Jean Duncan studied Drawing and Painting (D.A. Edin.) at Edinburgh College of Art and has an Advanced Diploma in Print-making from the University of Ulster. She was co-founder in 1981 of Seacourt Print Workshop, where she is now an Honorary Trustee. She has had many one-person exhibitions in England, Spain, Ireland - North and South and has exhibited internationally in group shows.

Collections
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast City Council, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Department of Arts Culture and the Gaeltacht, Ireland, Dundee City Art Gallery, University College, Dublin, Irish National Self Portrait Collection, Office of Public Works, Dublin, Hastings Hotel Group, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and the Bank of Ireland, Dublin