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Ari Moretz is a multidisciplinary artist based in Calgary, AB, recognized for her work in traditional media and mediums. With a firm belief that everyone has the potential to be an artist,
Moretz uses her creativity as a means of expression and connection. As a documentary filmmaker, she created "Life in the Bubble", a project funded by a grant from Telus and StoryHive. Through this film, Moretz showcases her passion for stop-motion animation to illustrate how rare, complex illnesses—often invisible—impact the body. The documentary delves into her personal journey as a woman living with these challenges, highlighting her resilience in overcoming adversity while continuing to cultivate her artistic practice. For Moretz, art serves as a vital tool for navigating the experience of isolation, and she is dedicated to inspiring others to use creativity as a path to healing. She holds an incomplete Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Alberta University of the Arts, where she studied for two years before transitioning to a BA in Psychology through Athabasca University in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This academic shift has enabled her to merge the fields of psychology and art, and she aspires to help others heal through creative expression, just as she continues to do in her own life. |
Publications
2025 In Production “Her Scream” and “The Torso” Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “MCAS Short Film” - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Beseech Essence” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Bubble Insanity 2” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Bubble Insanity” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Life in the Bubble” Documentary Film - Writer/Director/Producer/Talent
2025 “The Artist” WILDsound Writing Festival – ARTISTS Poetry Submission
2024 “Anthology of Claymation” Slopmotion Short Film Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2024 “Rusty Leaf Collector” The Healing Muse – Visual Art 24
2024 “Feel no Evil” Lumina Journal – Visual Arts (Issue 20)
2023 “Disoriented” In Parentheses – Fall 2023 (Vol. 8 ISS 1)
2023 “Relinquished Apex” The Closed Eye Open – Cover Art Contest (Issue IX – Spring 2023).
2022 “Dilapidated” Levitate Visual Arts Issue 7
2022 “Casualties of Covid19” Untenured – Artwork
2022 “Dissolution” Wild Roof Journal –“Spread the Word” Visual Art Submission
2021 “The Dawn of Day” Wingless Dreamer Publisher – The Dawn of the day poetry contest
2021
2021 “Automatonophobia” Free Spirit – Phobia – Fearful/Horror Stories
2021 “Agoraphobia” Poets Choice – Door Closed or Door Open – Collective Works Of Poets
(Desires)
2021 “Its Not Easy Being Chronically Ill” Poets Choice – Its Not Easy – An Anthology of
Poems
2021 “PTSD” Quillkeepers Press – Mental Health Anthology – Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Story,
Memoirs
2021 “Anti-maskers Covid19” The Good Life Literary
2021 “Mom’s Singer” Las Laguna Art Gallery – 2021 Women in Art
2020 “Hope is Pills of Shame” Aliement – Chronicles of Illness Narratives – Ailment – Drawing
Submission
2020 “Hope is the Light Within” Aliement – Chronicles of Illness Narratives – Ailment –
Drawing Submission
2020 “Heart Ablaze” Visual Arts Apricity Magazine
2020 “It Festers” Emily Dickinson Winter Poetry Contest Wingless Dreamer Publisher
2025 “MCAS Short Film” - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Beseech Essence” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Bubble Insanity 2” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Bubble Insanity” Short Film - Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2025 “Life in the Bubble” Documentary Film - Writer/Director/Producer/Talent
2025 “The Artist” WILDsound Writing Festival – ARTISTS Poetry Submission
2024 “Anthology of Claymation” Slopmotion Short Film Writer/Director/Music/Producer/Talent
2024 “Rusty Leaf Collector” The Healing Muse – Visual Art 24
2024 “Feel no Evil” Lumina Journal – Visual Arts (Issue 20)
2023 “Disoriented” In Parentheses – Fall 2023 (Vol. 8 ISS 1)
2023 “Relinquished Apex” The Closed Eye Open – Cover Art Contest (Issue IX – Spring 2023).
2022 “Dilapidated” Levitate Visual Arts Issue 7
2022 “Casualties of Covid19” Untenured – Artwork
2022 “Dissolution” Wild Roof Journal –“Spread the Word” Visual Art Submission
2021 “The Dawn of Day” Wingless Dreamer Publisher – The Dawn of the day poetry contest
2021
2021 “Automatonophobia” Free Spirit – Phobia – Fearful/Horror Stories
2021 “Agoraphobia” Poets Choice – Door Closed or Door Open – Collective Works Of Poets
(Desires)
2021 “Its Not Easy Being Chronically Ill” Poets Choice – Its Not Easy – An Anthology of
Poems
2021 “PTSD” Quillkeepers Press – Mental Health Anthology – Poetry, Prose Poetry, Short Story,
Memoirs
2021 “Anti-maskers Covid19” The Good Life Literary
2021 “Mom’s Singer” Las Laguna Art Gallery – 2021 Women in Art
2020 “Hope is Pills of Shame” Aliement – Chronicles of Illness Narratives – Ailment – Drawing
Submission
2020 “Hope is the Light Within” Aliement – Chronicles of Illness Narratives – Ailment –
Drawing Submission
2020 “Heart Ablaze” Visual Arts Apricity Magazine
2020 “It Festers” Emily Dickinson Winter Poetry Contest Wingless Dreamer Publisher
