"If newborns could speak,
I know I would have said ART!"
Hi, I am Kristina Tonev (b. Lithuania), a Suffolk-based artist working in performance art, installation and painting with main focus on connection: connecting with people, nature, and myself, both individually and collectively, here in Suffolk, England, where my heart has opened as an artist.
I am currently exploring the concepts of time, mortality and care through duration, repetition and social togetherness by engaging with body and materials in states of transformation.
Short facts about me:
• First Class BA(Hons) degree in Fine Art at the University of Suffolk
• The Art Station Graduate award 2025 Saxmundham
• Shortlisted in Saatchi London
• Published in Art and Women book 2025
Most recent works:
- The Mother Lode part 2, interactive straw installation and durational performance art, selected for solo exhibition and curated by Tor Cooke, The Art Station, Saxmundham, 2026
- 31 Days, durational painting of 31 paintings in 31 days, exhibited for 31 days in The W Gallery, Woodbridge, 2026.31 Days, durational painting of 31 paintings in 31 days, exhibited for 31 days in The W Gallery, Woodbridge, 2026.
- Weaving Time, durational performance art, selected for LAND exhibition, curated by Clare Palmier, The Art Station, Saxmundham, 2025.
- One-Way, straw labyrinth, art installation, University of Suffolk Degree Show, 2025.
- SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, durational performance art, University of Suffolk Degree Show, 2025.
