Cat Chiu Phillips was born in Manila, Philippines, raised in Toronto, Canada, and lives and works in San Diego, California. My intention as an artist working in this space, is to bring awareness to the plastic ocean pollution problem through my art. I’m passionate about creating with reusable materials. I would love to collect reusable materials found on the park’s grounds and then repurpose them into works of art. I can imagine colorful plastics, interesting metals, wooden pieces, and more, all ready for a new life in my art. I’m interested in the materials that are in the park’s waters, those that wash up on the park’s shores and what is found on land. I’d also like to reuse materials that would usually be discarded from the Monument’s daily business. I would collect reusable materials from the different activities and departments of the park such as the visitor center, bookstore, construction areas, etc. Then these things that would usually be thrown away could now be repurposed into art. My artwork will depend on which materials I find, but will most likely be sculptural and three-dimensional.
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