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Bricx Martillo Dumas: NFTs for Nature
Discover the legendary Filipino illustrator blending art and environmentalist
Hey readers! 👋 Are you ready to meet an NFT artist who made waves and even caught CNN’s attention in 2021?
Yep, that’s right! This talented Filipino illustrator is using digital art and NFTs to raise climate awareness.
Get ready for a fun ride as we dive into his story and discover how art can help save the planet. Let’s go! ✨
From Storm to Art: The New Beginning
Haiyan was the most powerful storm in 2013 and one of the most powerful typhoons of all time. For Filipino artist Bricx Martillo Dumas, alias “ShrimpPaste”, the Super Typhoon Yolanda was a watershed moment. After witnessing the devastation that catastrophic weather and a changing climate can cause, Bricx committed himself to a life of eco-activism, cycling and education.
In November 2021 Bricx Martillo Dumas submitted the NFT artwork Nexus to the UN Habitat Competition, an event that brought together over 200 creators from 58 nations, all working at the convergence of art and technology in the aim of inspiring a cleaner future.
“Nexus depicted in contrast colors a hand holding a plastic, a straw and a cigarette whose smoke evaporates into tiny leaves.”
Participating artists have had a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to share their art and concern about the climate emergency at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in the digital screens and be seen by 120 world leaders and over 40,000 participants, including 22,274 party delegates, 14.124 observers and 3.886 media representatives. That was the first NFT exhibition for climate in history and it was curated by Exquisite Workers.
