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, she 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 Calai is the author of two photography books, published in Seoul, S. Korea and Washington DC. Her latest book, Dor, explores the theme of longing, and is in the permanent collection of Mary Riley Public Library and Gallery Conceal Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Mari’s photographic 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, using alternative photographic printing processes from 1830s. Her works are held in private collections all around the world.