Louisa Bertman
{{Short description|American artist}}
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| name = Louisa Bertman
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| birth_place = Newton, Massachusetts
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| education = School of Visual Arts, Parsons, NYU
| alma_mater = School of Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design
| known_for = Illustration, Gifs, Animated shorts, Film, Visual Narrative, Digital Activism
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| style = Digital
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| nationality = American
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Louisa Bertman is an activist, illustrator,{{Cite web |title=Episode 8: 'I Want Someone to Love Me Even for a Second' {{!}} Caught |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/caught/episodes/caught-podcast-i-want-someone-to-love-me-even-for-a-second |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=WNYC Studios |language=en}} GIF artist and filmmaker{{Cite web|date=2014-09-18|title=14th Annual LUNAFEST® Kicks Off Season with Award-winning Filmmaker, Jen McGowan|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140918005011/en/14th-Annual-LUNAFEST%C2%AE-Kicks-Off-Season-with-Award-winning-Filmmaker-Jen-McGowan|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}} living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She primarily creates digital art focused on sex, race, age, and cultural identity.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/watch-elegy-dwayne-betts/|title=Watch: An Elegy by Dwayne Betts {{!}} Caught {{!}} WNYC Studios|work=wnycstudios|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/issue/april-30-may-7-2018-issue/|title=April 30-May 7, 2018, Issue|date=2018-04-05|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}} Bertman utilizes the power of visual narratives to enable activism and change. Her art often includes graphic imagery.
Personal life
Louisa Bertman is from Newton, Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/fun/entertainment/arts/x1945280485/Cambridge-illustrator-looks-for-person-s-essence |title=Cambridge illustrator looks for person's 'essence' |last=Hilliard |first=John |date=6 December 2009 |work=Cambridge Chronicle |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209070716/http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/fun/entertainment/arts/x1945280485/Cambridge-illustrator-looks-for-person-s-essence |archive-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead }} Her parents are Richard Bertman, a sculptor,{{Cite web|url=https://www.richardbertman.com/|title=RICHARD BERTMAN|website=RICHARD BERTMAN|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-14}} and architect,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbtarchitects.com/firm/leadership|title=Leadership|website=CBT|language=en|access-date=2019-09-14}}and Sandra Bertman, a thanatologist{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/novaosteopathic/posts/faculty-news-sandra-bertman-phd-clinical-associate-professor-of-psychiatry-is-sl/610027719040484/|title=NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-23}} and founding director of University of Massachusetts Medical School's Medical Humanities program. Her brothers are David Bertman, a television director and editor,{{Cite news|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/review-judd-apatows-this-is-40-is-honest-and-hilarious/|title=Review: Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40' is honest and hilarious|date=2012-11-04|work=UPROXX|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}} and Jonathan Bertman.
Professional career
Bertman is currently Assistant Professor of Illustration and Visual Narrative at the Lesley University College of Art and Design.{{Cite web |title=Louisa Bertman |url=https://lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/louisa-bertman-0 |access-date=2019-09-14 |website=lesley.edu}} She is an active illustrator, GIF artist, animator,{{Cite web|url=http://www.girlsontheruniowa.org/blog/713/all-about-women-lunafest-film-festival|title=All About Women: LUNAFEST Film Festival - Eastern Iowa|website=girlsontheruniowa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-17}} filmmaker,{{Cite news|url=http://www.heraldbulletin.com/community/entertainment/lunafest-helps-women-by-celebrating-women/article_aaf94768-3fb2-5855-94c2-2848e2257a7f.html|title=Lunafest helps women by celebrating women|last=Dickey|first=Kelly|work=Herald Bulletin|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Tits {{!}} Berlin Feminist Film Week |url=http://berlinfeministfilmweek.com/2015/03/tits/ |access-date=2018-08-23 |website=berlinfeministfilmweek.com}} and NFT artist.{{Cite web |title=Top Female Illustrator & NFT Artist {{!}} Social Justice & Women's Empowerment through Illustration, GIFs, & Animated NFT Collections |url=https://www.louisabertman.com/clients |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=louisa bertman |language=en-US}}
Bertman has created work for The New York Times,{{Cite news |last=Albeck-Ripka |first=Livia |date=21 February 2018 |title=How Six Americans Changed Their Minds About Global Warming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/21/climate/changed-minds-americans.html |access-date=2018-08-17 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en}} The Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-to-spice-up-thanksgiving-dinner-talk-politics-1510937741|title=Want to Spice Up Thanksgiving Dinner? Talk Politics|last=Gay|first=Jason|date=2017-11-17|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} Los Angeles Times,{{cite web|url=http://statusmagonline.com/louisa-bertman-illustrations/ |title=Kill Your Idols |date=9 February 2010 |work=STATUS Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411172522/http://statusmagonline.com/louisa-bertman-illustrations/ |archive-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead }} ESPN's The Undefeated,{{Cite news|url=https://andscape.com/features/why-are-some-whites-blind-to-the-humanity-of-black-folks/|title=Why are some whites blind to the humanity of black folks?|last=Rivers|first=Jeff|date=2018-05-21|work=Andscape|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}} GQ, The Root,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theroot.com/where-s-my-village-1823968441|title=Where's My Village?|last=Harvey|first=Sylvia A.|work=The Root|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}} and The Nation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/issue/march-6-2017-issue/|title=March 6, 2017, Issue|date=2017-02-16|work=The Nation|access-date=2018-08-17|language=en-US}}
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External links
{{commons category|Louisa Bertman}}
- {{official website|http://www.louisabertman.com}}
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Category:American women illustrators
Category:Artists from Newton, Massachusetts
Category:American illustrators
Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni