Composed Emotional Landscapes: Romy Owens

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Romy Owens Focus Artist Profile VideoSpanning the second floor windows of thegallery, romy owen’s photo-based installationfor the Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibitionwill create a panorama-style landscape. The installation, entitled A Bright Golden Haze on the Meadow, iscomposed of fragments of different photographs she shot that are sewn together. 

romy owens, detail of artistic process

“I feel disconnected from nature, and I senseI am not alone. I am surrounded by plastic, glass, steel and concrete. I spendmore time in front of a flickering screen than I do outdoors,” said owens.
owensis an Oklahoma City-based artist owns has been featured in five soloexhibitions in addition to dozens of curated and juried group exhibitions. Shealso has curated more than a dozen group and solo exhibitions. She graduatedfrom Oklahoma City University with a MA in Photography in 2005. Through September2013, owens will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Skirvin Hotel in OklahomaCity. She prefers her name not be capitalized.
Read more in this Art Focus Oklahomamagazine article about the Focus artists. The Concept/OK: Art inOklahoma exhibition opens December 16,1-5 pm at the new Tulsa Arts and Humanities Council’s Hardesty ArtsCenter. Through a partnership with the Charlotte StreetFoundation, the Focus artists will also present their work at the La Esquinagallery in Kansas City. See www.concept-ok.org for more information.