About

Cat Chiu is a San Diego-based public artist, educator, and advocate for community-engaged art. She is known for her large-scale installations that often incorporate discarded materials, transforming them into visually powerful pieces that promote sustainability and social awareness. With over 24 years of experience as a Visual Arts teacher and now serving as the Visual and Media Arts Resource Teacher for San Diego Unified School District (second largest school district in California), she supports arts education across all grade levels. Her work frequently emphasizes equity, visibility for underrepresented communities, and collective creativity.

Cat has received national public art commissions, is in the permanent collection for the City of San Diego and City of Redmond (WA), Riverside Art Museum, and ICA San Diego. She is a recipient of California Arts Council's Establish Fellowship Award and National Endowment for the Arts. Cat holds a MFA in New Genre, MS in Special Education, an Adjunct Professor in Sanford School of Education and a Educational Leadership Doctoral candidate at San Diego State University.

Contact:  cat.chiu.phillips@gmail.com