Meet Jacob Leveille

We recently connected with Jacob Leveille and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Jacob, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

Founder of Outcry
Jacob Aaron LeVeille

I am a Florida-born multi-disciplinary artist whose work blends street
art, abstract expressionism, neo-expressionism, cubism, and ink-based illustration.

Working with spray paint, acrylics, graffiti markers, and resin, my art confronts
spiritual oppression, cultural manipulation, and censorship—transforming personal pain into public truth. This is how I fought for a won resilience in my art career and in my life.

My journey began in 2017, painting portraits for musicians like Ryan Upchurch. In 2019,

After surviving a near-death fall from two stories, I encountered God and painted my first abstract piece just four days later. That same year, I completed my final celebrity portrait for country music legend Loretta Lynn.

After a brief tattoo apprenticeship with Eric Jr. of the Inksmith & Rogers legacy, I turned toward street art and graffiti. I filed a federal VARA Act case against Ryan
Upchurch for the destruction of his work and briefly showcased my paintings at a gallery in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. I later relocated to New Orleans, where I painted in abandoned buildings and sold art in Pirate Alley.

From December 2022 to February 2023, I lived homeless—until the day I met the
CEO of a major Japanese corporation. By late summer, I was flown first to Hawaii and then to Japan to begin my international art journey. In November 2023, I returned home due to my father’s sudden health decline. My Dad passed away at the beginning of 2024, a loss that marked me deeply.

In the spring of 2024, Ireturned to Japan to continue building my personal body of
work. By June, I began painting a large-scale warehouse mural as a gift for one of Japan’s most powerful figures. Though the project was completed by the end of the year, it came at a great spiritual and emotional cost.

In May 2025, I made a defining decision—to sever ties with my sponsor and reclaim full independence. That same month, I surrendered my life fully to spirituality and God. . From this moment came the birth of Outcry: a movement grounded in deliverance, artistic freedom, and bold truth-telling for the silenced.

My art now stands as both testimony and resistance—unfiltered, spiritually rooted, and uncompromising

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

From Homelessness to Artistic Gravitas A New Orleans Story

From A Journalists Perspective.

The Story: At the time, he had a few paintings and a street vendor’s permit—nothing else to his name. Literally homeless on the streets of New Orleans: he continued to sell his art and chose to remain in the city he grew to love. After many months, his street presence paid off: he sold a piece to the founder of a Japanese military AI corporation. That moment shifted everything—leading to consistent sales, an international art career, and eventually, a year and a half of travel and work in Japan. He is now back in New Orleans and taking his Art Career to new heights.

Silence was never an option.” These words are not a slogan but the very core of Jacob Leveille’s creative mission — and today, he announces OUTCRY, a new merchandise line carrying that ethos beyond the canvas, alongside newly secured distribution channels to share his uncompromising vision worldwide. Jacob Leveille Art
Moving freely through ink-based illustration, the grit and magic of urban and street art, abstract expressionism, neo-expressionism, cubism, and realism, Leveille refuses to be contained by any one style or genre. His work is a collision between spiritual warfare, cultural resistance, and personal testimony — exposing systems of control, honoring the voiceless, and unearthing buried truths the world would rather forget.
“Each piece is both prayer and protest. I do not create for applause; I create because I must,” says the Artist. “OUTCRY is my next battlefield — a line of statement pieces for those who stand where I stand: where silence is not an option.”

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

The three qualities I found in myself and encourage in others are Resilience, Respect and Diligence. One must also surrender to their Higher Power, whatever that may be, and above all believe in yourself. It’s all that you need to be successful, happy and fulfilled.

Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?

The launch of new Artworks and OUTCRY marks a new era for me, bringing my raw, genre-defying energy to a collection of streetwear and accessories designed to embolden those who wear it.

Paired with new global distribution partnerships, this artist’s work — from cracked concrete to gallery walls and now to wardrobes — will reach collectors, supporters, and changemakers around the world. The homelessness, the foray into the corporate Art Arena…..all have been a solid lesson in developing fortitude, discipline and aligning my work with Fine Art Galleries and Collaborations and Collectors who I am proud to work with and create for.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.jacobleveilleart.com
• Instagram: #jacobleveillearts
• Youtube: @OutcryUnlimitedStreetwear

Image Credits

All Imagery Courtesy of Relevant Communications for Editorial Usage
Artwork Imagery Courtesy of Artist Jacob Leveille 2025