Jen McGowan (she/her) is an artist, educator, and mother living in the unceded Coast Salish territory currently known as Vancouver.

She holds a BFA from Concordia University and is a recent graduate of the MFA program at Emily Carr University.

She has a Secondary Art BEd from UBC and has taught Animation, Film, and Art at a Public Secondary School for 15 years.

Her work navigates the maternal experience and the socio-political systems that weigh upon it.