Marisa Poleti studied ceramics in Ascoli Piceno (Italy) where she attended the Art School Sacconi under the guidance of the great ceramist Damiani. She then moved to Como (Italy) wehre she became a well known fashion textile designer alongside with Molteni, Radice and Veronesi. After her studies at the Art School "Castellini" with Maestro Conconi, she specialized in frescoes while continuing art classe at the Brera Academy (Milan, Italy) with Maestro Consadori who was taught nude drawing. She also studied nude drawing at the Venice Art Academy under the guidance of Luigi Tito, son of the great master Ettore Tito.

Her works have been shown in numerous personal exibitions in Italy and abroad. Her paintings are in: Milan, Venice, Rome, Miami, New York, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin, Lipsia, Hamburg, Bruxelles, Herrenberg, Paris, San Paolo del Brasile, Los Angeles, Oslo, Dubai, Emirates, Lugano, Geneva, Budapest and in many other countries. 

Art critics who have written about Marisa Poleti include: Paolo Rizzi, Camillo Semenzato, Giorgio Segato, Mariano Missaglia, D. Martino, Vittoria Magno, Enrico Buda, Mario Cassoli, Giuseppe Mugnone, Paolo Tieto, C. Rugger, C. Tomassi.