Anna Parisch (RAVEN) is a Swiss contemporary artist based in Geneva, Switzerland. She creates meditative abstract paintings inspired by travel memories, landscapes, and the essence of places, using mineral pigments, gold leaf, natural materials, and Nihonga-inspired techniques.

Anna has developed a distinctive visual language rooted in authenticity and emotional depth. Her work combines influences from Orthodox art, minimalism, and Japanese aesthetics through a rich palette of techniques and mediums to create unique textures and atmospheres. Her artistic ambition is to unite ancestral techniques such as Nihonga and Sumi-e with contemporary visual language.

Inspired by masters such as Andrey Rublev, W. Turner, Zao Wou-Ki, Toko Shinoda and Nicolas De Staël, her artistic universe also reflects the influence of Orthodox iconography and fresco painting. In her abstract works and Sumi-e ink series, she explores Zen philosophy and the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, embracing simplicity, imperfection and transience.

Vita

Born in 1971, Anna Parisch is a freelance visual artist based in Geneva, holding a degree in History. Between 1997 and 1999, she participated in an exchange program between pastel artists from Yaroslavl and Cuneo (Italy), assisting in the organization of exhibitions.

A decisive moment in her career came in 1998 when she met master Edvard Vyrzhikovsky, who introduced her to plein air painting. Later, her artistic path has been shaped by formative encounters, experimentation and a constant search for new techniques and materials.

She  trained drawing and illustration at Higher School of Art of Annecy Alps (ESAAA) and the École des Beaux-Arts Genevois (EBAG), IFAGE while further refining her practice through workshops and the Martenot method school. She also completed training in Nihonga techniques at the Musee Guimet in Paris and followed a course on the art market in Geneva.

Techniques and Materials

Anna Parisch works across multiple disciplines and techniques, including Sumi-e, Suminagashi, cyanotype, oil, acrylic, watercolour, egg tempera and Nihonga-inspired processes. Her work incorporates natural pigments, glass powder, rust, oxidation and mineral materials collected during her travels. Inspired by the philosophy of wabi-sabi, she seeks balance between spontaneity, elegance and imperfection. Using materials such as Indian ink, walnut stain and Gofun oyster shell powder, she creates works that invite contemplation and emotional resonance through texture, simplicity and subtle contrasts.

Exhibitions and Art Fairs

She regularly participates in international contemporary art fairs and collective exhibitions, including Art International Zurich, Art contemporain at the Carrousel du Louvre, ArtBoxy, OpenArtCode and collective exhibitions in Geneva.