Mona Chalabi
In episode 49 of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the incredible data journalist and artist, MONA CHALABI!!!!\n\n[This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!]\n\nCurrently the Data editor of the Guardian US, a position she has held for the past seven years, the London-born but now New York-based Chalabi is known for her outstanding data-informed visualisations and drawings that range from addressing stats around gender imbalances in museums, to hate crimes and immigration issues to what time of day Americans might eat pizza. \n\nBold, full of colour, and often hand-drawn directly onto graph or square paper, it is with humour and wit that Chalabi pushes boundaries to challenge societal assumptions and habits that have come to affect the way we live and think.\xa0\n\nHaving exhibited at the Tate, Design Museum, the V&A Glasgow and more, and created illustrations for the New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Netflix \u2013\xa0as well as to her 400,000+ strong Instagram following, where you can find so much of her work \u2013\xa0Chalabi has also written and presented for the BBC, National Geographic, Channel 4 and VICE, and was nominated for an Emmy for her video series Vagina Dispatches for the Guardian.\xa0\n\nCommended by the Royal Statistical society, nominated for a Beazley Design of the Year award, and a former columnist for Five Thirty Eight called Dear Mona, Chalabi is translating spreadsheets into written pieces, illustration, audio and film for the modern-day consumer, allowing us all to enjoy, interact with her reliable data sources, as she breaks down the wall between complex information, art and illustration.\xa0\n\nAnd on a personal level, it has been this year more than ever, with the current Coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter Movement and the American election, that Mona\u2019s data-informed works have resonated with people around the world. By using the power of art and illustration, she has allowed us to consume complex information in ways that I never thought possible.\xa0\n\nWORKS + CHART DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE!\n\nMONA'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monachalabi/\nMONA'S WEBSITE:\xa0https://monachalabi.com/\n\nTrump's Federal Income Tax: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFr6e73lkK6/\nMandatory paid vacation: https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1kpM5FhWR/\nRectal bleeding:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc-WtaRF-zg/\nMark Zuckerberg's\xa0donation to Coronavirus:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/B-StLvnFtOE/\xa0\nMuseum statistics:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGBMU7HuUh/\n100 New Yorkers:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTKeNNl4NZ/\nUS Police Training:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLWZM8lmUL/\nUnderstanding Police Brutality:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/CAz86y0FYqM/\nBreonna Taylor:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/CFh6Uu1Fpn8/\nActive KKK Groups:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/p/BYMAj-xFJOf/\n\nFollow us:\nKaty Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel\nSound editing by Laura Hendry\xa0\nArtwork by @thisisaliceskinner\nMusic by Ben Wetherfield\n\nhttps://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/