Artist Statement

February 2026​

My current paintings capture and suspend time and gravity through the exploration of paint materiality. Starting with mapping musical rhythms from classic jazz compositions, time is embedded in the action of painting and reworking the canvas, solidifying relationships between time, sound and form. I am interested in expressing the past, freezing the present, and creating intricate worlds for the viewer to explore.

Exploring both the natural and controlled flow of acrylic paint, the web like imagery in my paintings are a metaphor for the interconnection of humanity.   

Inspired by abstract expressionism and lyrical abstraction, my paintings express  intentional energy with a tactile richness that embodies a sense of movement and vitality.

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Biography

Cheryl Rubin is an artist living and working in New York City with a studio in NoMad. Her paintings capture and suspend time and gravity through the exploration of paint materiality.

Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in a house with Museum of Modern Art exhibition catalogues from the 1950's and 60's, as well as a floor to ceiling wall mural of the 1928 Stuart Davis painting, "Place Pasdeloup", meticulously copied by her father and brother from a postcard, inspiring her lifelong passion to be an artist. After studying painting, drawing and sculpture at both Kansas City Art Institute and Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Rubin graduated with a BFA in Sculpture. Moving to New York City in 1979 she continued to create both 2D and 3D art while raising a daughter with her husband, musician and author Dave Rubin, and working as a licensing and brand management executive for Warner Discovery’s DC Entertainment.  For the past 10 years, Cheryl has devoted herself to building her art portfolio and has a studio in the NoMad district of New York City.  Her work has been placed in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.​​

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Selected Exhibitions

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2026: SOLO SHOW, The Jazz Gallery, NYC, May 6, 2026-August 2026

2025: SOLO SHOW, 230 Fifth Ave., NYC November 2025 - October 2026

Solo Show, Open Studio: February 2025

Loy Luo Space, Tribeca, NYC., BLUE Group Show, September 17-26, 2024

Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa., Converge Benefit Exhibition, Juried Group Show (June 11- August 3, 2024)

Solo Show, Open Studio: October 2022

The Marciano Law Firm, Hoboken, NJ, Solo Show (May 1, 2023 - June 15, 2023)

DeFrate & Paavola, Solo Show, Ed Sullivan Office Theatre Building, NYC (February 5, 2020 – May 2022)

Primavera, One Brooklyn Bridge Park Juried Group Show (April 1 – June 18, 2021)

First Street Gallery, 9 for 19 Juried Group Show, Chelsea, NY (January 2021)

ArtspeakCollective.org Group Show, “Art in the Aftermath” online exhibition (December 2020) 

Art Students League of NY, Merit Winners Exhibition (September 2020 – October 2020)

Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, 1stdibs.com (November 2020 - present)

Goddard Riverside Community Center Group Show, NYC (March 2020)

Manhattan Borough President’s Office Juried Group Show (July- September 2018)

Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery Group Shows, 57th St., NYC (2018/2019/2020)

Spring Studio, NYC, Solo Show – Recent Drawings & Collages (March 2015)

Spring Studio, NYC, Group Shows (2010-2015)

Philadelphia Bicentennial Art Exhibition Juried Group Show (1976)

Global Art Students Exposition Juried Group Show (representing USA), Glasgow, Scotland (1974)

 

Selected Awards

Phyllis Harriman Gallery 57th St., NYC Honorable Mention (2020)

Art Students League Peter Helk Award (2019)

 

Education

Kansas City Art Institute/Philadelphia College of Art BFA (1977)

The Art Students League (2015-2020)

Studied with Rafael Ferrer, Ronnie Landfield, Francine Tint

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Professional Career

President, Cheryl Rubin Group/Powerhouse Branding (2011-2015)

Senior Vice President, Brand Management Warner Discovery/DC Entertainment (1987-2010)

Marketing Manager, Annual Events, Macy’s New York (1981-1986)

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