Kristen Tonti received her B.F.A, with emphasis in painting and printmaking, from Cornish College of the Arts in 2000. Backed by the Cornish Trust scholarship in 1995 and the Presidents Scholarship from 1996-1999, Tonti completed her BFA while raising two daughters on Bainbridge Island.
 
Tonti has traveled extensively. She has trekked the Buddhist Himalayas, studied yoga in central India and sought inspiration at the source or the Ganges. Her travels and philosophical studies have dramatically informed her work.

She paints figures in watercolor, exploring the human body as a container, a vehicle for the spirit. In her oil and wax work, she depicts abstract ideas in nonobjective forms, color fields, and surreal imagery.

Tonti’s work has exhibited in select solo, group, and juried shows in Washington, California, and Hawaii. Download Resume