Amanda Dunsmore works in art processes that explore representations of societal transformation, utilizing durational artist engagement, with individuals, groups and associated social and political structures. The resultant artworks are undertaken after in-depth research, using video, sound, text, photography, installation, and drawing to create contextual portraits, which include a series of extensive social-political-historical, art projects, archives, and exhibition series. Central to Dunsmore's art practice is an exploration of the long-term implications of socio-political art making and the legacy of visual parity in portraiture.

Currently showing at the National Gallery of Ireland and winner of AIB Portrait Prize, Dr Lydia Foy, Irish Transgender activist video portrait, March 2025. The solo exhibition and Irish Edition of AGREEMENT will show at the University of Limerick, Ireland, in 2025.

Invited by the Fingal County Council Arts Office, Dunsmore is researching for Democracy and Politics commission, exploring the history and legacy of local government in Fingal, research includes conversations with local archivists, historians and councillors.

Amanda Dunsmore has exhibited extensively and her artworks are held in national and international collections. Significant projects include: the KEEPER archive (1997-ongoing), initiated whilst Artist-in-Residence, at The Maze/Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland and the Ireland/UK LGBTQI+ project BECOMING CHRISTINE.

Amanda Dunsmore is represented by ACC Galerie, Germany, for the major public artwork PLAN and collaborates through public art commissions, with social practice organisation/gallery KunstRaum xtd, Linz, Austria. She lives in Ireland and is a Lecturer in Fine Art, at Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS, Ireland.

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