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Tyna Ontko is an artist and writer from the Kitsap Peninsula of western Washington state, an area which influences her continued interest in handicraft futurism, rural myth-making, and moments where the archive gives way to the collection gives way to the hoard. She is a 2025 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, holding an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media. Tyna’s work has been exhibited with the Institute of Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA, Kunsthalle Kohta in Helsinki, Finland, and Gallery 4Culture in Seattle, WA among others. Recent residencies attended include those with Mildred’s Lane, ACRE, and La Wayaka Current. She has work included in the publications Curious 9, Say Sense is not Everything, Ancient Tech News, and Provenance Research. Tyna was the recipient of a 2024/25 Cy Twombly Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and in 2022 was a finalist in the open medium category for the Neddy Artist Award through Cornish College of the Arts.