Cynthia Beth Rubin is a Techspressionist artist who transitioned to digital imaging in the early 1980s. Through interwoven layers of representation and abstraction, her work explores unseen aspects of our world, evoking imagined narratives combining microscopic plankton imagery with various cultural sources. Rubin has exhibited internationally at museums, festivals, and symposia across North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. Her honors include multiple Connecticut Artist Fellowships, a New England Foundation for the Arts award, and artist residencies in France, Scotland, and Canada. She recently facilitated and participated in the Techspressionist exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Urgench, Uzbekistan. As an avid believer in the power of Community among artists, she has served as Chair of ACM SIGGRAPH DAC, and as co-chair of the Art Gallery for SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 in Macao, China. As a professor, she introduced students to the wonders of digital art at Connecticut College, the University of Vermont, and Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently affiliate faculty in the Menden-Deuer lab in the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.