Todd Brugman

Todd Brugman is from the north shore of Boston, he has been creating and thinking about the visual arts for as long as he can remember. His interests and abilities were noticed and applauded by his parents and teachers as early as preschool. Todd has always been a dreamer, one who often came across as shy, yet he was never an introvert. He's a deep existential thinker, who’s thoughts go further than his head through his art; and the little notebook he always carries in his back pocket.

He grew up in what is often referred to a normal working family. Despite everything appearing safe, Todd and the life he's experienced is nothing of the sort.

What each individual considers ‘trauma’ is often relative to the life they have lead. Todd has experienced trauma time and time again, always putting one foot in front of the other. He sites his survival of said trauma to his ability to “think in the 3rd person”, think outside the box, and then navigate these experiences via creative means, visual art.

Todd's late teens to mid 20s were the most difficult time for him. Todd was coming to terms with the reality that he had survived a traumatic youth and was struggling to cope with, and accept it's effects. Ultimately he eventually overca...