Isabelle Brourman

Isabelle Brourman
Born	1992 or 1993 (age 32–33) [1]
Occupation	Mixed media artist
Known for	Courtroom sketches

Isabelle Brourman (born 1992 or 1993 ^[1] ) is an American mixed media artist, known for her bold style of courtroom sketches of high-profile defendants including Donald Trump and Johnny Depp. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} During the 2024 presidential campaign, and after the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Brourman arranged two sittings with the candidate at Mar-a-Lago in which she observed his ear and painted his portrait. The first sitting was conducted during an interview of Trump by former New York magazine Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi. ^{[7] [8]}

As of August 2025, Brourman is covering the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, ^[9] a project which she views as an ongoing portrait of President Trump. ^[10] Her documentation in New York City’s immigration courts serves as the first and only artistic account to emerge from the waiting rooms and courtrooms of 26 Federal Plaza.

In 2021, Brourman alleged that while she was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, a professor pressured her into a series of sexual encounters, and later, after she had graduated, raped her. ^[11]

References

1. "Meet the Woman Who Snuck Into the Depp v. Heard Trial To Make Art out of Courtroom Drama". Cultured Magazine. November 28, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
2. Small, Zachary (December 12, 2023). "At Trump's Fraud Trial, a Courtroom Artist With a Different View". The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
3. Holmes, Helen (May 13, 2024). "The Courtroom Sketch Wiz Turning Trump's Trial Into High Art". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
4. Pavia, Will (December 15, 2023). "Meet the court artist who draws attention to herself". The Times. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
5. Kaufman, Katrina (January 20, 2024). "The art of Trump's trials: Courtroom artist turns legal battles into works of art - CBS News". CBS. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
6. Warnica, Richard (May 25, 2024). "Did this artist capture what we've all been missing about the Donald Trump show?". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
7. Aceves, Paula (September 15, 2024). "Isabelle Brourman on Painting Donald Trump". New York.
8. Nuzzi, Olivia (September 9, 2024). "I Examined Donald Trump's Ear — and His Soul — at Mar-a-Lago". New York.
9. Samantha Michaels (August 28, 2025). "This Artist Painted Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Now She's Documenting His Immigration Crackdown". Mother Jones . Retrieved November 26, 2025.
10. Keziah Weir (October 16, 2025). "Sketch Artist Isabelle Brourman's Work Is an Ongoing Portrait of the President". Vanity Fair . Retrieved November 26, 2025.
11. Jacobs, Julia (April 23, 2021). "Past Students Say Professor of Rock 'n' Roll Sexually Harassed Them". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2025.