Maiyan Karidi

I am a visual artist, writer and innovator. I live in Northern Israel after spending many years creating large public art projects in South Africa, Mauritius and Fiji. I continue to divide my time between painting, writing and working on my start-up initiative in Israel.

I create art because I am inspired and painting is my emotional outlet. I have wild and bizarre dreams and sometimes try to express my conceptual visions and metaphors on paper or on canvas. Color is a major influence and sometimes I am drawn to the color that suits my emotional well being.

Making art is my freedom, where I get to express what I feel and the process is much more important to me than the result. Most of my drawings and painting are completed in one session because if I return after some time I am in a different state of mind completely. My work is very much an expression of the present moment.

I share my work with you in the hope that it evokes something inside of you and helps you to feel less alone in the world.

Fine arts, Linguistics, Anthropology.

Public art pieces - large mosaics and murals. My mosaic art work is in museums, public spaces, hotels and private homes.