MARIA ASANOVA CV
Ukrainian visual artist
Born 1995, Evpatoria, Crimea
Based in Saint-Saphorin, Vaud, Switzerland
Maria Asanova is a Ukrainian visual artist whose large-scale paintings explore the emotional power of color, texture, and form.
Born in Evpatoria, Crimea, in 1995, she studied art from 2008 to 2013 at the Evpatoria Art School, graduating with honors. In 2014, she moved to Kharkiv, where she completed an honors degree at the Kharkiv College of Textile and Design in 2018.
A pivotal encounter during her studies was with Galina Fedorovna, whose mentorship helped Maria refine her technique and cultivate her creative voice.
In 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Maria was forced to leave her country. After a brief period in Spain, she settled in Switzerland and currently lives and works in the village of Saint-Saphorin, in the canton of Vaud.
Maria’s work has been recognized internationally. In 2024, she was awarded the Masterful Minds Award in the Artist of the Year Award 2024, organized by Circle Foundation for the Arts (France), and won Second Place at the HelvetArt August Art Competition with her painting Diptyque II, exhibited at the Geneva Hilton. Earlier in her career, she was also a winner of the IX All-Ukrainian Festival of Young Artists in Kyiv.
Her paintings have been exhibited in Ukraine, France, and Switzerland. Notable recent exhibitions include a solo show at Taberna Viva (Geneva, 2025), the prestigious Slava Ukraini group exhibition at Espace des Femmes – Antoinette Fouque in Paris (2024), where she exhibited seven large canvases as the sole painter among the selected artists, a solo exhibition at Café Brew in Vevey (2023), and collective exhibitions with Espace Artistes Femmes in Lausanne, including the group show at the École Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in 2023 and the EAF & De Cerenville Géotechnique exhibi,on in Lausanne (2024–2025).
In 2023, she collaborated with composer Matteo Riparbelli for the world premiere of Diptyque, creating two large-scale paintings visually expressing the images evoked by the music composed for Guitar and orchestra that were exhibited in the concert hall during the XIV Festival International de Guitare de Versoix.
Maria is a member of the Espace Artistes Femmes collective and continues to develop her practice in Switzerland while participating in international projects
Education
2014–2018 – BA with honors, Kharkiv College of Textile and Design
2008–2013 – Evpatoria Art School, diploma with distinction
Selected Exhibitions
2025 – Solo Show, Taberna Viva, Geneva (CH)
2024 – Slava Ukraini, group show, Espace des Femmes – Antoinette Fouque, Paris (FR)
2024 – HelvetArt International Competition, Geneva Hilton (CH), Second Prize
2023 – Solo Show, Café Brew, Vevey (CH)
2023 – Collective Exhibitions, Espace Artistes Femmes, Lausanne (CH)
2022 – Diptyque, Versoix Internatinal Guitar Festival, collaboration with Matteo Riparbelli
2017 – IX All-Ukrainian Fes3val of Young Ar3sts, Kyiv (UA), Prize winner
Awards & Recognition
2024 – Masterful Minds Award, Artist of the Year, Circle Foundation for the Arts (FR)
2024 – Second Prize, HelvetArt August Art Comperiton (CH)
