Rebecca Rutstein is a multidisciplinary artist and public speaker whose practice bridges art and science. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and public art inspired by the natural world. Her environmentally-focused abstract work sheds light on hidden networks in nature to foster deeper connection and environmental stewardship. As an artist-in-residence, Rutstein has collaborated with scientists around the world including nine expeditions at sea and three deep-sea dives to the ocean floor in the Navy-owned submersible Alvin, supported by the National Science Foundation. These life-changing experiences have cultivated her ecologically-focused practice and embody her commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration as a means to reach the public.

A Pew Fellowship in the Arts recipient with recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, her work has been featured on NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Huff Post, Vice, and Vogue. Rutstein’s international exhibition record includes over forty solo shows, and her work can be found in more than fifty public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Consulate in Thailand, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Microsoft and AT&T.

Rutstein has been invited to speak about her interdisciplinary practice at over seventy institutions including the National Academy of Sciences, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Barnes Foundation, MIT Media Labs, Stanford, Georgetown and Cornell Universities, as a TEDx speaker at Yale University, Keynote speaker at Villanova University and at the University of Georgia where she was awarded the Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. Rutstein received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University. She is represented by the Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia.

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