Monica Jahan Bose
Monica Jahan Bose is a Bangladeshi artist and climate activist. She is best known for her "Storytelling with Saris" project and has been granted numerous awards for her work. Bose was born in Britain. Her ancestry is from Katakhali village on Barabaishdia Island in Bangladesh. Katakhali village is threatened by climate change due to rising seas and cyclones. Bose uses many different art forms including film, printmaking, painting, spoken word, and installations. Her art focuses primarily on women's experiences and the impacts from climate change. In 2013, the Brentwood Arts Exchange displayed Bose's multimedia exhibit "Layer By Layer: Storytelling with Saris," which was created by Bose as a printmaking and story project that collaborating with women in Katakhali. Filmmaker Nandita Ahmed created a documentary on Bose's work in Katakhali that was also on display at the exhibit. Since 2015, Bose has hosted Sari Climate Pledge Workshops, which consisted of making saris with women and some men in the United States, France and Greece. In 2017, Bose's work "Hawa" was featured in the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum's exhibit "Ornate/Activate" alongside the work of Vandana Jain and Zainab Hussain. The exhibit focused on artists from the South Asian Women's Creative Collective,