Complex sentence: Joseph Seipel sculptor and conceptual artist was dean of the VCU School of the Arts and was a member of the VCU faculty for over 40 years and retired in 2016 to work on his unfinished sculpture projects.
Split into simpler sentences: Joseph Seipel sculptor and conceptual artist was dean of the VCU School of the Arts and was a member of the VCU faculty for over 40 years. He retired in 2016 to work on his unfinished sculpture projects.