JOE PENTLAND

ARTIST

Joe Pentland is a kinetic artist living and working in St. Louis. His practice focuses on kinetic sculpture, where motion functions as an integral component of material form. Drawing on a background in electrical engineering, Pentland designs precisely engineered systems that generate evolving patterns and shifting spatial compositions over time.

Through algorithmic processes and mechanical structures, his work explores transformation, emergence, and the relationship between structure and motion. Pentland’s sculptures operate as dynamic systems—objects that unfold in time rather than remain fixed—inviting viewers to experience form as a continuous and perceptual event