Maribel Vidal-Quadras has a very international background. Her art education covers a broad range from fashion to working with textiles, to painting and paper making, to sculpture and etching.

Her art education/training has taken her from Barcelona to the USA where she lived seven years in California and New York City. She received her BFA in Painting with Highest Honors from Pratt Institute in NYC where she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship during the 1983-84 academic year. She is certified as an Official Art Guide by the Generalitat de Catalunya for the city of Barcelona and Catalunya.

Her professional experience is an impressive part of her credentials. Since 1987 she has taught a range of art-related subjects, such as textiles, drawing, painting, contemporary art seminars and art history. Some of her roles include Professor at the prestigious Art & Design School EINA in Barcelona; proponent of the proposal for Barcelona´s urban furniture redevelopment for the Olympic Games from 1990-92; as well as assistant to the Art Sociology class at the University of Barcelona from 1996-2006.

She has exhibited her art work in Barcelona, at the ARCO International Fair in Madrid, in New York, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Germany and Poland.
Maribel is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Catalan. She has traveled all around Catalunya and Spain, as well as Europe, North America, South America, China and India.