EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Magna Cum Laude) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1993
Cornell in Rome, Abroad Studies Program, Rome, Italy 1992

HONORS & AWARDS

2026 Bobby Anspach Foundation Micro-Grant
2026 TEDx Invited Speaker, Yale University
2025 Keynote Speaker Award, Villanova University
2024 Pew Creative Project Grant (with Nichole Canuso Dance Company)
2024 Joseph Robert Foundation Grant
2023 Schmidt Ocean Institute Funding Award for Immersive Exhibit at the National Academy of Sciences
2023 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Project Seed Grant
2023 Alabama State Council on the Arts Grant (with UA professor Julia Cartwright)
2022 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Project Seed Grant
2021 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Project Seed Grant
2020 Edna Andrade Fund, Philadelphia Foundation Grant
2019 City of Philadelphia Resolution “Honoring Rebecca Rutstein for her Dedicated Service through Art”
2018 Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding, University of Georgia
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Penn Program in Environmental Humanities Seed Grant
2018 MIT Ocean Discovery Fellow, MIT Media Labs, Ocean Exploration Forum
2017 California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks Exhibition Prize
2016 Artist at Sea Residency Fellowship, Schmidt Ocean Institute
2015 Science Communication Fellowship, Ocean Exploration Trust
2014 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award Finalist
2014 New American Paintings
2012 New American Paintings
2009 Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts
2009 New American Paintings
2007 Pew Professional Development Grant
2006 New American Paintings
2006 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant, Painting
2005 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Travel Grant
2004 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Painting
2002 New American Paintings
1997 Charles Addams Memorial Prize, University of Pennsylvania
1997 Natvar Bhavsar Prize in memory of Angelo Savelli
1997 Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
1996 Piero Dorazio Color Award, University of Pennsylvania
1995 Overseers Scholar Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania

PUBLIC ART

2025 River & Sky (Mural), City Line Ave & Monument Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2024 The Immersion Project (Sculptural Commission), Mississippi Aquarium, Gulfport, MI
2023 Elemental (Mural), 23rd & Race Streets, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Fall Line (Outdoor Sculpture), Alexandria, VA
2022 Electric (Mural) Broad & Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Sanctuary (Painting Commission) Bower Sculpture Park, Shermans Dale, PA
2020 Ridge & Valley (Outdoor Sculpture) Bower Sculpture Park, Shermans Dale, PA
2020 Interstices (Outdoor Sculpture) Bower Sculpture Park, Shermans Dale, PA
2019 Convergence (Mural), AT&T and Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Cumulus (Sculptural Commission) Yale University, Yale Science Building, New Haven, CT
2019 Synthesis (Mural) Cynwyd Elementary School, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2018 Shimmer (Sculpture Commission) Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2015 Sky Terrain (Outdoor Sculpture Commission) Temple University, Percent for Art Program, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Abyss (Painting Installation), Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCIES

2026 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Atlantic Ocean, USA), R/V Atlantis, Funded by National Science Foundation, University of Georgia
2026 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition, Greenland Climate Research Center, Nuuk, Greenland
2025 Ocean Memory Project, Art/Science Workshop, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA
2024 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Guamas Basin, Mexico), R/V Atlantis, Funded by National Science Foundation, University of Georgia
2023 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Art/Science Workshop, Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA
2023 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Art/Science Workshop, University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, GA
2023 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Kama’ehuakanaloa, Hawaii), R/V Kilo Moana, funded by National Science Foundation, University of Hawaii, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2022 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Art/Science Workshop, Puerto Morelos, Mexico
2020 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Art/Science Workshop, University of Delaware, 2020 (virtual)
2019 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Salish Sea, British Columbia), R/V Rachel Carson with the Ocean Memory Project, Funded by University of Washington
2019 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Project, Boone Center for Environmental Studies, Catalina Island, CA
2018 Artist in Residence on Expedition at Sea (Guaymas Basin, Mexico), R/V Atlantis, Funded by National Science Foundation, University of Georgia
2018 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Costa Rica), R/V Atlantis, Funded by National Science Foundation, Temple University
2018 Djerassi Artist in Residence Program with Ocean Memory Project, National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Woodside, CA
2017 National Academy of Sciences, Keck Futures Initiative, Ocean Memory Project, Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA
2016 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Vietnam to Guam), R/V Falkor, Funded by Schmidt Ocean Institute
2016 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Tahiti), R/V Falkor, Funded by Schmidt Ocean Institute
2015 Artist in Residence on Research Expedition at Sea (Galapagos Islands to San Diego), E/V Nautilus, Funded by Ocean Exploration Trust
2012 Gullkistan Artist Residency, Laugarvatn, Iceland
2005 Red Cinder Artist Residency, Na’alehu, Hawaii
2004 Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
2003 Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, with matching grant from University of Pennsylvania

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Universal Nature, Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2025 (In)Visible Structures, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
2024 All the Stars in the Sea, Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2024 All the Stars in the Sea, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Blue Dreams, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C.
2023 Sublime Nature, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
2022 Out of Thin Air, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 Out of Thin Air, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2022 Nexus, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Socius, Esther Klein Gallery, Science Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Topographies of Time, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2020 Site Unseen, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Shift, Bridgette Mayer Gallery (virtual)
2019 Artist at Sea, University of Rhode Island, Ocean Science & Exploration Ctr, Narragansett, RI
2018 Out of the Darkness, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (2018-2019)
2018 Hidden from View, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2017 Convergence, John Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2017 32 Degrees Latitude, California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, CA
2017 Fault Lines, Zane Bennett Contemporary / Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Hidden Landscapes, Video Exhibition, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
2015 Afterglow, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Deep Rift, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Zero Gravity, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2009 Precipice, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Untitled, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2008 Abyss, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Abyss, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 (De)Formation, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, New Hope, PA
2005 Ebb and Flow, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Canopy Adventures, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
2004 Breaking Boundaries, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Love & Subduction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Untitled, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2002 Underworld, Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Shifting Images, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Second Skin, InRare Form Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2000 Paintings, Drawings & Illuminations, LockJaw Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Erasure, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Recent Works, LockJaw Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Small Works/Sacred Spaces, Morgan Print Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Paintings and Collages, Morgan Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Paintings and Drawings, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Shirley Project Space, Brooklyn, NY (upcoming)
2025 Materiality, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2025 The Eureka Moment: Unveiling Metaphors of Discovery, The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2025 Laudato Si: Our Common Home, Francis M. Maguire Art Museum, Merion Station, PA
2025 The ArtShow, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
2024 Cosmic Ocean, with Schmidt Ocean Institute, AGU 24 Conference, Washington D. C.
2024 Art Basel Paris, with Unesco, Nautilus & Schmidt Ocean Institute, Paris, France
2024 Converge, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Artist at Sea, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
2024 Artist at Sea, UN Ocean Decade Conference, Barcelona International Convention Centre, Spain
2024 Artist at Sea, Royal Institution, London, United Kingdom
2023 Art Basel Miami Beach, with Unesco, Nautilus & Schmidt Ocean Institute
2023 Something Big, Something Small, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Seeing the Anthropocene, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Shifting Climate: Artists Respond to the Earth in Crisis, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2023 Submerged: A Changing Global Climate, The Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Artist at Sea, Ciencia Viva Museum & Gulbenkian Art Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 The Impossible Exhibition, Power Station 501, Villanova, PA
2022 Nautilus Ocean Exhibition, The Explorers Club, New York, NY
2022 The Shaping of America, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2022 Journeys through Water, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2021 Karmic Joy, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Covimetry, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2021 The Anniversary Show, Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2020 Covimetry, XS Gallery, University of Kielce, Poland
2020 Covimetry, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2020 Artist at Sea, Schmidt Ocean Institute, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
2019 The Shaping of America, AnnMarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, Maryland
2019 Depth, Michigan Science Center & Science Gallery Detroit, Detroit, MI
2019 Waterworks, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Science, Loveladies, NJ
2018 Aqua Miami Art Fair, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Miami, FL,
2018 Benefit Exhibition for the Rail Park, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Annual Exhibition, Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Ties that Bind, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2018 Kaleidoscope: Harbor, Bay, Ocean; A Voice for Conservancy, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2018 Ocean Exhibition, NY Hall of Science, New York, NY
2018 Artist at Sea, Traveling Exhibition with Schmidt Ocean Institute: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (CA),
Newport Sailing Center (RI), Aquarium of the Pacific (CA), Portland Convention Center (OR)
2017 Artist at Sea, Traveling Exhibition with Schmidt Ocean Institute Bishop Museum (HI), International Ocean Film Festival (CA), America’s Cup (Bermuda)
2015 Art Miami, Bridgette Mayer Gallery Miami, FL
2015 Philadelphia Freedom, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 Art Miami, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Miami, FL
2014 Art San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Young & Fun, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Print // Line, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Abstraction Today, Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2013 Art Miami, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 A Random Walk, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
2013 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Shifting Speeds, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2011 Karmic Abstraction, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 printed, painted, pressed, C2 Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, Bridgette Mayer Gallery
2011 Pew Charitable Trusts, Corporate Headquarters, Washington D. C.
2009 Winter Salon, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 (In)finite Place, Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Black and White, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Finish/Line, Curated by Miriam Seidel, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 The Red Show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2006 Firecracker, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, PA
2006 Color My World, inaugural exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New Hope, PA
2006 Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Sum of All Parts, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, New York NY
2005 Art of the State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
2005 Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Outstanding Achievement Exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Dear Fleisher, Invitational Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Gallery Group Show, Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Urban, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2004
2003 Drawing As Drawing, Drawing in Painting, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA
2003 Painting Invitational, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
2002 Space-Time, Melvin Art Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
2002 Survey of New Works, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Art of the State 2002, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2002 12 Mid-Atlantic Artists, Open Studios Press Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Young & Fun: On Paper, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Young & Fun, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Four Small Paintings, Two-person show, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Philadelphia’s Emerging Artists, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Voices of the Diaspora, Invitational, Ryland-Bowe Gallery, Richmond, VA
1998 The Looking Glass, Two-Woman Show, LockJaw Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Young Talent 1998, Juried Show, Washington Art Association, Washington, CT
1997 Pennart, Invitational, Kohn Pederson Fox Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Divine Visions, Juried Show, The Art Network Gallery, N. Lindenhurst, NY
1997 11 pm Show, Curated by Patrick Murphy (ICA), Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 New Masters, Invitational, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1997 East/West Visions In Between, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Works on Paper, Juried Show, Meyerson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES & INTERVIEWS

2026 TEDx Talk, Yale University
2026 University of North Georgia
2026 Cornell Thank U Podcast
2026 Philly Has Heart Podcast
2026 Full Steam Ahead Podcast
2025 Podcast Interview, 23 Journeys
2025 The Hill School
2025 Keynote Speaker, Villanova University
2024 Barnes Foundation
2024 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2024 Villanova University
2024 Friends Central School
2024 The Shipley School
2024 Temple University
2024 University of North Georgia
2023 I Like Your Work Podcast
2023 Barnes Foundation
2023 ArtShow Video Interview
2023 Women in the Arts, Pennsylvania Women’s Forum,
2023 Channel 6 ABC Interview
2023 Oregon State University, Newport, OR
2023 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2023 Issues in Science & Technology Podcast
2023 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2023 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2023 Women Mind the Water Podcast
2023 Georgetown University
2023 Lehigh University
2023 Montclair State University
2023 Delaware County Community College
2023 Mural Arts Philadelphia Panel / Women Muralists
2023 Artist & Place Podcast
2022 University of Alabama
2022 Dialogues for Artists in a Changing World
2021 University of Washington
2021 University of Alabama
2021 Podcast Interview, Live at Radio Kismet
2021 McKinsey & Company
2021 NPR/WITF Smarttalk Interview
2021 UC Science Center
2021 Mural Arts Philadelphia
2021 Podcast Interview, Live at Radio Kismet
2021 Integral Molecular
2020 Stanford University, Laser Talk Series
2020 Tyler School of Art, Temple University
2020 Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
2020 Bala Cynwyd Middle School
2019 Girl Scouts of America, Women in S.T.E.A.M.
2019 GREATPHL 2019 Live interview and Podcast
2019 St. Joseph’s University
2019 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2019 University of Rhode Island
2019 Institute of Contemporary Art (studio tour)
2019 “Technycal – Women in Technology” Podcast with Christiane Paul, Whitney Museum Curator
2019 Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding, University of Georgia
2018 Bristol Art Museum
2018 Temple University, Department of Biology
2018 Tyler School of Art (studio tour)
2017 Cornell University
2017 Moore College of Art & Design
2017 California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks
2015 Tyler School of Art (studio tour)
2014 Rutgers University (studio tour)
2014 Tyler School of Art, Temple University
2014 Abstraction Today Artist Panel, Bucknell University
2013 A Random Walk Artist Gallery Talk, Rowan University
2013 University of Pennsylvania
2012 University of Texas, Tyler
2008 University of the Arts
2009 University of the Arts
2008 Swarthmore College,
2007 University of Texas
2006 University of the Arts
2005 Moore College of Art & Design
2005 Bucks County Community College
2004 Swarthmore College

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Georgia Museum of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum
National Academy of Sciences
US Consulate in Thailand
US Department of State
Microsoft
AT&T
Delta Airlines
Yale University
Penn Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rutgers University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fox Chase Cancer Center
University of New Mexico
University of Washington
University of Alabama
Temple University
Villanova University
Nordstrom
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Susquehanna International
Hines / One Shell Plaza
Deloitte Consulting
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Ocean Exploration Trust
City of Alexandria, VA
Bower Sculpture Park
Mississippi Aquarium
Allston Labworks
Alterra / Edgewater Apartments
LDL Apartments
University City Science Center
Glenmede Trust
Biogen Idec
Delta Dental
Philadelphia Phillies (Marlon Byrd)
Wirb-Copernicus Group
Tierney Communications
Temple University, The Fox School of Business
Temple University, Pearson McGonigle Hall
Historic Landmarks for Living
Trebuchet Consulting
335 Bala Apartments
Lower Merion School District
Narberth Dentistry
Laudenbach Periodontics
The Boston Consulting Group
Community Foundation of Louisville
Philadelphia Construction & Management
Primavera Systems
Packard Press

SELECT PRESS

“Visionary Artists Shaping Today’s Cultural Narrative”, Philly Style Magazine, Nov 19, 2025.
“Popular Podcast ‘The ArtShow’ Comes to Life in New Exhibition”, New Hope News, May 13, 2025.
“Visiting Artist Rebecca Rutstein Inspires Students to Connect Art and Science”, The Hill School News, May, 2025.
“Earth Week Celebrated on Campus”, The Villanovan, Volume 118, Issue 11, April 30, 2025.
“Join Villanova University for Earth Day Activities and Keynote Events”, Keystone News, April 17, 2025.
Lane, Allan. “Rebecca Rutstein: Invisible Structures”, Dosage Magazine, April 7, 2025.
Leer, Len. “The Hidden Hand of Nature Acts as Powerful Inspiration”, Chestnut Hill Local, April 10, 2025.
Lane, Allan. “Rebecca Rutstein at the Schuylkill Center”, ArtsXhibit, April 7, 2025.
Discover PHL. “Celebrate Women’s History in Philadelphia”, Feb 11, 2025.
Fallon, Robert. “Rebecca Rutstein’s Paintings Tell of Life’s Interconnectedness on Land, Sea and Under the Sea, ArtBlog”, Oct 14, 2024.
Haik, Claire. “Art Spiel Picks: Philly Exhibitions in September 2024”, Art Spiel, Sept 19, 2024.
Lane, Allan. “Rebecca Rutstein Solo Exhibition at Bridgette Mayer Gallery”, Dosage Magazine, July 19, 2024.
Gomez-Upegui, Salome. “8 Art-World Insiders on What to See, Do, Eat, and Drink During Miami Art Week” Vogue, Dec 4, 2023.
Toussaint, Jensen. “Philadelphia Artist Rebecca Rutstein Finds Inspiration from the Natural World” Philadelphia Today, Nov 16, 2023.
Vandeveer, Camille. “‘DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous’ Highlights Local Art and Science Collaborations” The Hoya, Sept 13, 2023.
Crimmins, Peter. “The 20-Year Art Crawl: ArtBlog Celebrates Two Decades of Documenting Philly’s Art Scene”, WHYY, Sept 7, 2023.
Coke, Emma. “PRAx Exhibits Artist-at-Sea Rebecca Rutstein’s Work “, The Daily Barometer, Sept 6, 2023.
Jenkins, Mark. “In the Galleries”, The Washington Post, Sept 1, 2023.
“The Synergy between the Arts and Sciences: Representing the Wonders of the Natural World through Visual Art”, Common Home Magazine, Aug 28. 2023.
Boone, Aunye. “At the Intersection of Art & Science: A Conversation with Rebecca Rutstein, National Endowment for the Arts, July 20, 2023.
Crimmins, Peter. “Philly Exhibit Highlights how Art can Move the Needle in Public Perception of Climate Change”, WHYY, July 14, 2023.
“14 Must See Live and Online Climate Art Events” Honoring the Future, Spring, 2023.
“University of Alabama offers Full Funding Opportunities for MFA in Studio Art”, Hyperallergic, March 14, 2023
Vandeveer, Camille. “Art Meets Science in Rebecca Rutstein’s Immersive Exhibits”, The Hoya, March 15, 2023.
McGarrigle, Jen. “International Women’s Day”, Diaago Blog, March 8, 2023
Ichikawa, Savannah. “Sarah Moody Gallery of Art Exhibits Cosmically Inspired Art”, The Crimson White, Oct 2, 2022.
Turner, Michelle. “Museum Minute: Rebecca Rutstein”, WUGA 91.7 FM Radio, April 29, 2022.
Potsic, Amie. “Out and About in Philadelphia February 2022”, Amie Potsic Advisory Art Blog, Feb 2022.
Moore, Cindy Stockton. “The Picture Data Paints”, The Science Center, Sept 30, 2021.
“A City Filled to the Brim with Historic Rebeccas”, Beyond the Bell Tours, Sept 27, 2021.
Given, Molly. “‘Socius’ Examines the the Pandemic and its Effects through Art & Music”, Aug 17, 2021.
“‘Socius’ by Rebecca Rutstein at the Esther Klein Gallery”, University of Pennyslvania Almanac, Vol 68 Issue 2, Aug 10, 2021.
Walsh, Helen. “At the Bower, Philadelphia Sculptors take the Pennsylvania Landscape to Heart”, Broad Street Review, July 20, 2021.
Pynes, Mark. “We have to Create Something to Share”. Patriot News, April 20, 2021.
Zimmerman, Phyllis. “Art, Nature, in Harmony”, The Burg, May 14, 2021 (pg 46)
Brown, Hillary. “Museum of Art Collectors purchase Rutstein work”, UGA Today, Sept 22, 2020.
“City of Murals”, Discover Philadelphia, Aug 18, 2020
Estrada, Elizabeth. “9 beautiful things to see in Philly this Memorial Day Weekend”, WHYY, May 22, 2020.
“Jennifer Higdon Wins Grammy, New Yorker Profiles Becky Suss, Rebecca Rutstein Debuts AT&T Building Mural”, Pew Fellows News, March 31, 2020.
Bond, Courtenay. “Finding Arts & Expression with Geology and Murals”, Broad Street Review, March 31, 2020.
“Vogue’s Gallery”, British Vogue, March, 2020.
Baris, Steven. “Rebecca Rutstein: Diagrams from the Depths”, Expanded Diagram Project, Jan 4, 2020.
Greco, JoAnn. “Depth Charge”, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Dec 18, 2019.
Maiorano, Grace. “New Public Art Unveiled on South Street”, South Philly Review, Nov 4, 2019.
Sasko, Claire. “Metropolis: Sketching the Skyline”, Philadelphia Magazine, Oct 2019 Issue.
Benner, Conrad. “New Mural from Philly-based Artist Rebecca Rutstein Rises on the Schuylkill”, Streets Dept, Sept 26, 2019.
Mann, Allyson. “A Sense of the Sublime”, UGA Research Magazine, Spring 2019.
Tominaga, Masako. “Humans in the Ocean II: when HOV Alvin Portholes meet the lens of Art” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Nov 30, 2018.
Tominaga, Masako. “Humans in the Ocean I: when HOV Alvin Portholes meet the lens of Art” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Nov 28, 2018.
Richmond, Krista. “Artist, Professor Combine Arts & Sciences in Deep Sea,” UGA Today, Nov 5, 2018.
Hicks, Micah. “Museum Celebrates Meeting of Art & Science,” UGA Today, Oct 17, 2018.
Dougherty, Margot. “A Cliche-Free Guide to Santa Fe”, Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2018.
Drew, L. P. “Sea Change,” Cornell Alumni Magazine, Nov – Dec 2017.
Wong, Sabrina. “Rebecca Rutstein’s Convergence: Visual Contradictions”, Cornell Daily Sun, Sept 28, 2017.
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, “POST”, The Art Blog, Sept 12, 2017.
Hammer, Andrea. “Rebecca Rutstein’s Large-Scale Geometric Abstractions”, Moore Women Artists, Sept 5, 2017.
Michael, Abatemarco. “In the Abstract: Rebecca Rutstein & Jared Weiss”, Pasatiempo, July 7, 2017.
Van Cleve, Emily. “Geological Shifts”, Santa Fe Arts Journal, June 26, 2017.
Secrets of Green, 7 Artists Inspired by Nature, May 17 2017.
Novak, Ana. “The Artist at Sea at Schmidt Ocean Institute”, SciArt Magazine, December 2016.
Popova, Eketarina. “Rebecca Rutstein: Interview”, Create! Magazine, December 15, 2016.
Krysa, Danielle. “Rebecca Rutstein”, The Jealous Curator, October 10, 2016.
Furino, Giaco. “Ahoy! Set Sail on an Artists’ Residency in the Middle of the Ocean”, Vice Magazine, Oct 1, 2016.
Delisle, Raina. “Amplifying Data Through Art”, Hakai Magazine, 24 August, 2016.
Lum, Burt. “Civil Geeks: When Science and Art Intersect”, Civil Beat, 19 August, 2016.
“Fellows Friday News: Rebecca Rutstein’s Artist-at-Sea Resideny”, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Feb 26, 2016.
Wiener, Carlie. “All Things Marine”, KHNR Hawaii State-Wide Radio Show, Interview, February 16, 2016.
Fallon, Roberta. “From Sea to Stars, Rebecca Rutstein’s Big Year”, ArtBlog, December 17, 2015.
“From Stem to STEAM, Art Aboard Nautilus”, Nautilus Live Blog, October 17, 2015.
Crimmins, Peter. “Philadelphia Artist Finds Inspiration on Ocean Floor”, Newsworks, NPR/WHYY, July 20, 2015.
Fiorentino, Alexander. “Rebecca Rutstein’s Afterglow at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, The Art Blog, May 28, 2015.
Greenberg, Alyssa. “News Post…Rebecca Rutstein to Set Sail…”, The Art Blog, May 12, 2015.
Volpe, Allie. “In the galleries: Art picks for May”, philly.com, May 4, 2015.
Popova, Eketarina. Fresh Paint Magazine, Spotlight Artist, Edition VI, February, 2015.
Greenberg, Alyssa. “Artist News”, artblog, September 30, 2014.
Newhall, Edith. “Galleries: Summer Fun”, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2014.
Findlay, Lauren. “Young and Fun: Abstraction at Bridgette Mayer Gallery,” The ArtBlog, July 18, 2014.
Farrand, Matt. ‘Abstraction Today’ Talk Draws Crowd to Gallery,” Standard Journal, March, 2014.
Miner, Al.New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, January, 2014.
Darsa, Allisa. “Art Superstars Shine at Miami Beach VIP Events,” artnet news, Dec 5, 2013.
Newhall, Edith. “Change up.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 9, 2013.
Otterbein, Holly. “First Friday Focus”. Phila City Paper. March 1, 2013.
“Rebecca Rutstein Explores Where Life And Geology Intersect With ‘Deep Rift’” Huffington Post. Feb 14, 2013.
Cotner, David. “Tales from the Topographic Oceans,” Ventura Co. Reporter, 9/22/11.
Schwartz, Chip. “Art Goes on Despite Bridgette Mayer Renovations,” KnightArts.org, August 9, 2011.
Donohoe, Victoria. “She Leaves the Viewer Wanting More,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 11, 2009.
Huckabay, Carolyn. “Kaleidoscope,” Philadelphia Citypaper, September 4, 2009.
New American Paintings. Open Studios Press, April, 2009.
Katz, Matt. “The Educated Eye,” (cover), ventana magazine, August, 2008.
Zarro, Jennifer. “(In)finite Place,” Art Matters Magazine, July 12, 2008.
Otterbein, Holly. “Last Chance,” Philadelphia Citypaper, November, 19 2007.
Strauss, R.B. “Art: Rebecca Rutstein,”aroundphilly.com, November 7, 2007.
Newhall, Edith. “Outlines Filled In,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March, 2007.
Pressler, Jessica. “The Philly School,” Philadelphia Magazine, May, 2006.
Baker, Alex. New American Paintings. Open Studios Press, April, 2006.
Fallon, Roberta. “New Mayer in Town,” Philadelphia Weekly, Dec. 28, 2005.
Fallon, Roberta. “Breath of Life,” Philadelphia Weekly, November 23, 2005.
Newhall, Edith. “A new Approach,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2005.
Strauss, R.B. “First Friday November Sweeps,” Philadelphia Weekly, November 2, 2005.
“The Bridgette Mayer Gallery: Rebecca Rutstein,” ArtInfo, November 2005.
Slupe, Ellen. “’Art of the State’ Shows Pennsylvania’s Best” Art Matters, August, 2005.
Donohoe, Victoria. “Region Fares Well at State Show,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 3, 2005.
Hill, Lori. “Industrial Evolution,” Philadelphia Citypaper, April 28, 2005. Cover Story
Bocella, Maggie. “Rutstein’s Human Landscapes,” Artmatters (Cover Story), January 2005.
Donohoe, Victoria. “Artist’s Work Reflects Focus on Watershed,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 2004.
Brown, Gerard. “HereNowThereThen,” Pew Fellowships In The Arts Catalogue, 2004.
Lotozo, Eils. “Folk Arts Win a Place Among Pew Fellowships,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 2004.
Fallon, Roberta. “And the Winners Are,” Art Blog, June 5, 2004.
Sozanski, Edward. “Speaking Geologically,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 14, 2004.
Fallon, Roberta. “Truth or Dare,” Philadelphia Weekly, October 30, 2002.
Sozanski, Edward. “Drawing as Sculpture,” Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 2002.
Victoria Donohoe. “Art of the State Shows Regional Talent,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 2002.
Lewis, Zachary. “State of the Arts,” Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, June 30, 2002.
Rosenberg, Susan, Curator, New American Paintings. Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, April, 2002.
Sozanski, Edward. “Collage-style works, concrete, ephemeral,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 2002.
B. Strauss. “Art Attack: New, but Hardly Rookies,” Philadelphia Style Magazine, March 1, 2002.
Deni Kasrel. “Rebecca Rutstein: Shifting Images,” Digital City Philadelphia, February 6, 2002.
B. Strauss. “Rebecca Rutstein Mixes Art & Science,” Main Line Times, February 28, 2002.
Sozanski, Edward. “Gallery Opens with Light-Hearted Show,” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31, 2001.
Strauss, R.B. “Philly’s Art Renaissance,” Philadelphia Metro, July 6, 2001.
Strauss, R.B. “Dogdays-Schmogdays,” University City Review, August 1, 2001.
Strauss, R.B. “A Welcome Addition,” aroundphilly.com, July, 2001.

PUBLICATIONS

Ha Thuc, Caroline. The Ocean Manifesto, JBE Books, Paris, June 2025.
Talasek, J.D.. Integrated Contemporary Art & Science Practices, Routledge Press, 2025
Deming, Jody. “Ocean Memory: Unimagined Perspectives”, Leonardo, MIT Press, Volume 58, No. 1, Feb 2025
Claire Takacs, Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for our Future, Hardie Grant Books, 2024.
Association, Volume #12, Cornell University Press, 2023.
“Blue Dreams: Rebecca Rutstein and the Ocean Memory Project”, Issues in Science & Technology, Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine, Summer 2023.
Skalak, Tom. Blue Dreams: Rebecca Rutstein & the Ocean Memory Project, Exhibition Catalog, National Academy of Sciences, 2023.
Baris, Steven. Discursive Geometry, Goldenmark Press, Poland. 2023.
Florek, Olivia. Rebecca Rutstein: Sublime Nature, Exhibition Catalog, Delaware County Community College, March 2023.
Roche, Dawn. The Journal of Ocean Technology: Climate Change & the Ocean, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2022.
Socius Exhibition Catalogue, UC Science Center, 2021.
McQuillan, Angela. Interalia Magazine, 2021.
Catamaran Literary Magazine, 2021.
Jue, Melody. Wild Blue Media: Thinking through Sea Water, Duke University Press, Feb 2020.
Brown, Caroline. “Artists at Sea: Illuminating the Mysteries of Ocean Science”, Muse Magazine, Jan 2020.
The Great Courses: Visual Literacy Skills. The Teaching Company, 2019.
Mann, Allyson. “A Sense of the Sublime”, University of Georgia Research Magazine, Spring 2019.
Association, Volume 10, Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art & Planning, 2018.
Steinbeck, Kenneth. Creative Practice for Visual Artists, Routledge Press, 2018.
Novak, Anna. “Artists at Sea”, SciArt Magazine, Dec 2016
Furino, Giaco. “Ahoy: Set Sail on an Artist Residency in the Middle of the Ocean”, Vice Magazine, Dec 2016
Delisle, Raina. “Amplifying Data Through Art”, Hakai Magazine, August 22, 2016.
Miner, Al. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Issue #110, 2014.
Deitsch, Dina. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Issue #98, 2012.
Brown, Gerard. Alter Hall Art Collection, Temple University Press, 2010
Kinghorn, George. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Issue #81, 2009.
Baker, Alex. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Issue #63, 2006.
Rosenberg, Susan. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Issue #39, 2002.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & professional affiliations

Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
Deans Council, University of Pennsylvania, Stewart Weitzman School of Design
Collection Artist, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gulf Creative Network, National Academy of Sciences