Molly Crabapple

artist and writer

ARTIST. WRITER. DOCUMENTING EXTREMES, FROM NIGHTCLUBS TO WARZONES

New York born and based. Available for projects internationally. I got my start drawing at underground burlesque shows, and became a journalist on the frontlines of Occupy Wall Street. I have reported with words and art from Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Greek refugee camps, the US-Mexican border, and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, for places like The New York Times, New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker. My work has been nominated for a National Book Award and three Emmys. I've done animations with Jay Z and AOC. My work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

I’m a fellow at the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, working on my third book.

About Molly

Illustration

'In a few short years, Molly Crabapple has proved to be one of the most determined and effective political artists working in these sorry times. I wish there were a hundred or even two or three like her.' - Joe Sacco

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Signed, limited-edition prints. Serigraphs. Hand-adorned books. 

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Words

Reporting from Ukraine, Palestine, Puerto Rico, the US Mexican border, New York City and elsewhere. Essays from other types of frontlines…

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Fine Art

“God’s own circus posters.” -Rolling Stone

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