l’œil under Nicolette Zbinden. With the permission of his parents, he attended figure drawing classes at the Louvre, and often remained after hours, sketching sculptures in the stillness of the museum’s closed galleries—an early and formative meditation on form, presence, and silence.

He also began painting landscapes alongside his great-grandmother Dorothy Bigham, a painter who introduced him to the poetry of color and the rhythms of nature during visits to Florida. Before her passing, she entrusted him with her beloved paint box, which remains in his studio to this day—a lasting symbol of his artistic inheritance.

Brad continued his formal training at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under French postwar and contemporary artist Hubert de Chalvron. Amid the school's weathered corridors, both raw and regal, he deepened his commitment to figurative work, developing a portfolio that reflected his emotional and anatomical precision. His studies were further shaped by the mentorship of Disney animation legend Glen Keane, whose expressive draftsmanship and narrative clarity left a lasting impression—just as they had on millions through his iconic creations: the Beast, Ariel, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Tarzan, and more.

Pursuing his dream of working in animation and film, Comfort moved to Los Angeles to study at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the school founded by Walt Disney, where he earned his BFA in Character Animation. There, under the guidance of Corny Cole, Leo Hobaica, E Michael Mitchell, and writer Nicole Panter, he fused classical drawing with cinematic storytelling, developing a visual language that is both intimate and expansive.

As a director and editor, Comfort has worked with some of the most iconic voices in contemporary culture, including Grammy Award-winner P!nk, Cher, Billy Porter, and Mia Farrow. His visual narratives have reached global audiences through Amazon Prime, Netflix, and premieres at the Sundance and Venice Film Festivals. A committed advocate for human rights, LGBTQ+ visibility, and social justice, Comfort’s work consistently centers stories of resilience, identity, and transformation.

Today, his practice reflects a synthesis of his European fine art foundation and American narrative sensibility. Whether on canvas or screen, he is driven by a desire to capture the complexities of the human condition with honesty and beauty.

The creation of MisterBComfort—his latest body of work—marks a personal and artistic breakthrough: a celebration of sensuality, vulnerability, and queer joy! It stands as a living expression of a lifelong devotion to art and a bold declaration of selfhood, born in Paris but fully realized in the luminous freedom of Los Angeles.