Jana Marie Cariddi (b. NJ) received her BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art & Design in 2015, and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2024. She creates paintings, drawings, and ceramic sculptures that explore the tension between decay and regeneration, human and artificial, physical and spiritual. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally and has been a fellow at artist residencies in Berlin, Japan, Savannah, and upstate New York.