Julia Janssen (born 1994) makes the challenges of our digitalizing society tangible in art and design. Through her performative and interactive installations, she sheds light on the underlying infrastructures of data-driven technologies, including informed consent, bias in AI and the right to be forgotten. Her work takes viewers on a visual journey, exploring how to navigate fairness, autonomy, freedom and democracy in a data-driven society.

Janssen is also a professional public speaker. Her keynotes take audiences on a visual journey beneath the surface of the internet into her art installations and research. She is a regular guest on radio and TV shows, as well as podcasts. Since 2021, she has been the Ambassador of the Dutch Data Protection Foundation (SDBN) in class action lawsuits against X., Amazon, and Adobe. With a small team, she creates awareness campaigns on data protection and digital rights.

In 2025, she started hosting the talk show Data Morgana. In this series, she speaks with experts about the future of the internet. It is broadcast on Dutch TV and online in fifteen languages. 

Julia Janssen is a multiple award-winning artist. In 2023, she was named one of Rise25’s 25 visionaries who are making the internet (and the world) a better place. This honour was awarded by Mozilla in celebration of their 25^(th) anniversary. In 2024, her installation Mapping the Oblivion won the Falling Walls Breakthrough Award for breaking the wall of digital heteronomy. She was also named one of the most promising and talented young Dutch entrepreneurs in 2024 by Financieel Dagblad. Janssen won her first award for her graduation project, the Bank of Online Humanity, in 2016: the Crypto Design Award.