Cathleen Owens is an artist and educator predominantly working with text, video, and performance on the internet. Her work often makes use of self-portraiture and performance to blur the line between the personal and the unfamiliar. Through various media, Owens' practice explores how much "personal" is required to achieve universality and how little personal is required to cross over towards confrontational. She holds a master's degree from the ArtScience Interfaculty of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, NL, and a BFA in Photography and the Digital Image from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. In 2015, she founded the artist initiative facetime den haag with artists Wessel Baarda, Afra Eisma, and Marnix van Uum.
Cathleen is also a faculty member at IES Abroad Amsterdam, where she teaches the course "Experimental Media and the Internet in Contemporary Art." In this course, she guides students through an exploration of the evolving role of digital media in contemporary art practices, emphasizing experimentation and critical engagement with online platforms. Through hands-on projects and discussions, students investigate the intersection of technology, culture, and artistic expression, gaining insight into new approaches to art-making in the digital age.
Cathleen Owens
Artist and Educator