Exhibitions, Awards & More
Exhibitions
2018
American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland
2012
Discovery Museum at Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, SC, National Competition
2012
DC Design House, Washington, DC
2011
Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington, DC
2011
Zenith Gallery at Chevy Chase Pavillion, Washington, DC
2010
Official Residence of the Vice President of the United States, Washington, DC (Solo)
2010
Friendship Heights Village Center, Chevy Chase, MD (Solo)
2008
International Airport Public Art Exhibition, Denver, CO
2008
Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park and Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2006
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC (Solo)
2003
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2001
Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen, CA (Solo)
2001
National Symphony Decorators’ Show House, Washington, DC
2000
Washington Square, Washington, DC
2000
Stadler’s Nursery, Laytonsville, MD
1998
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (Solo)
1999
Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
1999
Quietude Garden Gallery, East Brunswick, NJ
1998
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1998
Shidoni Galleries, Tesuque, NM
1998
Mill Valley Sculpture Gardens, Mill Valley, CA
1997
Organization of American States, Washington, DC
1997
Capital Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
1996
Design Center, Washington, DC
2016
Distinguished Alumni Award, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
2015
CODiE Best Arts & Creativity Award, Software & Information Industry Association
2013
Creativity Award, Moment Magazine
2010
Maryland General Assembly Official Citation, In recognition of Rubenstein’s public art, MD
2009
Best of Bethesda Award: Arts and Sculpting, MD
2006
Daryl Reich Rubenstein Memorial Guest Artist, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
1998
Chamber of Commerce, Business Beautification Award, Silver Spring, MD
1998
Award of Recognition and Appreciation, County Executive of Montgomery County, MD
Finalist in over 40 national competitions in states including: CA, FL, IA, IL, OH, LA, MD, MI, & VA
This redesigned 2011 $100 bill is the result of design change recommendations made by a National Academy of Sciences committee, of which Rubenstein was a member.
Awards
Affiliations
Member of Committee at National Academy of Sciences to design the next generation US currency, commissioned by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Washington, DC,
Rubenstein’s contribution was the distinct blue stripe, 2005-2007
Board Member of the Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC, 1997-2002
Related Professional Experience
1986
Wallace, Roberts, & Todd, Landscape Architects and Urban Planners, Philadelphia, PA
Education
1994
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1994
Weizmann Institute of Science, PhD Neuroscience, MSc Mathematics and Computer Science, Rehovot, Israel
1985
Haverford College, BSc Physics, Minor in Fine Arts, Haverford, PA
1981
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC