Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics; Three-Dimensional Design
Forrest Sincoff Gard is an artist and educator. He received his BFA in Ceramics from Ohio University in 2009, completed post-baccaleaute studies at the University of Florida in 2011, and earned his MFA in Studio Art from Louisiana State University in 2014. From 2014–2018 Forrest worked as an associate editor for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. Currently Forrest is teaching Ceramics and 3D design at the University of North Georgia Oconee. He has previously taught in Cortona, Italy, as part of the University of Georgia’s study abroad program, at Ohio State University, and at Wesleyan College.
Forrest has shown his ceramic art and interactive installations in exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and South Korea, including the 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale at the Icheon World Ceramics Center in South Korea; and at the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in California; The Columbus Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee.
Forrest has completed short and long term artist residencies at Red Lodge Clay Center, Arrowmont, the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland, and at the Mill Hill Community Arts Center in Macon, Georgia, where he received a $25,000 grant to install a large-scale public artwork.
Selected Exhibitions