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For an illustrator, the cover of The New Yorker is the pinnacle in an editorial career. For a recent graduate to receive such an opportunity is unheard of.

University of the Arts alumna Loveis Wise BFA ’18 (Illustration), who graduated in May, has accomplished a professional feat that eludes many illustrators over the entire course of their careers: they were commissioned to illustrate the cover of The New Yorker magazine.

Their illustration, “Nurture,” graces the June 4 – 11, 2018 issue of the publication, which also features a Q-and-A style interview with the Washington, DC-born, Philadelphia-based artist.

“For an illustrator, the cover of the New Yorker is the pinnacle in an editorial career,” said Mark Tocchet, director of the UArts School of Design. “For a recent graduate to receive such an opportunity is unheard of.”

Wise was recognized with UArts’ President’s Award at  UArts' commencement ceremony. During their senior year they completed commissioned work—motion graphics, hand lettering, surface design, product design and editorial illustration— for clients as wide-ranging as The New York Times, Vice, Cartoon Network, Buzzfeed, Penguin/Random House books, and Planned Parenthood.

They also recently completed a large-scale mural for The March of Dimes in Washington, DC. In addition, their work was selected for inclusion in the 2017 and 2018 Student Award Competitions at The Society of Illustrators, the leading organization for professional illustrators.

Read Q + A in The New Yorker

The painting department at the University of the Arts is a community for artistic growth but it is also a home of passion for the arts and a dedicated family.

My experience at the University of the Arts was transformative! The painting department prepared me for not only developing my studio practice and challenging and expanding my ideas of painting and drawing but also gave me the confidence, skills, and knowledge to prepare for graduate school. The painting department at the University of the Arts is a community for artistic growth but it is also a home of passion for the arts and a dedicated family.

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Jonathan's work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Thiery Goldberg, in New York and Lord Ludd in Philadelphia, PA. Recent group exhibitions include Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; Green Hall Gallery at Yale University, in New Haven, CT; The California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA; and currently at the V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark. They are represented in the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia; The Wedge Collection, Toronto, CA; and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia.

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