Kathleen Rogers (b.1962, Feltham, Middlesex, England)
Artist, researcher. Graduated in 1983 with a BA from the Wimbledon School of Art (London) and in 1985 with an MA in Experimental Media from the Slade School of Fine Art (University College, London). Her practical and theoretical work explores the interrelation of consciousness, new technologies and the body. Rogers’ works have been presented in various contemporary art exhibitions in galleries and museums, including the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, 1996), the Centre for Contemporary Arts (Vilnius, 1998), the Millais Gallery (Southampton Institute, Southampton, 1999), Kettles Yard Gallery (Cambridge, 2000), the Lab (San Francisco, 2002), the National Gallery for the Arts (Tirana, 2003), Central Museum (Utrecht, 2007), the Paul Klee Museum (Bern, 2008) as well as in the framework of State of the Image (Antwerp’93 Cultural Capital of Europe). Her video works have appeared at festivals such as Ars Electronica (Linz), Femme Totalle (Dortmund), the European Media Art Festival (Osnabruck), the New Visions Media Festival (Glasgow), the Video Fest (Berlin), Konzept Art von Frauen (Bremen), Video Positive (Liverpool) and the Edinburgh Film Festival (Edinburgh). She has given conference presentations in venues such as the British Film Institute (London), the Royal College of Art (London), ISEA (Helsinki), the University of Wales (Consciousness Reframed, Newport), Cambridge University (National Science Week, Cambridge), Berkeley University (American Association of Anthropology, USA), the French Ministry of Culture (Paris) and Documenta X (Kassel). Rogers is currently a supervisory researcher for digital arts and biological sciences, and a lecturer for digital screen arts at the University College for the Creative Arts (Farnham, UK).