DiDi, who has made her home in Kilkenny since 1999, is born in New York of Irish parents. At a young age, she left the exciting pace of the Big Apple in the company of her journalist father and mother, to go to the mysterious city of Athens. There she experienced her first smells of an artistic and creative studio. A few years later, always in pursuit of her parents, she moved to the majestic city of Rome, which is the real beginning of DiDi’s artistic journey. It was here she frequented the well- known Franchetti Art Studio run by Venetian sculptor Franchetti and his Russian wife, Lidija Alexsandrovna Trenina Franchett. She later attended Le Belle Arti and studied briefly at Kingston University in London.

Since living in Ireland, DiDi has had various group and solo exhibitions and highlights to date have been, being invited to a Residency at the incredibly beautiful prehistoric Artist Retreat Cill Rialaig in Ballinskellig and presenting President Mary McAleese with her portrait. DiDi started sharing her passion for art with the young in 2001 through the “Young Artist Studio” and with all ages since 2013 with Art It.