Beth Dynowski is an artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her work takes the form of performance, installation, sculpture, public projects and texts. Her most recent works explore how individuals and communities are shaped by their socio-economic circumstances.
Selected past exhibitions and projects include: Songs for Work Generator Projects, Dundee; 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; Drawing Connections Siena Art Institute.
Beth's poetry has been shortlisted for The White Review Poet's Prize and has been published by Adjacent Pineapple, Gutter and Dancing Girl Press. She runs a small local independent press, Leven Street Press, that distributes poetry and open educational resources.
Beth has initiated a range of projects including a peer-led learning commons Free Association at the CCA in Glasgow with Sacha Carr and Alice Brook, she co-founded the arts space The Pipe Factory, ran an alternative art school Temporary Art School with Peacock Visual Arts and co-founded KINship a parent and carer network for artists with Sacha Carr and Kathryn Ashill. She was Lead Artist in establishing the young people's programme FreshFruit at the Fruitmarket Gallery and published research on self organisation and public resource creation in the arts across the US. She has initiated and run a range of public lecture series and seminars across libraries and public spaces in Scotland.
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.
