Jenny Dunseath

Personal statement

Jenny Dunseath is an artist, Reader in Fine Art, and Senior Lecturer at Bath School of Art, Film & Media. She has taught across disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Her practice-based research is focused on sculpture and the digital realm. Exhibitions and events have been held in national and international venues including: The Royal Academy of Art, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Gig Munich, Tate Modern, Korean Cultural Centre, Gaana gallery Seoul, Flat Time House, OUTPOST and Spike Island.

Her secondary research interest is student-centered teaching and learning in higher education.

Jenny is co-lead of an inter-institutional research group, Material:Pedagogy:Future (MPF) convened by colleagues at Bath Spa University; Kingston School of Art, University of Westminster, and University of Bergen. MPF is an international network of transdisciplinary, practice-based researchers who are dedicated to querying their positions and agencies as artist-teachers.

Academic qualifications

• Pg Dip, The Royal Academy of Art, London
• BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
• BTec Dip, Foundation studies Art and Design.

Professional memberships

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Other external roles

• External Academic Board Member for Art Academy, London
• External Academic Advisor, Programme Review BAFA Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
• External Academic MFA Fine Art Scrutiny Event, Duncan of Jordanstone, College of Art and Design, School of Art and Design, University of Dundee.
• External Academic Revalidation BA FA University Centre South Essex
• External Academic Revalidation BA FA Winchester School of Art
• Wunderkammer Press Board Member BSU
• HEA Champion for BSAD, Bath Spa University
• Senior Academic for External Periodic Review, Colchester School of Art and Design, University of Essex
• Course Validation Graphic Design, Norwich University of the Arts
• Senate Member, Norwich University of the Arts.

Teaching specialism

• Fine Art Sculpture.

Projects

ACCELERATE: Accessible Immersive Learning for Art and Design. An Erasmus+ funded project, coordinated by Professor Ian Gadd supported by Academic Lead Jenny Dunseath with partners from the UK, Ireland, Poland, and Ukraine.

This 2-year project aimed to improve the teaching of art and design at higher education in Europe through the development of innovative methodologies, tools, platforms, and resources for accessible immersive learning.

Artist Boss A creative research project that examined sculpture, and the role of the studio assistant to raise questions concerning the status of production, originality, authenticity, and authorship within the tradition of twentieth-century British sculpture.

The project focused on Sir Anthony Caro and his studio assistants to look at this ‘traditional’ role and its impact on making and artists’ careers today. The project asks how does it affect making and what happens to the assistants?

It involved a series of exhibitions, a publication, a website with learning resources, talks and events to create access to new work and engages new audiences with sculpture.