ABOUT THE ARTIST
BLANKA BLINX KRIŽ

Before and alongside the development of Ontoglyphic Writing, Križ explored a wide range of artistic techniques, materials, and forms of expression.

 

Her earlier work includes abstract acrylic paintings on canvas, surrealist compositions created with alcohol ink, and experimental three-dimensional works combining paper, colour, and material depth. These investigations reflect her continuing interest in the possibilities of artistic materials and unconventional approaches to image-making.

 

A parallel strand of her practice is devoted to illustration and the invention of imaginary beings.

 

In Puffer’s Dreamland (2023), fantastical characters emerge from forms inspired by nature — fruits, shells, leaves, roots, and other unexpected structures transformed through imagination and watercolour.

 

Her later illustrated worlds include Essentia Guardians (2025), a collection of green mystical beings, and Spark Whispers (2025), a series of imagined characters developed through watercolour illustration.

 

Another ongoing project, Past and Present (begun in 2025), takes the form of a small illustrated artist’s book. Inspired by the winged seeds of trees, it develops an imaginary world inhabited by individual characters, each with its own story, purpose, and place within that world.

 

Each of these bodies of work maintains its own artistic identity. Together, they form part of a wider journey of experimentation, material exploration, and imaginative discovery — a journey that ultimately led Blanka to recognize Ontoglyphic Writing as her defining artistic voice.