Owen Fegan

Owen Fegan (born November 1, 1972) is Creative Director at New York Magazine. Born in Cork, Ireland, he is a founding member of Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe. Upon the band's move from Cork, Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts in 1997, the band signed to Los Angeles based label, Interscope Records.

After a musical career which saw two major-label recording contracts (Interscope Records and Island Records), a single ("Sparkle") which peaked at #21 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 2002, a collaboration with George Harrison on the track "Punchdrunk", appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Good Morning America, as well as international tours, sharing stages with artists as including R.E.M., INXS, and Def Leppard, Fegan finally left Rubyhorse behind, and moved to New York City to pursue a solo musical career, and indulge his lifelong passions of art and photography.

Soon after his move to New York city, Fegan accepted a position as a Creative Director at SPIN magazine,.

He continues working as a photographer, his work appearing in major commercial campaigns, as well as magazines such as SPIN, Rolling Stone, Blender, High Times, as well as Tom Petty's Runnin' Down A Dream biography alongside Mark Seliger, Annie Leibovitz, and Danny Clinch (who shot Rubyhorse's Rise album cover).

Following four years as Design Director at Rolling Stone magazine, he accepted the position of Creative Director at New York Magazine. Fegan currently resides in New York city.

Famous quotes containing the word owen:

    These men are worth
    Your tears: You are not worth their merriment.
    —Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)