Mimi Onuoha is a Nigerian American visual artist and academic based in Brooklyn, NY whose work examines the effect of data collection and technology on society.[1][2][3]

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Mimi Onuoha
Education	New York University, Princeton University

Early life and education

Onuoha majored in anthropology[4] at Princeton University.[5] She earned a Master’s degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.[6]

Work

Onuoha's work, including The Library of Missing Datasets,[7] has explored the idea of "missing datasets," which she describes as "blank holes in otherwise data-saturated systems," for instance, information about citizen surveillance by the police. These gaps in modern data collection can both harm and help vulnerable communities.[4] Onuoha points out that Google Maps lacks map data for Brazil's favelas, leaving out communities where more than a million people live.[8] She is also interested in the effects of artificial intelligence and how people are classified and abstracted by data.[4] Onuoha is the co-author of A People's Guide to AI with Mother Cyborg.[9]

Onuoha has been a Fulbright-National Geographic Fellow and an artist in residence at Eyebeam Center for Art & Technology, Studio XX, Data & Society Research Institute, Columbia University’s Tow Center, and the Royal College of Art.[10] She also taught at Bennington College.[5] She is currently an adjunct professor at New York University[1] and lives in Brooklyn.[4]

References

External links

• Official website

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