Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948) is an American photographer and installation artist based out of New Mexico.

In 1970, Rubenstein earned a bachelor's degree in social science, with a film-making emphasis from Sarah Lawrence College.

Rubenstein is best known for her large-format photographs incorporating sculptures and unusual media, such as Monks in a Canoe from 2000 to 2001 in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.

This work consists of a dye transfer on glass and a found wooden dug-out canoe.

Her photographic series, The Volcano Cycle, is a component of the larger project, Eden Turned on its Side.