Jean Duncan (1933–2 October 2018) was a British artist known as a painter, printmaker and video artist. Although born in Scotland, Duncan's career was largely based in

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Biography

Duncan was born in

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and, from 1951 to 1955, studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and then spent a year at the

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. Duncan settled in Belfast and, in 1980, took a post-graduate diploma in printmaking at the

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and then co-founded the Seacourt Print Workshop based in Bangor, County Down. Duncan was elected a member of the Royal Ulster Academy in 1994 and was a member of the Artists' Association of Ireland. She had a number of solo exhibitions and gallery shows throughout her career. In 1986 her exhibition ''Sense and Symbols'' was held at the Octagon Gallery in Belfast, a solo show was held at One Oxford Street, Belfast in 1993 and her series of etchings inspired by John Tavener's ''The Protecting Veil'' was exhibited at the

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in Manchester during 1993. Duncan also worked with the composers

Piers Hellawell Piers Hellawell (born 14 July 1956) is a British composer and professor of composition, currently residing in Northern Ireland. Biography Hellawell grew up in England and studied composition with James Wood. and later Nicholas Maw at the Univ ...

and

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to produce images inspired by their music, for exhibitions or to accompany their musical performances. Internationally, Duncan participated in the 2001 International Biennial in Portugal and the 2005 Tokyo International mini-print Triennial. Dundee Contemporary Arts,

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and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland hold examples of her work.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Jean 1933 births 2018 deaths 20th-century British printmakers 20th-century Scottish women artists Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Ulster University Artists from Edinburgh Women printmakers