“Collages from the Security Envelope Series are made from the insides of discarded, patterned security envelopes destined for the trash. Many of the images are depictions of the natural environment such as landscapes and dense foliage, echoing the security envelope's intended use as a camouflage for sensitive documents. The re-purposing of materials is conceptually important to this body of work. I collect envelopes generated at my day-job office as well as from other people who are interested in giving the material a post-intended use life”.

Sarah Nicole Phillips is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist. In 2003 she received her B.A, in Visual Studies with High Distinction from the University of Toronto. In 2006 she received her MFA from Brooklyn College with a concentration in printmaking. From 2006-07 she participated in a year-long artist residency at the Lower Eastside Printshop where she teaches a printmaking class. Sarah exhibits widely in Canada and the US and has recently been included in shows at the Queens Museum of Art in New York, the International Print Center New York, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). She is the recent recipient of a grant for the Brooklyn Arts Council for an exhibition scheduled for June 2009 at the Center for the Urban Environment. She has created several solar-powered sculptural installations including a public installation during SolarOne's 2007 Citisol festival at Manhattan's Stuyvesant Cove Park. Sarah is active in New York's cycling community.