Olga Burkard

Artist Statement

My practice explores our connection with life, reflected in nature, organic forms, and the bonds we share.

It is a meeting place of contrasts: geometric and organic, intuition and structure, clarity and warmth. This dialogue mirrors my story—Swiss and Mexican roots, the daughter of a tailor and a scientist, shaped by design studies in Mexico City and Basel.

Working between pixels and paint, I explore how connections become life—how simple forms repeat, shift, and grow into living structures. Through this process, I seek to create images that feel alive and invite reflection on our place within a larger rhythm of existence.

Olga Burkard

Bio

Olga Burkard is a Swiss–Mexican artist whose work seeks 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 explores the dialogue between opposites: geometric and organic, intuition and structure, clarity and warmth.

Her art lives between pixels and paint, both made by hand with different tools. This union reflects the harmony found in contrast and the beauty of connection itself—a visual language that mirrors the interdependence present in all living systems.

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. Her work is represented by Mabe Gallery (Geneva) and EDNA Contemporary (San Luis Obispo, California), and is held in private collections in more than ten countries.

Selected Exhibitions & Features

Gallery Representation

  • Mabe Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
  • EDNA Contemporary, California, USA

Upcoming Group Exhibitions | 2025

  • Winter#1, FLOW Art Space, Basel, December 2025
  • Group Exhibition: Galerie Katapult, Basel, December 2025

Group Exhibitions | 2025

  • Summer#1, FLOW Art Space, Basel (during Art Basel)
  • Summer#2: FLOW Art Space, Basel, August 2025
  • Global Horizons IV, Artio Gallery (Online)
  • Viva le Printemps!, Mabe Gallery, Geneva
  • Art Awakening, Galerie Calabro, Zurich
  • Whisper of the Garden, Open Call for Artists (Virtual Exhibition), October 2025

Group Exhibitions | 2024

  • Winter Show, Mabe Gallery, Geneva

Featured

  • Open Call for Artists, Interview, “Meet Olga Burkard: An Artist Who Found Healing Through 200 Days of Art”, 2025
  • AATONAU, Abstract Worlds Born of Thread and Thought, June 2025
  • L’Art à Genève, Viva le Printemps!, Mabe Gallery, 2025
  • Artmosphere Magazine, Issue Nr. 36, pp. 22–23
  • New & Abstract, Interview, “Five Questions to Olga Burkard”

Education

  • 1989–1991 | Basel School of Design, MFA (Design, formerly Weiterbildung Grafik)
  • 1984–1988 | Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Background

Olga Burkard became a full-time artist in 2024 after a long international career in design and art direction, running her own agency and working with global clients until early 2024.

Other Details

  • Nationalities: Swiss and Mexican
  • Languages: English (Fluent), Spanish (Fluent), German (Fluent), French (Intermediate)