Based in Santa Fe, NM, Meridel Rubenstein is an artist of extended photographic works and social practice. She was Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Her work has been featured in exhibitions internationally at MOMA and the Louvre—and she was a Guggenheim Fellow. At Mesa, Meridel wrote about a project she initiated called the Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden Project. This interdisciplinary water remediation project in the wetlands of Southern Iraq uses art, design, environmental engineering, and wastewater to make a restorative garden for health, cultural heritage, and environmental education. Meridel is a Marion Weber Healing Arts Fellow. You can learn more about Meridel Rubenstein here.
