Cecilia Dougherty creates videotapes and digital films which focus on the themes of lesbianism and popular culture.
Her work, which is created primarily as video art, is actually not chiefly 'about' lesbianism, but is about the nature of individual experience within society, with strong psychological themes.
She uses biography, essay, portraiture and autobiography to examine the nature of human experience.
An early influence in Dougherty's life was the poetry of Robert Graves.
She holds a PhD in Media Philosophy from the European Graduate School.