Maria Jaoudi

Contemplative experiences fuel my life and art. The energy of life on earth which I seek daily and cultural and internal worlds have created a visual language which allows for the viewer to be a participant. Real, symbolic and abstract, the paintings mirror the connection of deep wisdom felt by mindfully being committed to stay in touch with what really matters in life: love, beauty, joy, curiosity and wonder. People often comment that they sense the sacred and spiritual in the paintings, transcendent and sublime beyond an individual, and they are inspired to continue their own spirituality which is reflected in the art. I hope to continue to keep my mind open to something much greater and easily lost without continuous commitment.

Dr. Maria Jaoudi’s transcendent paintings inspired by the insights of world mystics visually form landscapes of consciousness in nature. These inner and outer worlds are taken from microscopic and telescopic imagery, and ordinary observations in nature. Included along with the paintings are actual images from biology, botany and other illustrations of ​nature: SEM images of human neuron networks and plant cells, octopuses and bird feathers, James Webb telescopic views of our cosmos. These mirror and exp...

The Art Students League, New York

PhD, Fordham University, Historical Religious Studies
MA, Seton Hall University, summa cum laude,
Asian Area Studies
BA, Bloomfield College, summa cum laude, Philosophy