Daniel Fountain is an artist, curator, and researcher. Daniel has taught and managed a range of programmes at fifteen institutions worldwide and they are currently senior lecturer in art history and visual culture at University of Exeter (UK), where they teach from undergraduate to doctoral level. Daniel's research broadly explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in modern and contemporary art and visual culture. Daniel is the editor of Crafted with Pride (2023) and their research has recently been published in MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture and The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality and Culture (2022).

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As an artist and practice-based researcher, Daniel primarily works with traditional craft and textile techniques to explore themes of marginality and queerness, resulting in a 'non-binary' approach to making that blurs the binaries between art and craft. They often use discarded objects and found textiles, adopting a scavenger methodology which celebrates the unloved, the overlooked and the forgotten. Daniel has exhibited internationally and their work has been featured in several publications including Surface Design Journal, Crafts, and Embroidery: The Textile Art Magazine. Daniel was awarded a PhD from Loughborough University for a practice-led project titled 'All That Glitters Is Gold: Queering Waste Through Campy Craft', funded by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Feminism, Sexual Politics and Visual Culture.

Daniel has extensive curatorial experience and is regularly commissioned to work with leading arts and cultural organisations. They recently curated an exhibition of Angus Suttie's ceramics and established an LGBTQ+ public programme at Crafts Council, wrote interpretation material and a catalogue essay for Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, co-curated First Outing at Grundy Art Gallery and Abingdon Studios, and organised a symposium for National Museums Liverpool and Queer British Art. Daniel has also delivered research papers and keynote presentations at various museums and galleries, including the Whitworth Art Gallery, Midlands Arts Centre, the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, the Museum for Art in Wood, and Tate Britain.