Duncan Sherwood-Forbes (b. 1989) is a multimedia artist and designer specializing in wire and figurative metalwork. Born and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Sherwood-Forbes began honing his skills at the age of 14 during after school programs in figure drawing and cartooning at the nearby DeCordova Museum of Art. He was introduced to the wire work of Alexander Calder at the Putney School for the Arts in Vermont in 2006, where he also learned to weld – skills that he would further while an undergraduate majoring in sculpture at the Sam Fox School of Art and Design (Washington University in St. Louis), before becoming dissatisfied with the program leaving the school after his junior year with all foundational skills in place. Sherwood-Forbes continued to refine his work during the next decade, building a unique practice in his unusual media.

Today he works as a sculptor full time, showing work at art fairs and galleries around the country. Sherwood-Forbes is known for “drawing through air,” utilizing wire to investigate the boundary between sculpture and drawing and carve negative space into figures and portraits. With work ranging from the minuscule to larger than life, Sherwood-Forbes’ work has brought joy to collectors around the world for almost 20 years.

When not creating his wire work, Sherwood-Forbes continues to draw from life and experiments with a wide range of media encompassing ceramics, poetry, drawing, and performance.

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