Ethel Dalida is a Calgary-based multidisciplinary artist specializing in painting and illustration. A University of Calgary BFA honours graduate, she has received the 2010 art-a-thon Merit Award from Cardel Homes, and has exhibited in venues such as cSPACE, the Nickle, and Contemporary Galleries. In 2023, she earned a Therapeutic Arts Practitioner certificate from the Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy, facilitating and teaching for Loud Art Society.

Ethel’s work explores Asian-Canadian identity, community and belonging through symbol-rich imagery inspired by nature, animation, pop culture, to produce conceptual work with allegorical and deep meanings. Although her main medium is acrylic, she explores other artist materials like string, lipstick, nail polish, and hang tags.