2025 marked a period of consolidation in the practice of British artist Jacqueline Duncan. Her work was exhibited across the UK and internationally, including juried exhibitions, curated group shows, and a solo presentation in Devon. The ongoing PIN Series emerged as a consistent focus, with works shown in both institutional and gallery settings.
What follows is an overview of the exhibitions that shaped her practice during 2025.
The Dart — Coombe Gallery, Dartmouth, UK
Jacqueline Duncan began the year with The Dart, her solo exhibition at Coombe Gallery in Dartmouth, on view from 23 May 2025. The exhibition brought together new and recent works informed by ongoing observation of the River Dart, which runs past the artist’s home in Devon and continues to inform her visual research.
Working across painting, drawing, mixed media, and dense pin formations, Duncan translated cartographic structures into tactile surfaces. The works register shifts in light, movement, and duration, mapping the river as both physical presence and accumulated experience.
Wells Art Contemporary 2025 — Cloisters Gallery, Wells Cathedral, UK
From 8 October to 1 November 2025, Wells Art Contemporary presented Duncan’s selected work TURMOIL within the Cloisters of Wells Cathedral. The historic setting created a measured dialogue between the architectural space and the work’s contemporary material language.
The piece, from the PIN Series, explored perceptual instability through layered pin structures. Light and shadow activated the surface, producing a sense of oscillation between order and disturbance. The work was presented within the exhibition’s carefully structured selection.
Landscape Open 2025 — Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire, UK
Duncan’s work Flow Pattern was selected for Landscape Open 2025, exhibited at Salisbury Museum from 18 October 2025 to 25 January 2026. The exhibition brought together artists rethinking landscape beyond representational conventions.
Part of the PIN Series, Flow Pattern examined the movement of light across layered structures, suggesting both geological formations and internal states. The museum’s location within a historically resonant landscape provided a fitting setting for these concerns.
ING Discerning Eye 2025 — Mall Galleries, London, UK
Maelstrom was selected for ING Discerning Eye 2025, held at Mall Galleries from 14–23 November 2025. Organised around six independent selectors, the exhibition offers a varied survey of small-scale contemporary work.
The piece extended Duncan’s investigation into rhythm and structure through the precise placement of hundreds of pins, producing a surface that shifts subtly with changes in viewpoint and illumination.
Grão de Escala — Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, São Paulo, Brazil
Presented from 25 October to 6 December 2025, Grão de Escala brought together Brazilian and international artists whose practices address questions of scale, material, and perception. The exhibition occupied both spaces of Galeria Eduardo Fernandes in Vila Madalena, São Paulo.
Curated by Tálisson Melo, the show featured works across a range of media. Duncan’s contribution formed part of her ongoing enquiry into form, movement, and light, continuing lines of research developed across her wider practice.
Representation by Galeria Eduardo Fernandes — São Paulo, Brazil
In 2025, Duncan began working with Galeria Eduardo Fernandes in São Paulo. The gallery represents around 20 artists and participates in both Brazilian and international art fairs.
Based in Vila Madalena, the gallery operates across two architecturally distinct spaces with an active exhibition programme. This representation reflects Duncan’s long-standing connection to Brazil, where she lived for many years and continues to maintain professional and personal ties.
Guildford House Open 2025 — Guildford House Gallery, Surrey, UK
Duncan’s work Tidal Harmonics of the Bristol Channel was selected for the Guildford House Open 2025, presented from 22 November 2025 to 28 February 2026 at Guildford House Gallery.
The work visualises tidal data from the Bristol Channel—one of the world’s largest tidal ranges—recorded over a twelve-hour period. The resulting structure translates cyclical forces into a measured visual rhythm.
VAS Biennial 2025 — The Thread That Pulls, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Duncan participation in The Thread That Pulls, part of the VAS Biennial 2025, held at the Royal Scottish Academy from 5 December 2025 to 2 january 2026.
Her exhibited work, Meander, a new piece from the PIN Series, explores layered structure, rhythm, and spatial tension. The Biennial brought together artists working across disciplines, addressing memory, gesture, material processes, and the often unseen forces that shape artistic practice.
The John Ruskin Prize 2026 — Trinity Buoy Wharf — London — UK
This period culminated in Jacqueline Duncan’s selection for The John Ruskin Prize 2026, a major multidisciplinary art prize held at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, from 29 January to 21 February 2026.
Her selected work, Relationship (2025), is a large-scale sculpture made from hundreds of wooden sticks combined with stainless steel, measuring 196 × 138 × 138 cm. The work investigates balance, tension, and interdependence, exploring how fragile elements can form resilient structures. Through this sculptural language, Duncan expanded her material research beyond pins, while maintaining her focus on rhythm, connection, and structural dialogue.
Across 2025, the Pin Series provided a connective framework within Duncan’s practice, appearing in multiple contexts and responding to varied architectural, curatorial, and geographic settings. The year combined consolidation with continued development, allowing ideas to clarify while remaining in motion.
With new work already in progress, Duncan continues into 2026 with a focus on extending these investigations.