Born in Switzerland and shaped by a life of movement, Anna Katharina Münch has spent years exploring how cultures intertwine with their environments - how landscape, language, and life form a single rhythm. Though rooted in her homeland, her path has carried her across continents, from the vastness of the Sahara to the quiet of her studio, each place leaving its mark in color, texture, and thought.

A formative chapter unfolded in northern Mali, where Anna lived for three years among Tuareg nomads, sharing in the rhythms of their tents and their deep, embodied knowledge of health and healing. Her book Nomadic Women’s Health Practice documents how Tamasheq women nurture balance and vitality in their daily lives - a study not only of medicine, but of resilience, ritual, and care.

Today, Anna lives and works once again in Switzerland, where she writes, paints, and creates - continuing her search for the invisible threads that connect all living beings. Her art reflects the magical continuity between people, animals, and plants, capturing the immanence of life through the precious details of each moment.

The idea behind Apothecarie Artistique arises from the ancient Greek apothēkē - a storehouse for the essentials of health. In Anna’s world, the materia medica are not tinctures or herbs, but pigments, words, and visions. Art itself becomes a healing substance: an elixir for the senses, a space for dreaming, reflection, and quiet transformation.

Forever a nomad in spirit, Anna continues to roam - through thought, through image, and through the landscape of imagination - gathering the ingredients for her artistic apothecary: moments of connection, beauty, and wonder.