I use found-object assemblage, collage, painting, and drawing to create two- and three-dimensional works that translate lived experience into physical form. My practice has long drawn from the American educational system — its spaces, artifacts, and social structures — often through my first-hand perspective as both student and teacher.
These ideas originate in the visual language of schools and learning: a crayon mark, a classroom desk, a building sign. I’m deeply influenced by the students I work with, and by the political, social, and economic conditions that shape their daily lives. In this work, students and their communities are understood as inseparable — and essential to the questions I explore.
My practice also serves as a site for reflection: on policy and advocacy, but also on identity, relationship, and responsibility. As I grow, so does the scope of my work — moving from the role of educator to include the broader vantage of sibling, witness, partner, and observer.
2021 solo show at Thoughtrobber's Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 "Featured Artist" exhibition at Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
2023 studio shot in McKees Rocks, PA
BIO
Evan Rumble (he/him) is a Pittsburgh-based mixed-media artist and public school teacher. His artwork investigates how environments and circumstances shape identity, memory, and authorship — often translating the profound and overlooked moments of everyday life into a physical form.
Originally from Washington State, Evan graduated from Western Washington University in 2015 and has lived and worked in Pittsburgh since 2017. His practice spans sculpture, drawing and painting, and found-object assemblage, with fabrication playing a central role both materially and conceptually. Drawing from his experiences as both educator and student, his work reflects on education policy, school, family life, and childhood.
Evan has collaborated with schools and arts organizations to involve students and community members in the planning and making of his projects. He is a member of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, and Radiant Hall Studios, and has exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest and Mid-Atlantic region.
RECENT eXHIBITIONS
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2024
Get Schooled Benefit for Feed the Children, Hyatt House - South Side, Pittsburgh, PA
In Defense of the Details, Wick Monet Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Art of Democracy, Brew House Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Big Art Pop-up 2, hosted by Thoughtrobbers Gallery at Oaklander Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
Shared Concerns, Verostko Center for the Arts, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
Spotlight on Sculpture, North Hills Arts Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2023
Featured Artist Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
Practice What You Teach, Penn State: New Kensington Art Gallery, New Kensington, PA
Balanced Response, Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery, Wheatley Center, Moon, PA
2022
Through the Mask, McCarl Coverlet Gallery, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
Radiant Ball: 10th Anniversary Benefit, Radiant Hall Studios, McKees Rocks, PA
Full Spectrum, Brew House Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (2nd Prize)
Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Eighth & Penn Luxury Apartments - Window Display, Downtown Pittsburgh, PA
INTERACTION NOW, Robert Morris University Media Arts Gallery, Wheatley Center, Moon, PA
2021
AAP 108th Annual Exhibition, Detective Building, Pittsburgh, PA
111 x 111, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
COMPLIANCE, COMPLACENCE, & COMPROMISE, Thoughtrobbers Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Find Your Way Home, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Radiant Hall Pop-up Market, Plummer & 45th Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Practice What You Teach, Penn State: New Kensington Art Gallery, New Kensington, PA
2019
Red Carpet Project, Gallery One | Collective Works, Pittsburgh, PA
Inspiring Makers, Manchester Craftsman's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Radiant Hall Pop-up Show, Trust Arts Education Center 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA
Radial, WCCC Gallery, Westmoreland Community College, Youngwood, PA