About Ariel Aberg-Riger 

Ariel Aberg-Riger is a visual storyteller who creates engaging accessible stories about history, science, policy and other forces that shape our lives. Her work explores issues of equity and justice, on topics that range from environmental racism to the public library. Ariel's work has been published in the Atlantic, the Guardian, Bloomberg, Teen Vogue, and more, and her debut book America Redux: Visual Stories from our Dynamic History was released to critical acclaim in May 2023. She is a 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Nonfiction Literature and lives with her wife and two kids in Buffalo, New York.

Ariel Aberg-Riger, Prison is Censorship, 2023. Two-sided digital illustration, 11 x 17 inches.

Visual Description: Two sides of a black and white double sided poster are situated one above the other. On one side the words “PRISON IS CENSORSHIP” are depicted in large black font with black bricks surrounding them. On the other side, a black and white comic-like illustration of words and images giving seven examples of how prisons censor people’s reading, writing, thinking, and communication. Images include: public telephones, a garbage can filled with books, an internet screen, and a portrait of Marylin Buck, among other illustrations.