Cynthia Beth Rubin is a Techspressionist new media artist whose works evoke imagined narratives through interwoven layers of representation and abstraction. She is equally fascinated by the imagined memories of cultural history and with envisioning the unseen microscopic life of oceans and still waters, and her current work combines both in unexpected ways, including intertwining microscopic plankton imagery and the cultural legacy of ancient Hebrew manuscripts. She is artist in residence in the Menden-Deuer Oceanography lab at the University of Rhode Island.  An early adopter of digital imaging, her transition from paint to computer began in 1984. 

Rubin has exhibited in numerous editions of SIGGRAPH exhibitions, and is past Chair of of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee, and past Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art, and is a past member of the Board of ISEA, and recently served as a member of the ACM SIGGRAPH selection committee for the SIGGRAPH Academy, which honors our most distinguished members.

Rubin’s prints, videos, and interactive works have been shown on the ICC tower facade in Hong Kong, the Jewish Museum in Prague, the Cotton Club screen in Harlem, the State Museum in Novosibirsk, the ICA in London, and the Jerusalem Biennale, and numerous international festivals featuring digital art, such as ISEA and SIGGRAPH. Her video les affinités recouvrées (Recovered Affinities) was featured opening night of multiple Jewish Film Festivals in 1995 (San Francisco, Boston). 

A three-time recipient of grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Rubin has also been awarded international artist residencies and grants from sources as diverse as the Videochroniques (Marseilles) and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.