About the Artist

 

"There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself."
- Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography, 1983

 

Duncan Sherwood-Forbes is an Oakland-based multimedia artist and designer specializing in linear metal sculpture and continuous line drawing. Duncan uses sinuous curving line to animate his abstract portraits and figurative work, pulling inspiration from modern and contemporary art as well as graffiti, craft, and outsider art. His work has been featured in small galleries around the country and is owned in private collections around the world.

In Wired Sculpture Studios Duncan focuses on the design aspect, creating dynamic and sinuous steel drawings for businesses and private collections around the world.

In his fine art practice Duncan uses a wide range of media as the situation calls for it, and In 2022 he has begun furthering his work through the introduction of poetry and ceramics. He continues his study of art theory and contemporary practices, and is always at work refining and redefining his studio methods.