Olga Burkhard
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Pixels and Paint 4
archival fine art print, 47 x 33, $2750
Pixels and Paint 5
archival fine art print, 47 x 33, $2750
Pixels and Paint 10
archival fine art print, 47 x 33, $2750
Origen
archival fine art print, 39.4 x 39.4, $2750
Aerial 3
archival fine art print, 27.5 x 27.5, $1950
About the artist...
I create to reawaken our connection with life—in nature, in organic forms, and in the bonds we share with one another.
My practice lives between pixels and paint, both made by hand with different tools. It carries the duality of my story: Swiss and Mexican roots; the daughter of a tailor and a scientist; design studies in Mexico City and Basel. I’m drawn to conversations between contrasts—geometric and organic, intuition and structure, precision and warmth.
Much of my recent work is hybrid: hand-drawn digital elements shaped by layers of paint. Everything is made by hand—on iPad with Apple Pencil and with brushes in the studio. I believe the most resonant images happen when one hand works across tools. I pursue results no single tool could achieve—the clarity of digital drawing guided by touch, and the tactility of paint tuned by digital rhythm.
I hope the work feels alive and invites us to notice life noticing us back.
Olga Burkard is a Swiss–Mexican artist working between pixels and paint to reawaken our connection with life—in nature, in organic forms, and in the bonds we share with one another. Born and raised in Mexico and now based in Geneva, she creates abstract compositions where digital drawing and paint meet in active dialogue, balancing the geometric and the organic. Much of her recent practice is hybrid: hand-drawn digital elements—on iPad with Apple Pencil—shaped by layers of paint. Guided by the belief that the most resonant images arise when one hand works across tools, she pursues results no single tool could achieve—the clarity of digital drawing guided by touch and the tactility of paint tuned by digital rhythm.
Burkard studied graphic design at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and completed postgraduate studies at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel. After a long international career in design and art direction, she has worked full-time as an artist since 2024. She is represented by Mabe Gallery (Geneva) and EDNA Contemporary (San Luis Obispo, California), and her work is held in private collections in more than ten countries.