DANIEL LANZILOTTA is an award-winning environmental artist, activist, and lecturer who's stood in the forefront of plastics pollution for nearly 30 years.  A self-proclaimed plastician and non-extractive artist,  Lanzilotta creates sculptures and jewelry from ocean and street debris plastic waste, handcrafted into beads and unique pieces that convey a message about the pervasive impact of plastic consumption on our environment.  

Lanzilotta, a 2024  Human Impacts Institute Creative Climate Award Winner, has exhibited his art in New York,  California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, France, Italy, and Haiti. Most recently, his art has been showcased in Loy Luo Gallery in TriBeCa. 

He completed leadership training as a member of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project. He is also an advisor at The BxArts Factory, a participant in NYC Trash Academy,  and an invited attendee at conferences such as Climate Action Week at Harvard University.

Lanzilotta has been invited to lecture and be interviewed by numerous media outlets over the years, most recently an ongoing guest on BronxNet's Mental Health and You with Cynthia Timms and The Bronx Buzz to initiate a dialogue that confronts our role in perpetuating the cycle of plastic pollution. 

Born and raised in the Bronx, he is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in art.

Read more on his ABOUT,  ARTIST'S STATEMENT and LECTURES AND ACTIVISM pages. 

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