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Early spring
Ink on Japanese paper
34.5 x 45.5 cm -
Swiss Moods 3
Ink on Japanese paper
27 x 24 cm -
Spaces- Bleu du Monde 5
Ink on Japanese paper
72 x 54 cm -
Looking through my window.
Ink on Japanese paper.
33 cm x 50 cm -
Silence
Ink on Japanese paper
70 cm x 133 cm -
In Swiss Mountains
ink and antique colour on Japanese paper
45 cm x 35 cm -
B lue Forest - Introduction to the Dreams
Ink on Japanese paper
31 x 23 cm
Biography
Margot Tohkou (東虹) Olejniczak is a Swiss-Polish artist and a licensed teacher of Japanese ink painting in Europe. In her paintings, she uses traditional techniques that have been passed down from masters to scholars for hundreds of years. The artist regularly takes part in group and individual exhibitions in Europe, the USA, and Japan. She has been awarded several best painters prizes, among the others at The National Art Center and The Metropolitan Art Museum. In 2021, the painter received a special award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and in 2022 she was given her official Japanese artist’s name.
Artist’s Statement
In my paintings, I apply very traditional techniques that have been passed down from master to master for hundreds of years and have never been fully described in books. Maintaining this technical treasure remains very important to me.
By combining traditional techniques with a modern approach and by using different tools available, I achieve a unique style. My artistic research is also concerned with the creation of a new concept of Sumi-e painting by introducing contemporary means of expression. Above all, the pure spirit and mindfulness shape my artistic landscape and the vision of the world.
Sumi-e means “drawing with black ink on paper” and originally came from China. In this painting one hints, more than one speaks. It is an art of meditation and inner development. The way to a goal is more important than the goal itself.