Mari Calai

Mari Calai (1979) was born in Bucharest, Romania, and has lived in Venice, Italy and Seoul, S. Korea. She currently lives and works, in Northen Virginia, US. For the past 20 years, Mari has been traveling the world exploring life’s fleeting moments, the magic present at every corner, and life’s challenges. She studied photography at The New York Institute of Photography, and she is an international award-winning artist with her most recent exhibitions in Seoul, S. Korea, New York City, and Washington D.C. area.

Mari’s artistic approach was influenced and altered by her study of drawing and painting, always testing the boundaries between them. She works with landscape, abstract and still life. Mari’s work is sublime and marked by a nostalgic realism. Her works are held in private collections all around the world.