Jessica Rubin

Jessica Rubin is a Puerto Rican Jewish-American artist originally from Los Angeles, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up around the entertainment industry, she spent much of her youth in performing arts schools learning dance and acting, and didn’t start painting until college. Being the oldest sibling of a single-parent low-income family, the places she lived in growing up were inconsistent and often messy, creatively pieced together, shared spaces. As an adult, interior space and surroundings have been a very important part of her life and feeling at home. This value is woven into her work, which often depicts feminine figures in domestic comfort spaces, peacefully coexisting and blending with their surroundings. She uses vibrant exaggerated colors to depict her subjects in private spaces with her intimate dreamlike portraits. Using herself as a model, she gives the viewer an intimate look into her personal spaces both real and imagined.