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Danielle Owensby

Danielle
Owensby

SPE Member since 2014
Member Chapter: Midwest

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Skeletons in the Closet
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Carebears
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Pink
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Out of Reach
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Camouflage
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Writing on the Wall
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Wallpaper
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Remains
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Truth
Inkjet Print

Danielle Owensby

SPE member since 2014
Altar
Inkjet Print

about

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.

Through self-portraiture, constructed scenes, textile-based installation, and performative image-making, Owensby constructs immersive emotional landscapes. Each project finds its own form, whether sewn, staged, or ritualized. Her work invites viewers into intimate, grief-informed spaces that resonate beyond individual memory, offering moments of recognition, resistance, and reflection.

Owensby has exhibited nationally and internationally, with shows 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, and is held in private collections across the globe. They are a full-time photography instructor for Oakland Community College at the Royal Oak campus.

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