She earned a BFA in illustration[3] at Parsons and Glasgow School of Art, and went on to work as a fashion designer for brands such as Ralph Lauren, DKNY, l'Agence, Nicole Miller, Splendid,[3] J.Crew, and Chaser.

She said she found fashion "no longer creatively satisfying" and "felt taken advantage of by brand owners who wanted us to work long hours in return for little pay and even less kindness.

Often featuring female nudes,[6] her watercolors referenced imagery from French erotica of the early 20th century,[4] American magazines from the 1970s and '80s, and her own photographs.

[3] Nick Knight discovered Feingold's artwork and commissioned her in 2016 to create SHOWstudio illustrations for Paris Fashion Week.

[10] In 2017, months before her debut solo show at The Untitled Space,[11] Vogue profiled Feingold and named her "a trailblazing artist on a meteoric rise.

"The Peep Show" was, in Feingold's words, "an attempt to undo the centuries of censorship, shaming and patriarchal politics that clouds the simple beauty of a naked body.