Jessie Marks Rubenstein

Boston University College of Fine Arts

Jessie, founder and creative director at Marks + Spaces, has worked in exhibition for nearly 20 years. Marks + Spaces creates layered, narrative spaces that educate, facilitate dialog, and empower individuals. Jessie is a lecturer in graphic design at Boston University College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts. Producing experiential learning projects with students is an active part of Jessie’s design practice.

Jessie uses exhibition design as a platform for research on spaces that provoke conversation and offer multiple perspectives on critical topics pertaining to the environment and human equality. Through her work at Experience Design, Jessie has won multiple AAM Muse awards for multimedia installation. She holds an MFA in interior architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in psychology from the Colorado College. Jessie is on the Advisory Board for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.

Areas of Expertise

• Exhibition Design
• Graphic Design

Methodology

• Archival Methods
• Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Experimental
• Interviews