Maeve Hernandez-Asano

Statement

My creative goal is to make a simply beautiful work to capture viewers' initial awe, with details and a hint of narrative that they can discover or imagine stories behind it over time. The process starts with setting up a scene based on my imagination for a reference. Featuring people and objects that actually exist around me is a key to keep my imaginative concept from looking too surrealistic, so the viewers can feel more connected with my work. My children, dolls and miniatures are good example of my objects.

As a result of my detail-focused style, I also receive inquiries on portrait commissions with no reference photos that I can simply replicate. I find power in my art not only when it turns my own imagination but also people’s memories into a physical form that we can see with our own eyes.

Biography

Maeve was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1989 and resides in Indiana, U.S.A. since 2016.

She has been offered an admission to art school at age of 15 but her family was against higher education in art. She remains self-trained until this day.

In her professional life before she became a fine artist, she has achieved to be an orchestral violinist, music instructor, ESL instructor, interpreter, and administrator at a local government office in Japan.

In her personal life, she is a mother of three small children and two big cats. She is an enthusiastic Latin dancer and dresses in historically inspired clothing when not dancing.

Exhibitions & Awards

2024

FWAG Gallery at Jefferson Pointe -- May
Demonstration at a local elementary school -- March
Display at a local elementary school -- March

2023

Temporary closed her practice due to emergencies

(Canceled events were: Art Crawl, Falling for Art Artist Studio Tour and Open Studio)

2022

Falling for Art - Artist Studio Tour -- October 2022
Juried Exhibit for Hamilton County Artists, juried -- September 2022 -- Second Place
Demonstration at Art This Way: Art Crowl in Fort Wayne, IN
Display at a local elementary school in Fort Wayne

2021

Appearance on Jounal Gazette. -- December 2021
Media interview with Arts IN Focus (PBS Fort Wayne) -- November 2021
Selected to perform art demonstration at Fishers Council in Fishers, IN -- October 2021
Moved studio to Art 05 in Fort Wayne, IN -- August 2021
Small Works -BIG TALENT, Las Laguna Art Gallery, CL -- January 2021

2020

Temporary closed

2019

FWAG Exhibition at Aldersgate Methodist Church — September -- Awarded 2nd Place Open Media
Sought for Fishers City Hall September Exhibition, invited — September
Sought for Fishers City Hall August Exhibition, juried — August
42nd Ventures in Creativity, juried — July - Merit Award (Portrait)
Wassenberg Art Center Annual Exhibition, juried — May -- Vera Woodruf Wassenberg Award
Explore: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Exhibition, juried — March
FWAG Members Show at Allen County Public Library — February

2018

Art of Maeve LLC registered — October