Martine Bertrand has an international career. She creates dance costumes in opera houses such as: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Paris National Opera, the Munich Opera, the Stuttgart Opera, the Norwegian Opera.

With the Alberta Ballet that she designed the costumes for the ballet based on the life of Sir Elton John, Love Lies Bleeding. A new artistic wind led her to draw in Paris on the set of the film Café de Flore by Jean-Marc Vallée, her sketches were published in the book on the creation of the feature film published by Éditions Alto.

Martine devoted herself to drawing and is particularly fond of Indian ink, embroidery and collage. Humankind, even human comedy, fascinates her. Some works are transformed into narratives made up of groupings of small anonymous characters. She organizes solo exhibitions in Montreal and Toronto.

Her works are part of the collections of the National Library and Archives of Quebec, the city of Longueuil and Sun Life Financial. While continuing her personal production, Martine creates for the world of cinema. She designs the graphic language of the extra-terrestrials in the film Arrival by Denis Villeneuve.

Her work is part of a group exhibition Designs for Different Futures presented at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She draws murals as well as decorative elements for the set department of the film Dune and Dune: Part Two of Denis Villeneuve.