眞野あゆなは滋賀県彦根市に生まれ、美術教師である父と声楽家である母の影響を受け芸術に触れながら育った。自然豊かな田舎に住む中で植物やその中に生きる小さな生き物など常にこの宇宙に存在する多くの生命を感じながら過ごしたことから、作品の根底には常に自然への敬愛とそこに潜むスピリットの存在がある。

幼少期から空想を膨らませては絵を描くこと、物語や詩を作ることを好み、美術大学を卒業後、海外に滞在していたが、家族が心の病を発症して帰国。そのまますぐに２年半の看護生活が始まる。この時、目に見ることのできない”心”と、目に見えているはずの”肉体”がいかに影響し合い、そのバランスによって生命が繊細に保たれているのかを目の当たりにする。そしてこの出来事は彼女のその後の人生にとって大きな影響を与えることとなった。

この出来事をきっかけに家族に施すための様々な癒しの手法を学び始めたその過程の中で、芸術と療法の心に対する働きかけが共通した力を持っていることに気づき、画風が変わる。看護生活を終え、東京の芸術作家のもとで作品制作、展覧会や舞台などを経験。その中でも癒しの分野を更に知りたいという気持ちが強まり自らセラピーの学びを深めてゆく。

初めてハワイに訪れた際には、自然や神々を敬うハワイ文化と古代ハワイのヒーリングの存在を知り、その祈りの哲学に感銘を受ける。彼女の生み出す作品はこうした人生の経緯から、スピリチュアリティ、自然環境、天体、植物など人の心に優しく強く働きかける癒しのエネルギーがそのまま表現されている。

　彼女の作品は木版画という伝統的な技法と現代的な感性が融合したものである。

時にオーソドックスな木版画の枠を超え、身の回りに生息する自然からのメッセージやエッセンスを直感で取り入れる。一枚の紙に独自の摺り方で何度も色を重ねる「多色摺り」や「ぼかし」のテクニックを用いて繊細で透明感のある色合いを表現することを得意とし、その結果、深みや奥行きが生まれ、見る者の心に響く。

彼女の作品が放つのは日常の中でのやわらかな時間の経過や命の軌跡、小さな存在の呼吸の音、自然の奏でる音楽や紡がれる言葉と形である。それは今私たちがここに在ることの必然的な側面と、それでいて曖昧な世界との間を交差する存在たちである。

眞野あゆなはアーティストでありセラピストであることで芸術と療法という二つの分野から癒しを追求する。彼女の作品はその二つの側面が調和したものであり、見る者に癒しと安らぎを与える。

Ayuna Mano was born in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. She grew up surrounded by the arts, influenced by her father, an art teacher, and her mother, a vocalist. Living in the rich natural landscape of the countryside, she spent her childhood immersed in the presence of countless forms of life—from plants to the small creatures that inhabit them. This early experience fostered a deep reverence for nature and an awareness of the spirit that dwells within it, which continues to form the foundation of her artistic work.

From a young age, she loved drawing while letting her imagination expand freely, as well as writing stories and poetry. After graduating from an art university, she spent time living abroad. However, when a member of her family developed a mental illness, she returned to Japan and began a period of caregiving that lasted two and a half years. During this time, she witnessed firsthand how the invisible realm of the “mind” and the visible “body” profoundly influence one another, and how the delicate balance between them sustains life. This experience became a pivotal turning point that deeply shaped the course of her life.

Motivated by this experience, she began studying various healing practices in order to care for her family. Through this process, she realized that art and therapeutic practices share a similar power to gently influence the human heart, and her artistic style gradually transformed. After her caregiving period ended, she worked under a Tokyo-based artist, gaining experience in artwork production, exhibitions, and stage projects. At the same time, her interest in healing deepened, leading her to continue studying therapeutic practices.

During her first visit to Hawai‘i, she encountered Hawaiian culture’s deep reverence for nature and the divine, as well as the existence of ancient Hawaiian healing traditions. She was deeply moved by their philosophy of prayer and connection to life.

Shaped by these life experiences, Mano’s work expresses healing energy that gently yet powerfully resonates with the human spirit. Themes such as spirituality, the natural environment, celestial bodies, and plants appear throughout her work. Her artworks are psychological landscapes that embody her personal experiences and emotions.

Mano works primarily with woodblock printing, a traditional technique that she combines with a contemporary sensibility. At times she moves beyond the conventional framework of woodblock printmaking, intuitively incorporating messages and essences from the natural world around her.

She is particularly known for her use of traditional techniques such as multi-color printing and bokashi (gradation), layering colors repeatedly on a single sheet through her own distinctive printing methods. This process creates delicate, luminous colors with depth and transparency that resonate quietly with the viewer.

As both an artist and a therapist, Ayuna Mano pursues healing through the two fields of art and therapy. Her works embody the harmony between these practices, offering viewers a sense of calm, comfort, and gentle restoration.

What her works emit are the gentle passage of time within everyday life, the traces of living beings, the sound of small existences breathing, and the music of nature expressed through woven words and forms. They depict beings that traverse the space between the inevitable reality of our presence here and an ambiguous world that exists alongside it.

Ayuna Mano is both an artist and a therapist, pursuing healing through the two fields of art and therapy. Her works harmonize these dual aspects, offering a sense of healing and tranquility to those who encounter them.