Meridel Rubenstein began her professional career in the early 1970s, evolving from photographer of single photographic images to artist of extended photographic works, multi-media installations, and environmental social practice. Her focus has been on intersections of nature and culture in relationship to ecological and social imbalance. Threads of ancient myth and the status of nature during periods of war have been woven throughout her projects for decades.

Professor of Art, Photography, and Ecology, Meridel has maintained her art studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico since 1975. She is currently an adjunct professor at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, after long residencies at Nanyang Technological University, Smith College, and San Francisco State.