Briana Loewinsohn
Briana Loewinsohn is an artist and educator based in Oakland, CA.[1] She is an arts teacher at Bishop O'Dowd High School and is best known for her graphic memoirs Ephemera: A Memoir (2023) and Raised by Ghosts (2025).[2][1]
Loewinsohn (née Miller) created minicomics in the 2000s, and she began to make longer comics narratives during the COVID-19 lockdown with fellow teacher and artist Thien Pham.[3]
In 2023, Loewinsohn's Ephemera won the Editor's Choice Prize Nonfiction in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.[4] In 2025, Raised by Ghosts won the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book and was named one of the Best Comic for Adults by the New York Public Library.[5][6]
Loewinsohn contributed to the Museum of Modern Art's Drawn to MoMA series in May 2025.[7]
Published works
- Ephemera: A Memoir (2023): A graphic memoir reflecting on Loewinsohn's childhood and relationship with her mother.[8]
- Raised by Ghosts (2025): A coming-of-age graphic memoir set in the 1990s.[9]
External links
- Briana Loewinsohn won the Harvey, and now she’s coming for you! A photo gallery of her ongoing tour The Comics Journal
References
- ^ a b "Briana Loewinsohn". Fantagraphics.
- ^ "Briana Loewinsohn". bishopodowd.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "Oakland cartoonist Briana Loewinsohn's graphic memoir is an ode to handwritten notes". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ "2023 Foreword INDIES Winners". www.forewordreviews.com.
- ^ "These Are The 2025 Harvey Award Winners". BOOK RIOT. 13 October 2025.
- ^ "Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults | The New York Public Library". www.nypl.org.
- ^ "Briana Loewinsohn's Color Field | Magazine | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ Palevsky, Hagai (2023-05-30). "Living Breathing Things: An Interview with Briana Loewinsohn, Artist of Ephemera". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ^ Tsai, Luke (2025-02-21). "This East Bay Graphic Novel Celebrates the Magic of Passing Notes With Friends". www.kqed.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.