Rebecca Rutstein (born 1971) is an American artist known for her multidisciplinary work and collaborations with oceanographers, ecologists, microbiologists, molecular scientists, and geologists.

Since the early 2000s, Rutstein has created painting, sculpture,[2] interactive installation, and public art[3] inspired by the natural world.

[4] She has been an artist in residence on eight expeditions at sea, including aboard the R/V Falkor sailing from Vietnam to Guam, the R/V Atlantis in the Guaymas Basin, Mexico and off the coast of Costa Rica, and the R/V Rachel Carson in the Salish Sea, and three deep-sea dives to the ocean floor in the Alvin research submersible.

[8] Scientists with whom she has collaborated include Samantha "Mandy" Joye,[9] Erik Cordes, Chris German, Jody Deming, and Julia Cartwright.

Through visual and immersive experiences, her abstract work sheds light on the places, systems, and processes that are often hidden from view.