Pinole Artisans Presents our next Art Salon featuring Duncan Serwood-Forbes - July 10, 2026

Artist Statement:

My approach to wire is fundamentally rooted in drawing. Rather than constructing volumetric forms, I use wire to divide air, treating space itself as the primary medium.

Like contour drawing, my version of wire sculpture traces boundaries. The core element of sculpture, that differentiates it from other media, is the use of mass. My work is an inversion of that tenet: the wire sculptures do not occupy space so much as propose it; they describe form through absence by using material not to depict the subject directly, but to outline where it would be. The work exists more in the negative space, as defined by the wire, than it does in the material itself. I often leave the metal black in a deliberate nod to ink, emphasizing its role as a drawn line extended into spatial territory.

Duncan's Bio:

Duncan Sherwood-Forbes (b. 1989) is a multimedia artist specializing in figurative metalwork. Born and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, he began studying figure drawing and cartooning at fourteen through after-school programs at the DeCordova Museum of Art. He went on to study sculpture at the Sam Fox School of Art & Design at Washington University in St. Louis. There, he deepened his technical foundation in metal fabrication and art theory.

His work has been exhibited at galleries and art fairs in St. Louis, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland, Berlin, and Hamburg, Germany. Working at scales ranging from intimate tabletop pieces to larger-than-life outdoor sculptures, his work is held in private collections internationally. Alongside his metalwork, he maintains a rigorous life drawing practice and continues to experiment across media, including ceramics, poetry, and performance.

He currently lives and works in Oakland, California.

To see more of his work, please see: https://www.duncansherwoodforbes.com/ or his Instagram!

About our Monthly Meetings

Join us at El Sobrante United Methodist Church in the Keisler Room at 7:00 PM. You can find this at the address: 5151 Argyle Road, El Sobrante. After parking, proceed up the ramp to the left. Our monthly general meetings are free and open to the public, everyone is welcome! We're eager to see your artwork, so feel free to bring any type of art, regardless of your experience or skill level. Creativity in all its forms is celebrated here. Sharing your work is encouraged but not mandatory. Enjoy refreshments and an engaging program with us!