About me

Mariella Ridda was born in Naples and lived in Berlin from 1999 to 2025.

She now lives between Berlin and Naples.
She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and Naples.

Since then, she has exhibited regularly in museums and galleries in Italy,

Germany, France, Switzerland Austria, and Japan. Her works are included in numerous private

and public collections.

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The Painting of Mariella Ridda

Mariella Ridda, Italian-Berlinese artist, focuses mainly on

contemporary themes:

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In Motion - Serie 2025

A series in which dynamism becomes a metaphor for transformation and rebirth, representing the emergence from these vulnerable times. Through figures in motion, the artist conveys a wish for change and collective renewal. Each work is an invitation to look forward – a vital drive towards a brighter future, where the fragility of the present transforms into trust and hope for a joyful tomorrow.

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Dialogues with Nature - Series 2015 | 2026

They are works that unleash a great empathic power towards Nature, presenting themselves as a real invitation to respect the Environment and Animals. They are canvases depicting mothers embracing fish, or children whispering doubts and fears to flowers. In their melancholy, the awareness of the environmental crisis shines through, but at the same time a stubborn message of hope for an authentic ecological peace.​

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Introspections - Series 2022 | 2026 

We live in a time of extreme disorientation and anxiety: war, violence, and environmental catastrophes obscure our horizon. It is at this specific moment that the ‘introspection series’ is born; in which delicate figures express the fragility that we are living as individuals. These are beings veiled by sadness, wrapped in a profound introspection, in search of a light that shows the way to a better future.

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The Hug - Series 2013 | 2025

This is a theme that the artist has been exploring for over a decade and has now become highly topical. 

The ‘hug’: a gesture of love, brotherhood, empathy and sadness; what used to be a common action has become precious because it is now increasingly rare, and not too long ago, forbidden. These works represent connections, moments of sincere exchange, and intense warmth, in an era of profound loneliness, where only art possesses the power to heal, purify, and transform.

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Screams​ - Series 2021 | 2024

Paintings born during the pandemic have since become increasingly harsh, topical, and imbued with tormented desperation and pain, expressing the absurdity of all wars in the world. Mariella Ridda conveys the screams of those who live in fear, forced to leave their own homes to save themselves. Screams of rage, of agony, yet at the same time powerful cries of defiance against a world that has fallen out of balance, a sick system, and a lost humanity. A world that can only be saved through an embrace of deeply felt forgiveness and rediscovered brotherhood.

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