Dianna Cohen
Dianna Cohen Co-Founder + CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) is a passionate advocate for a world free from plastic pollution. A Los Angeles based visual artist, Dianna has shown her work internationally at galleries, foundations, and museums. She uses plastic in her artwork to make a visual and social impact. With plastic bags as her primary material for more than 30 years, Dianna explores plastic materiality through modifications and its relationship to culture, media, toxicity, and the world at large and shared this in her 2010 TED talk “Tough Truths About Plastic Pollution.” Dianna has spoken at the UN, international conferences, symposia, and interviewed by Al Jazeera, NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Martha Stewart Living.
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