Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Danielle Owensby

Friday, October 10, 2025 @ 11:00am, College for Creative Studies

My Divine Comedy: Queer Mythmaking as Reclamation

Danielle deo Owensby (she/they) is a grief-mapper, ritualist, and queer mythmaker working across photography, installation, and interdisciplinary narrative. Her practice explores the complexities of memory, trauma, loss, and nostalgia, transforming personal histories into sacred visual language.

Owensby has exhibited nationally and internationally, exhibiting at the Knockdown Center (New York), Melbourne Arts Center (Australia), University of the Arts (Philadelphia), and Grand Rapids Art Museum (Michigan), among others. Her work has been published in Lenscratch, Borderline Press, and Werks. They are a full-time photography instructor for Oakland Community College at the Royal Oak campus