Daniel Rumbolt

Through material exploration, my practice navigates the ways in which art can be linked to ideas of rurality, queerness, and perceptions of worth/value. My work attempts to challenge the connotations of contemporary art being reserved for urban centres, and the exclusion of rural lived experiences within the contemporary art canon. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have operated within precarious support systems for generations, and have honed the ability to make, make do, and to mend. My practice aims to be a cognizant extension of these pillars, and to pay homage to the resilience of my family, my home, and my province.

Daniel Rumbolt is an artist from the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. He completed his BFA at Memorial University in 2016, and he is also the Secretary on the National Board of Directors for Canadian Artists' Representation (CARFAC). His multidisciplinary art practice is informed by experiences as a queer artist raised in rural Newfoundland, and uses material manipulation to transform rural narrative, queer tensions, and emotions into a visual form. Rumbolt aims to discover and establish tangible connections between rural and urban creators, fostering interconnectivity on a provincial, national, and international scale.

Image: Hatchet, 18” x 20” w/ burlap (13” x 13.5” image), wool (sheep) hooked rug