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{{Short description|Pseudonymous Australian artist who works with trash from oceans and beaches}}
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Marina DeBris is an LA artist who's work focuses on reusing trash or ] to raise awareness of beach pollution.<ref>Heal the Bay. News and Blog feature story, no date given. </ref><ref>Mar Vista's Marina DeBris Shows Why We Need Coastal Cleanup Day. Mar Vista Patch, The Neighborhood Files. Kelly Hartog, September 15, 2011 </ref> DeBris uses trash washed up from the beach to create dresses, 'fish tanks', and other decorative art.<ref>Art by Deb Ris. Forth Magazine, Apr 18th 2010. </ref> As well as creating art from debris, DeBris also is a fund raiser for environmental organizations<ref>Trash becomes art. Rebecca Asoulin, Santa Monica Daily Press Community Briefs, August 05, 2011 </ref><ref>Junkraft at Burning Man, blog page says "both outfits created by our tireless supporter and trashy artist, Marina DeBris". 5 Gyres blog page, September 05, 2011 </ref> and a social activist, pointing out the inconsistency in using plastic bottles and throw away cups at a hearing about the environment.<ref>Marina DeBris Busting the LA DWP. L.A. Green Machine, June 5, 2011 </ref>
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'''Marina DeBris''' is the name used by an ]n-based artist whose work focuses on reusing trash<ref>{{cite news |title=The Sydney Morning Herald Photos of the week, November 18, 2021 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-sydney-morning-herald-photos-of-the-week-november-18-2021-20211116-h1ztmw.html |access-date=27 November 2021 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 November 2021}}</ref> to raise awareness of ocean and beach ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Trash chic|url=http://www.spiegel.de/stil/trashion-marina-debris-macht-mode-aus-muell-a-1114213.html|access-date= February 12, 2017|publisher=Spiegel Online|date=May 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greenmuze Staff|title=Washed Up Beach Art|url=http://www.greenmuze.com/art/artists/4000-washed-up-beach-art-.html|publisher=Greenmuze|date=19 June 2011|access-date=2012-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421022031/http://www.greenmuze.com/art/artists/4000-washed-up-beach-art-.html|archive-date=21 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Guzman|first1=Richard|title=Urban Ocean Festival brings music, art, food and more to Aquarium of the Pacific for ocean awareness|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/lifestyle/20140429/urban-ocean-festival-brings-music-art-food-and-more-to-aquarium-of-the-pacific-for-ocean-awareness|access-date=2014-06-07|publisher=Daily Bulletin|date=2014-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Throwaway society. On the rubbish trail with artist and 'trashion' creator Marina DeBris |journal=Wilderness Journal |issue=10 |url=https://journal.wilderness.org.au/issue-010/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2xbOewGW9syRqOA29NXMMHKtykfFRrGNUXABomKs_qdFTODCwNPOD1TaA#section-lzTgkH9No7 |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> DeBris uses trash washed up from the beach to create ], 'fish tanks', decorative art and other works of art.<ref name="theguard">{{cite news|title='Trashion' designer Marina DeBris turns ocean rubbish into high-end outfits – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/sep/13/trashion-designer-marina-debris-turns-ocean-rubbish-into-high-end-outfits-in-pictures|access-date=14 September 2016|work=The Guardian|date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jesse|title=Art by Deb Ris|url=http://forthmagazine.com/art/2010/04/art-by-deb-ris/|publisher=Forth Magazine |date=April 18, 2010|access-date=2012-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Huntington Beach Art Center |title=City Managers Weekly Report, Huntington Beach, California |date=November 14, 2011 |url=http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/residents/news_publications/weekly_report/files/November-14-2011.pdf}}</ref> She has also used beach trash to provide one perspective on what the earth might look like from space.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Art |author=Elizabeth Schwyzer|work= Santa Barbara Independent |date=August 3, 2011 |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/aug/03/new-art-peg-grady-raphael-perea-de-la-cabada-and-m/ }}</ref> As well as creating art from debris, DeBris also is a fund raiser for environmental organizations,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mar Vista Artist Turns Trash Into Eye-Opening Art|url=http://theopendaily.com/eco-living/mar-vista-artist-turns-trash-into-eye-opening-art|access-date=25 July 2012|newspaper=The Open Daily|date=2011-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630032443/http://theopendaily.com/eco-living/mar-vista-artist-turns-trash-into-eye-opening-art|archive-date=30 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Community Briefs: "Trash becomes art."|url=http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2011-08-05-72324.113116-Trash-becomes-art.html|newspaper=Santa Monica Daily Press|date=August 5, 2011|author=Rebecca Asoulin}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="ecosalon">"Coast Couture" Rowena Ritchie, Eco Style West, Vol 23, August 23, 2011 </ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Art exhibit of trash pieces on display at Fred Segal gallery in Santa Monica|url=http://argonautnews.com/art-exhibit-of-trash-pieces-on-display-at-fred-segal-gallery-in-santa-monica/|access-date=17 February 2013|newspaper=The Argonaut|date=2011-08-25}}</ref> and collaborates with non-profit organizations and schools to educate children about ].<ref>"Santa Monica Baykeeper to Educate and Entertain Children at Abbott Kinney Street Festival September 25 in Venice, California." Kristine Lee. ''Westside Today''. n.d. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506180456/http://www.westsidetoday.com/n5928/santa-monica-baykeeper-to.html |date=2012-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=News » OC... and Sculpture by the Sea!|url=http://www.sutherland-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/oc-by-the-sea|publisher=Sutherland Public Schools|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043212/http://www.sutherland-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/oc-by-the-sea|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2021, DeBris found almost 300 ] on beaches, and used them in her ] and other displays.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gachman |first1=Dina |title=What Will We Do With Our Masks Now? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/style/masks-after-covid.html |access-date=10 May 2021 |work=New York Times |date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>
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DeBris is also a social activist. In 2011 she participated in a panel on how artists can contribute to environmental public policy,<ref>"], Arts and Environmental Dialogue II—Los Angeles". ''California Lawyers for the Arts''. April 7, 2011 </ref> promote clean energy<ref>{{cite web|title=Hands Across the Sand! Activism immersed in Art!|url=http://www.art4allpeople.com/hands-across-the-sand-day-of-activism-and-conscious-art-art-4-all/|publisher=Art 4 All People, Workshops, Retreats and Fine Arts Gallery|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> and curate ] exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=American Trash|url=http://earthwe.com/events/detail/american-trash|website=EarthWe|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SustainAbility A Call for Action-We are all in this together--Eco Art Exhibition For International artists|url=http://www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/acdetail.php?id=25269|publisher=California Arts Council|access-date=9 August 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213065726/http://www.cac.ca.gov/artistcall/acdetail.php?id=25269|url-status=dead}}</ref> DeBris has worked with non profits to raise funds for art education.<ref>{{cite news|last=Leonardo|first=Kathy|title=The Fashion of TRASHion Lights Up Downtown LA|url=http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/up-downtown-la-8232-/2590|access-date=25 July 2012|newspaper=Whitehot Magazine|date=June 2012}}</ref> DeBris is listed with the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Marina DeBris|url=http://weadartists.org/artist/marinadebris|publisher=Women Environmental Artists Directory|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213100720/http://weadartists.org/artist/marinadebris|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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DeBris is recognized as a spokesperson on the negative effects of plastics in fashion<ref>{{cite web |title=The eco-conscious fashion designers turning trash into treasure |url=https://www.europeanceo.com/lifestyle/the-eco-conscious-fashion-designers-turning-trash-into-treasure/ |website=EuropeanCEO |access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Anna |title=How synthetic textiles made from plastic took over the fashion industry |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-31/history-of-plastic-and-synthetic-textile-in-fashion-industry/104636248 |access-date=31 December 2024 |publisher=ABC News Australia |date=31 December 2024}}</ref>.

== Education and personal life ==
DeBris was educated at ] and the ]. She has lived and worked in ], ], England, and ], Australia. She was born in ], had lived in Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=LA Art Lab |url=http://www.laartlab.org/about/marina-debris/ |title=Marina DeBris |access-date=2012-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206062007/http://www.laartlab.org/about/marina-debris/ |archive-date=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Washed Up, About page|url=http://www.washedup.us/|access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marina DeBris|url=http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/202922-marina-debris|work=Art Slant New York|publisher=Art Slant|access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> and currently lives in Australia <ref>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Sean|title='Trashion' designer Marina Debris set to unveil Zoolander-esque dresses made of rubbish|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/trashion-designer-marina-debris-set-to-unveil-zoolander-esque-dresses-made-of-rubbish/story-fngr8h22-1227576096144|access-date=23 November 2015|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=October 20, 2015}}</ref>

== Genre and venues ==
Works by DeBris are often displayed in galleries,<ref>{{cite web |title=Beach Couture: A Haute Mess |url=https://www.cairnsmuseum.org.au/exhibitions_blog/beach-couture/ |publisher=Cairns Museum |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="theguard"/><ref>Upstairs at the Market Gallery, ArtLab Presents: Language. February 26, 2011. http://www.artslant.com/la/events/show/147945-la-artlab-presents-language-an-art-show-closing</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=11:11 A Creative Collective|url=http://www.1111acc.org/|publisher=11:11 A Creative Collective|access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Transcending Trash: the Art of Upcycling|url=http://www.muzeo.org/exhibit_current.html|website=Muzeo Museum Current Exhibit, April 26, 2014 - August 31, 2014|publisher=Muzeo Muzeum|access-date=2014-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161926/http://www.muzeo.org/exhibit_current.html|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> featured in a live performance about ocean waste,<ref>{{cite web |title=Deep water at Bondi Pavilion |url=http://sydneyartquartet.com/deep-water |website=Sydney Art Quartet |access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref> included in a maritime museum,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pitt |first1=Helen |title=Meet the coastal warrior creating couture from Sydney's shore waste |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/meet-the-coastal-warrior-creating-couture-from-sydney-s-shore-waste-20210126-p56wye.html |access-date=February 5, 2021 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=John |title=Enjoy your sculptures by the sea? Wait until you see them in the Snowies |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/enjoy-your-sculptures-by-the-sea-wait-until-you-see-them-in-the-snowies-20220517-p5am2o.html |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynne|first1=Emma|title=Aquarium of the pacific gyre by Marina DeBris at Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe Beach, 7 March 2014|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-11/sxs-cott-aquariumjpg/5311040|access-date=2014-06-22|publisher=ABC News Australia|date=2014-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|title=Bondi bubble turns head at Sculpture by the Sea|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/bondi-bubble-turns-head-at-sculpture-by-the-sea-20131023-2w1sb.html|access-date=2 November 2013|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=October 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Paget|first=Clive|title=Sculpture by the Sea takes art on holiday|url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/362073,sculpture-by-the-sea-takes-art-on-holiday.aspx|access-date=2 November 2013|newspaper=Limelight|date=28 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102225536/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/362073,sculpture-by-the-sea-takes-art-on-holiday.aspx|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wynne|first1=Emma|title=Aquarium of the pacific gyre by Marina DeBris at Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe Beach, 7 March 2014|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-11/sxs-cott-aquariumjpg/5311040|access-date=2014-06-07|issue=3/11/2014|publisher=ABC News|date=2014-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=John |title=The six works you shouldn't miss at Sculpture by the Sea |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-six-works-you-shouldn-t-miss-at-sculpture-by-the-sea-20221017-p5bqex.html |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Cordelia |title='Trashion' designer displays latest art at Sydney beach exhibition |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trashion-designer-displays-latest-art-sydney-beach-exhibition-2022-10-21/ |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=Reuters |date=21 October 2022}}</ref> featured in magazines,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Obsolete|first1=Ricardo|title=OBSOLETE! #10: The SolarPunk Issue|url=http://obsolete-press.com/magazines/obsolete-10-solarpunk-issue/|website=Obsolete Magazine|publisher=Ricardo Obsolete|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051539/http://obsolete-press.com/magazines/obsolete-10-solarpunk-issue/|archive-date=10 April 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> included in science events,<ref>{{cite web|title=LASER - Space and Place|url=http://artsci.ucla.edu/?q=events/laser-space-and-place|publisher=UCLA Art {{!}} Sci Center|access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> included in the ]’s Washed Ashore Project,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fortescue|first1=Elizabeth|title=Fashion or trash?: Bondi designer Marina Debris makes outfits out of ocean waste|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/fashion-or-trash-bondi-designer-marina-debris-makes-outfits-out-of-ocean-waste/news-story/0340f18d7ef86c9751077581d0b1d8b6|access-date=10 September 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 September 2016}}</ref> included in the Ocean Lovers Festival,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ocean Lovers Festival Returns to Bondi |url=https://www.scubadivermag.com/ocean-lovers-festival-returns-to-bondi/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=Scuba Diver Magazine |date=21 February 2024}}</ref> and has been used by organizations such as the ] as awards.<ref>{{cite news|last=James|first=Mitch|title=Golden Goody Award Presented To Anna Cummins At UN Women LA Event|url=http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Golden-Goody-Award-Presented-To-Anna-Cummins-At-UN-Women-LA-Event/36386|access-date=14 February 2013|newspaper=Santa Monica Mirror|date=25 December 2012}}</ref> Her works are also displayed in venues not typically thought of as galleries, but are art venues nonetheless, such as retail venues,<ref name="ecosalon"/><ref>Styrofoam Cups: From Trash to Fashion. Heal The Bay News Item. http://www.healthebay.org/blogs-news/styrofoam-cups-trash-fashion</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Stiv|title=Junkraft at Burning Man|url=http://5gyres.org/posts/2011/09/05/junkraft_at_burning_man_|work=The Latest on Plastic Pollution|publisher=5Gyres|access-date=30 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520210222/http://5gyres.org/posts/2011/09/05/junkraft_at_burning_man_|archive-date=20 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> a ] ball,<ref>{{cite web|title=Surfrider Los Angeles news about upcoming events|url=http://www.ema-global.org/surfriders-trashers-ball-tonight-charity-surfrider-la/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729203206/http://www.ema-global.org/surfriders-trashers-ball-tonight-charity-surfrider-la/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-29|work=Surfriders News|publisher=Electronic Music Alliance|access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref> a downtown art walk,<ref>{{cite web|title=Calendar entry for November 9, 2011|url=http://articles.hbindependent.com/2011-11-09/entertainment/tn-hbi-1110-calendar-20111109_1_huntington-beach-interfaith-council-veterans-day-ceremony-pier-plaza/2|work=Huntington Beach Independent|access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref> an ] creek spring clean-up,<ref name=Alvez>{{cite web|last=Alvez|first=Christian|title=Earth Day Report: Springtime Restoration & Creek Cleanup at Ballona|url=http://www.ballonafriends.org/blog/2011/05/earth-day-report-springtime-restoration-creek-cleanup-at-ballona/|work=Friends of Ballona Wetlands|access-date=30 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612005030/http://www.ballonafriends.org/blog/2011/05/earth-day-report-springtime-restoration-creek-cleanup-at-ballona/|archive-date=2011-06-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> and an Environmental & Animal Justice Exhibit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resistance As Art: An Environmental & Animal Justice Exhibit|url=http://events.kesq.com/Resistance_As_Art_An_Environmental_Animal_Justice_Exhibit/332840452.html|publisher=KESQ: CBS Local|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021344/http://events.kesq.com/Resistance_As_Art_An_Environmental_Animal_Justice_Exhibit/332840452.html|archive-date=9 April 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Marina's Inconvenience Store has won three awards at the 2017 ] and is now a traveling exhibition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shaikh |first1=Ayesha |title=Marina DeBris: Turning ocean trash into fashion |url=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/flair/marina-debris-turning-ocean-trash-into-fashion-1.1652351826102 |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Gulf News |date=12 May 2022}}</ref> Marina is included in the Bondi Story Room,<ref>{{cite web |title=Marina DeBris |url=https://bondistoryroom.com.au/story/marina-de-bris |website=Bondi Story Room |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> which is owned and managed by the ].

DeBris also partners or works with various anti-pollution organizations, such as ],<ref name=Alvez /> ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Cummins|first=Anna|title=Marina Debris aka Garbage Girl rocks trash couture in Japan|url=http://www.5gyres.org/posts/2012/06/20/marina_debris_aka_garbage_girl_rocks_trash_couture_in_japan|publisher=5 Gyres|access-date=2013-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628052541/http://5gyres.org/posts/2012/06/20/marina_debris_aka_garbage_girl_rocks_trash_couture_in_japan|archive-date=2012-06-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|title=TRASHion Show: A Success|url=http://www.ruckusroots.org/trashion-show-a-success/|publisher=Ruckus Roots|access-date=2013-02-14}}</ref> the United Nations Special Assembly on Climate Change<ref>{{cite news|title=UN Women Special Assembly on Climate Change|url=http://www.sgiquarterly.org/news2013apr-1.html|access-date=2 November 2013|newspaper=SGI Quarterly|date=n.d.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103202257/http://www.sgiquarterly.org/news2013apr-1.html|archive-date=3 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Styrofoam Cups: From Trash to Fashion|date=10 August 2011 |url=http://www.healthebay.org/blogs-news/styrofoam-cups-trash-fashion|publisher=Heal the Bay|access-date=2013-02-14}}</ref> and other organizations, such as ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Sarah|title=Aquarium's Urban Ocean Festival Educates With Trash Fashion, Local Seafood and Art|url=http://lbpost.com/life/2000002220-aquarium-s-urban-ocean-festival-hopes-to-educate-with-trash-fashion-local-seafood-and-art|access-date=16 October 2014|publisher=Long Beach Post|date=2013-05-03}}</ref> Marina DeBris has also designed accessories for Captain ], who worked to bring attention to the ]. DeBris' work with the United Nations Special Assembly was a collaboration with actress/poet ], dancer Maya Gabay, and musician Marla Leigh.<ref>{{cite web|title=UN Women L.A. Chapter to host First General Assembly December 8th|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/UN_Women_LA_Chapter/Goody_Awards/prweb10178997.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208233059/http://www.prweb.com/releases/UN_Women_LA_Chapter/Goody_Awards/prweb10178997.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 December 2013|publisher=PR Web|access-date=8 December 2013}}</ref>

DeBris also partnered with an office building, MLC Centre, to highlight the problems of throwaway coffee cups. The MLC Centre hosted her work "Disposable Truths" created from used throwaway coffee cups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Environmental Artist Marina DeBris collaborates with the MLC Centre|url=https://www.mlccentre.com.au/retail-precinct/blog/2017/disposable-truths|publisher=The MLC Centre|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miyazaki|first1=Kaoko|title=Marina DeBris' Disposable Truths|url=https://www.sydneychic.com.au/single-post/2017/09/17/Marina-DeBris%E2%80%99-Disposable-Truths|access-date=27 November 2017|work=Sydney Chic|date=17 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Recycled Coffee Cup Sculpture Highlights Affects Of Everyday Waste|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/event/recycled-coffee-cup-sculpture-highlights-affects-of-everyday-waste-775038006|publisher=Getty Images|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>

Her work was also featured in an article about World Ocean Day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plimmer |first1=Joe |title=Flip-flop boats, 'trashion' and the Bag Monster: the art of discarded plastic – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2023/jun/08/flip-flop-boats-trashion-and-the-bag-monster-the-art-of-discarded-plastic-in-pictures |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=8 June 2023}}</ref>

== Awards ==
DeBris's "Inconvenience Store" was a joint recipients of the Allens People's Choice Award at the 2017 Sculpture By the Sea.<ref>{{cite web|title=Allen's People's Choice Award|date=6 November 2017 |url=https://sculpturebythesea.com/allens-peoples-choice-award-2/|publisher=Sculpture by the Sea|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=People's Choice Prize|url=https://www.allens.com.au/spons/sculpture/bondi/bonpeo.htm|publisher=Allens|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> The "Inconvenience Store" was also awarded with the Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Subsidy for her work on water pollution and consumption,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Subsidy for Bondi 2017|date=19 September 2017 |url=http://sculpturebythesea.com/marina-debris-receives-bondi-2017s-sydney-water-environmental-artist-subsidy/|publisher=Sculpture by the Sea|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> and won the Waverley Council Mayor's Prize.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brandy|first1=Daniella|title=23 striking works from this year's Sculpture by the Sea|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/23-striking-works-from-this-years-sculpture-by-the-sea-2017-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020101543/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/23-striking-works-from-this-years-sculpture-by-the-sea-2017-10|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2017|access-date=27 November 2017|publisher=Business Insider Australia|date=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pitt|first1=Helen|title=Artist who picks up marine litter picks up Mayor's prize|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/artist-who-picks-up-marine-litter-picks-up-mayors-prize-20171021-gz5oma.html|access-date=27 November 2017|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 October 2017}}</ref> Marina also won the Helen Lempriere Scholarship.<ref>{{cite web |title=HELEN LEMPRIERE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT MARINA DEBRIS |date=16 September 2021 |url=https://sculpturebythesea.com/helen-lempriere-scholarship-recipient-marina-debris/ |publisher=Sculpture by the Sea |access-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> Marina was also a 2016 ] studio artist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Waverley Studio Artists |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/recreation/arts_and_culture/waverley_artist_studios/waverley_studio_artists |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

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Pseudonymous Australian artist who works with trash from oceans and beaches

Marina DeBris
Dress made by Marina DeBris from trash found on the beach
BornDetroit, Michigan
EducationIndiana University; Rhode Island School of Design
AwardsAllens People’s Choice Award 2017 Sculpture By the Sea; Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Subsidy; Waverley Council Mayor’s Prize
Websitehttp://www.washedup.us/

Marina DeBris is the name used by an Australian-based artist whose work focuses on reusing trash to raise awareness of ocean and beach pollution. DeBris uses trash washed up from the beach to create trashion, 'fish tanks', decorative art and other works of art. She has also used beach trash to provide one perspective on what the earth might look like from space. As well as creating art from debris, DeBris also is a fund raiser for environmental organizations, and collaborates with non-profit organizations and schools to educate children about ocean pollution. In 2021, DeBris found almost 300 face masks on beaches, and used them in her trashion and other displays.

DeBris is also a social activist. In 2011 she participated in a panel on how artists can contribute to environmental public policy, promote clean energy and curate Ecological art exhibitions. DeBris has worked with non profits to raise funds for art education. DeBris is listed with the Women Environmental Artists Directory.

DeBris is recognized as a spokesperson on the negative effects of plastics in fashion.

Education and personal life

DeBris was educated at Indiana University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She has lived and worked in New York City, London, England, and Sydney, Australia. She was born in Detroit, had lived in Los Angeles, and currently lives in Australia

Genre and venues

Works by DeBris are often displayed in galleries, featured in a live performance about ocean waste, included in a maritime museum, Sculpture by the Sea, featured in magazines, included in science events, included in the Smithsonian Institution’s Washed Ashore Project, included in the Ocean Lovers Festival, and has been used by organizations such as the United Nations as awards. Her works are also displayed in venues not typically thought of as galleries, but are art venues nonetheless, such as retail venues, Burning Man, a trasher's ball, a downtown art walk, an Earth Day creek spring clean-up, and an Environmental & Animal Justice Exhibit. Marina's Inconvenience Store has won three awards at the 2017 Sculpture by the Sea and is now a traveling exhibition. Marina is included in the Bondi Story Room, which is owned and managed by the Waverley Council.

DeBris also partners or works with various anti-pollution organizations, such as Friends of Ballona Wetlands, 5 Gyres, RuckusRoots, the United Nations Special Assembly on Climate Change Heal the Bay and other organizations, such as Aquarium of the Pacific. Marina DeBris has also designed accessories for Captain Charles J. Moore, who worked to bring attention to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. DeBris' work with the United Nations Special Assembly was a collaboration with actress/poet Sheryl Lee, dancer Maya Gabay, and musician Marla Leigh.

DeBris also partnered with an office building, MLC Centre, to highlight the problems of throwaway coffee cups. The MLC Centre hosted her work "Disposable Truths" created from used throwaway coffee cups.

Her work was also featured in an article about World Ocean Day.

Awards

DeBris's "Inconvenience Store" was a joint recipients of the Allens People's Choice Award at the 2017 Sculpture By the Sea. The "Inconvenience Store" was also awarded with the Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Subsidy for her work on water pollution and consumption, and won the Waverley Council Mayor's Prize. Marina also won the Helen Lempriere Scholarship. Marina was also a 2016 Waverley Council studio artist.

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