Summary
Owen Mundy is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and programmer with 14+ years blending creative practice and technical craftsmanship to interrogate public space, privacy, and big data. As Professor of the Practice in Digital Studies at Davidson College and co-founder of Sneakaway Studio, he teaches and builds work spanning data visualization, internet art, games, and full‑stack interfaces. His research projects—like illuminus.io, I Know Where Your Cat Lives, and Give Me My Data—translate experimental code into widely covered public-facing tools and exhibitions shown globally. A former Fulbright Visiting Professor and creator of applied research for civic data (e.g., census regionalization tools), he pairs rigorous humanities inquiry with production-grade engineering. Notably, his practice often surfaces the unintended metadata traces people leave behind, turning playful interventions into serious critiques of surveillance culture.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
BFA, Photography and Digital Media, BFA, Photography and Digital Media at Indiana University Bloomington
German