Shirley Wu

Portrait of Shirley Wu taken at beyond tellerrand in Berlin 2023 by Norman Posselt
Portrait of Shirley Wu taken at beyond tellerrand in Berlin 2023 by Norman Posselt

Shirley Wu is an award-winning creative focused on data-driven art and visualisations. She has worked with clients such as Google, The Guardian, Scientific American, SFMOMA, NBC Universal, and International Rescue Committee to develop custom, highly interactive data visualisations. She combines her love of art, math, and code into colourful, compelling narratives that push the boundaries of the web.

In 2021, she co-authored Data Sketches with Nadieh Bremer, a hybrid textbook and coffee table book that detail the process behind 24 data visualisation projects.

She is currently finishing a Master's at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP, May 2023), with the goal of bringing her data stories into the physical world.

Her work can be found at shirleywu.studio.

beyond tellerrand is my favorite conference and Marc my favorite organizer so far. He is kind and thoughtful and detail oriented, and it really shows in the inspiring talks and quality of the event!

Videos of Shirley’s talks

Photos of Shirley at beyond tellerrand