Max Rumbol (b. 1997)
Transcending the practices of sculpture, wood carving and painting, Max Rumbol builds assemblages in which internet residue meets the physical debris of the everyday. Ubiquitous symbols, embedded objects and digital fragments compress into sedimented surfaces that function as compacted records of a particular cultural moment. These works are constructed slowly over months - sometimes even years - with the artist often revisiting and reaccumulating gesture and material on the surface of the works.
Weaving research, pop culture, digital narratives and art history, the works operate as contemporary portraits of an age marked by its relationship to the machine. His recent works tap into the aesthetic of generative AI and the questions it raises around ownership and censorship, trust and truth, as well as artistry and authenticity. By manually working the planes of each piece to reveal or conceal the trace of the hand, he opens a dialogue around where the artist’s role begins and ends.
Max Rumbol (b. 1997) lives and works in London. He attained his BFA from the University of Oxford in 2019, and has had solo shows with Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles; Union Gallery, London & Ojiri Gallery, London. Rumbol’s work can be found in The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at the Bunker Artspace, Miami (US) & at Fundación MEDIANOCHE0, Granada (ES).
Weaving research, pop culture, digital narratives and art history, the works operate as contemporary portraits of an age marked by its relationship to the machine. His recent works tap into the aesthetic of generative AI and the questions it raises around ownership and censorship, trust and truth, as well as artistry and authenticity. By manually working the planes of each piece to reveal or conceal the trace of the hand, he opens a dialogue around where the artist’s role begins and ends.
Max Rumbol (b. 1997) lives and works in London. He attained his BFA from the University of Oxford in 2019, and has had solo shows with Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles; Union Gallery, London & Ojiri Gallery, London. Rumbol’s work can be found in The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection at the Bunker Artspace, Miami (US) & at Fundación MEDIANOCHE0, Granada (ES).
Education
2016-2019 BFA, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, UK
Solo Shows
June 2023 Give Me A Fulcrum & I Shall Move the World, Richard Heller Galler, Los Angeles, CA
August 2021 Restless, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
October 2020 The Flower of Kent, Union Gallery, London, UK
August 2021 Restless, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
October 2020 The Flower of Kent, Union Gallery, London, UK
Group Shows / Art Fairs
July 2026 Extract, Chilli, London, UK
October 2024 Not Invited, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
November 2022 Untitled Art Miami Beach, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2022 Angels with Dirty Faces, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
November 2021 Satellite of Love, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
August 2021 My Sweet Doppelgänger, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April 2021 EXPO Chicago Online, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March 2021 Holding Hands, Union Gallery, London, UK
November 2020 Home Sweet Home with Liam Fallon, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, ES
May 2020 Big Dip, Cold Creek with Sean Gannon, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
April 2020 5 Years/System Failure, Plastic Murs, Valencia, ES
December 2019 Bread, 121 Sydney Street, London, UK
June 2019 Ruskin Degree Shows 2019, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, UK
May 2019 NEW: An Exhibition of New Work, New College, Oxford, UK
June 2016 Organised Fun, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
February 2016 Laboratorium, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
October 2024 Not Invited, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
November 2022 Untitled Art Miami Beach, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2022 Angels with Dirty Faces, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
November 2021 Satellite of Love, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
August 2021 My Sweet Doppelgänger, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
April 2021 EXPO Chicago Online, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March 2021 Holding Hands, Union Gallery, London, UK
November 2020 Home Sweet Home with Liam Fallon, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, ES
May 2020 Big Dip, Cold Creek with Sean Gannon, Ojiri Gallery, London, UK
April 2020 5 Years/System Failure, Plastic Murs, Valencia, ES
December 2019 Bread, 121 Sydney Street, London, UK
June 2019 Ruskin Degree Shows 2019, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, UK
May 2019 NEW: An Exhibition of New Work, New College, Oxford, UK
June 2016 Organised Fun, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
February 2016 Laboratorium, OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK
Collections
Selected Press
September 2021 FAD Magazine, Max Rumbol’s works are Restless
October 2020 FAD Magazine, Max Rumbol, The Flower of Kent
May 2020 Floorr Magazine Interview
February 2020 Young Space Interview
October 2020 FAD Magazine, Max Rumbol, The Flower of Kent
May 2020 Floorr Magazine Interview
February 2020 Young Space Interview