Beth Dynowski is based in Glasgow, Scotland. She makes sculpture, installation, performance and text based work. Her most recent work uses expansive and distributive forms of sculpture, performance, poetry and public projects that explore how individuals and communities are shaped by their socio-economic circumstances.
Selected past exhibitions and projects include: Songs for Work Generator Projects, Dundee; MAPP Lead: What does open learning look like here? School of Commons, University of Zurich; Magnetic North Lead Artist in Residence MacRobert Theatre, Stirling; Cool Down COP26 Fringe, Glasgow; Songs for Work Glasgow International; Beyond Perception University of Aberdeen; Creative Scotland Funded Fellow, ZKU Berlin; Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Fellow, Florence, Italy; Drawing Connections Siena Art Institute.
Beth's poetry has been published by Adjacent Pineapple, Gutter and Dancing Girl Press and was shortlisted for The White Review Poet's Prize. She runs a small local independent press, Leven Street Press, that distributes poetry on postcards and prints and open educational resources.
Beth also organises public projects that explore access, power and equality in and through the arts. She co-founded projects and spaces including Free Association Glasgow, The Pipe Factory, Temporary Art School, was Lead Artist in establishing the young people's programme at the Fruitmarket Gallery, undertook extensive research on self organisation in the arts across the US, and has run several public lecture series across libraries and public spaces.
She holds a First Class Honours in Sculpture from Glasgow School of Art, a Masters in Modern Thought from the Centre for Modern Thought on the philosophy of Jacques Rancière and a TQFE with Distinction from the University of Aberdeen where her written research has focused on emancipatory learning and open educational practices.
Email: s1671725@ed.ac.uk
