Enikő Tomay (b. 2000, Budapest) is a Hungarian-born multidisciplinary artist living and working in London. Having completed her BA Hons in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2024, she has since been exploring the intersection of textiles and ceramics.
Working primarily across tufting, rug-punching and ceramics, Enikő uses drawing and writing to feed the initial stages of her process. Rooted in folklore and superstition, her practice laces the threads of her heritage with her upbringing in England and draws on elements of identity and storytelling. Strings of words and fleeting phrases gathered from encounters, media and literature guide the direction of her work, often coming into play when titling finished pieces. Focusing on tactility, the delicate brutality of clay and wool becomes a language of contrasts. Here, the real and mythical intertwine; an uncanny realm where strange beings stir beneath woven surfaces. Through softness and rigidity, the stitched and bound, Enikő conjures stories of transformation, anthropomorphism, and blurs the boundaries between the tangible and imagined.
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Education
2020 - 2024
BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
2022 - 2023
Diploma in Professional Studies, Central Saint Martins
2019 - 2020
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Weston College
Group Shows
2024
Candid Arts & Tishman Speyer Graduate Exhibition,
Candid Gallery, London
The Bench, Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, London
Re-prise, The Koppel Project Bank, London
2023
Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, London
Shapes & Things, AMP Studios, London
Girlhood, SET Ealing, London
2022
Open Studios, Central Saint Martins, London
2020
Aleatory, The Island, Bristol