Artist Biography
Mide Kadiri is a multidisciplinary storyteller who uses art to tell complex and visual stories. The mediums he practices with are ink on paper, digital arts, animation, film and video, acrylic painting, murals, and exhibitions. He has been into creating art since he was a child and he taught himself how to draw and color. He is a U of C and SAIT graduate with a Bachelor in film studies and a diploma in film and video production.
He has worked on mural projects with YYC BUMP and the City of Calgary as well as exhibiting his work at Werklund Centre's Emerging Visual Arts Program and Spanic Arts Gallery. His short, animated film Breakthrough was produced with Quickdraw Animation Society and premiered at the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival in November 2024. Since its premiere, the film has been selected at three different festivals, Including Calgary Underground Film Festival, Animation Festival of Halifax and Calgary International Film Festival.
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