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Biography (b. 1984, US)
Maile Lani is a Nashville based artist and illustrator with a love for color theory and a background in Asian art. Working with a variety of mediums, she blends surrealism with modernist elements to create dream-like imagery that has deep roots in the natural world. Her main source of inspiration comes from her upbringing in art and antique business, where-in her family has been collecting Japanese and Chinese paintings and prints for close to 40 years. Maile's art prints and original paintings are in various private collections worldwide.
Selected Exhibitions
Juried Group Exhibition: "Gods and Monsters" Otherworldly Arts Collective, Minneapolis MN, 2024
Juried Group Exhibition: "DROP IN Skate Deck Art Show" Otherworldly Arts Collective, Minneapolis MN, 2024
Solo Exhibition: "Portals: Places Unseen," The Center for the Arts, Murfreesboro, TN, 2023
Juried Group Exhibition: "Art of Resilience," Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville TN, 2023
Juried Group Exhibition: Tomato Art Show, Nashville, TN, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Juried Art Fair: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, 2024, 2023, 2022
Juried Art Fair: Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH, 2024, 2023
Juried Art Fair: St. James Court, Louisville, KY, 2023, 2022
Juried Art Fair: Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, GA, 2024, 2022
Group Exhibition: Tennessee Craft, Hendersonville, TN, 2021
Collections
Public Collections
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Community Art Initiative, 2023
Private Collections
Works held in numerous private collections in the USA and abroad
Awards and Recognitions
Best in Show, Dogwood Arts Festival, 2024
Tennessee Craft Summer Study Scholarship, 2021
First Place, Textile Fabrics Annual Sewing Competition, 2019
Publications
Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine, 2024
Nashville Scene, 2021