Background
Jenny Okun was born on October 3, 1953, in New York, United States.
Wimbledon College of Arts
Chelsea College of Arts
the UCL Slade School of Fine Art
Jenny Okun was born on October 3, 1953, in New York, United States.
Jenny Okun attended the Wimbledon School of Art (now Wimbledon College of Arts) (1971-1972) and the Chelsea School of Art (1972-1975), both in London, receiving a Diploma in Art and Design in Painting from the latter. She then did postgraduate work in experimental film and photography at the Slade School of Art in London (1975-1977).
In the 1980s Jenny Okun was teaching painting and drawing at the Central School of Art in London and teaches film, television, and photography at the London School of Printing. In 1978 she co-directed the London Film-makers Co-op Workshop. Jenny Okun has also made photographs from multiple slide projector images and photographed collages of end prints. The photographer works in 16mm film-making as well.