moholinushk – Annick Tonti

Annick Tonti, also known as moholinushk, devoted herself entirely to art during the final eight years of her life. In her studios in Rüschlikon and Aeugst am Albis, she created around 160 works, including watercolours, drawings and pastels.

Annick Tonti was born in France in 1951 into a family where languages, curiosity about the world and creativity were an everyday part of life. She herself spoke seven languages.

Initially studying architecture at ETH Zurich, she soon turned to social anthropology. From the beginning, her thinking was shaped by openness and curiosity. Speaking with her husband, Matti Weinberg, it quickly becomes clear that she was always an artist.

As a social anthropologist and diplomat, she worked primarily in crisis regions. She consistently advocating for others until she decided to follow her artistic path without compromise.

'Fourteen days are too short to experience everything,' sang the band Fehlfarben in the early 1980s. And what about eight years?

The comprehensive publication released in 2024 by the moholinushk archive and Hurtwood Press compellingly demonstrates that it is not the length of time that defines a body of work, but its ability to forge connections.

moholinushk's works address themes such as proximity, collaboration, vision, and the courage to think freely - questions that are gaining renewed significance today.

She was deeply engaged with the Bauhaus period, especially the Hungarian artist and photographer László Moholy-Nagy, after whom she named herself.

Her work is characterised by blending of stillness and movement, form and dissolution, searching and presence. It invites self-observation, offering no instruction or claim to interpretation.

Following her death in 2023, her husband Matti Weinberg established the moholinushk archive. The moholinushk artspace is the next step: a place that keeps her work visible and sparks new conversations.

More information: www.moholinushk.com