Visual Art – Ottawa

Maridi is a multi disciplinary artist from Montreal, now located in the National Capital Region of Canada. She employs different media, material and methods to express her emotional creativity, and her art exhibits happiness by the use of colors, texture and poetry. She is very enthusiastic and passionate about spreading art. For her, art is therapeutic and a way to feel in life. Maridi is also an avid outdoor rock climber, athlete and a traveller; accordingly her paintings speak about movement, sport, environment, philosophy and life. Her long history with arts begins with oil painting at 12 years old. Since then she has accomplished numerous experiences and accreditations in the arts including graduating Cegep with a specialty in arts and communication, a university certificate in animation, all on top of a bachelor degree in physical geography. Her journeys of self discovery took her to South America where she studied contemporary dance and ballet for two years in Colombia. She learned Pilates instruction Montreal, and then sped onwards to France to train with circus performers. Finally after 4 years of travelling and exploring, she returned to Canada to acquire her bachelors of Education at the University of Ottawa.