Anjali Chandrashekar’s artwork is simple and complex, but despite this it continues to bring forth hope, strength, and knowledge to those who see it. Her first organization that she started was called Picture It in 2003 when she was ten years old. This organization used pictures and images to bring to life the struggles of health and the environment. From there Anjali’s work was used to benefit underprivileged kids, as the money from her art went to causes like child abuse, cerebral palsy and rehabilitation. As she got older, she became a cartoonist for The New Yorker and became the first South Asian to get her work published there. Her storytelling covers a variety of subjects: gender, culture, identities and eccentricities of humans. Anjali is very passionate about her work and wants it to raise awareness and further social movements. Her art style is very simplistic, but that doesn’t stop her illustrations from telling a story and her comics are short and concise yet relatable to most viewers. She received awards from the Government of India, the British Council and the World Economic Forum, and in 2016 she was awarded third place for her art piece on nuclear disarmament. Anjali’s artwork is especially inspiring as it shows that people can tell stories through their art, however different the styles might be, and how difficult the topic is. She demonstrates entrepreneurial traits through her process. She started by using her artwork to earn money to give to others who were struggling, and then used her artwork to portray the same struggles. This reveals that though an entrepreneurial idea might change and evolve, that doesn’t mean that it is a failure. Anjali has been doing art and entrepreneurial work since a young age and continues to be an inspiration to others.

You can visit Anjali’s website here!