ViIKA TONU

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I am part of the Creation and creation is part of me. Air, fire, water and earth are elements that form my being, While the stars guide and protect my way…” Soul, meaning, symbol and pure form are the characteristics that represent VIKA TONU jewellery, a brand born in 2013 after Victoria Tonu graduated Interdisciplinary Art and Design Course in Huddersfield, UK. The Moldavian-born artist continued her studies of resistant materials at ALCHIMIA Contemporary Jewellery School in Firenze, Italy thus deepening her research in modern designs and traditional jewellery techniques. In addition to her jeweller vocation, in 2018 Victoria becomes a certified gemologist after graduating The Gemology Course at the Romanian Gemological Center in Timisoara, Romania. Victoria believes in the power of a hand-made object, always unique, which imbued with symbolism and esoteric becomes a totem, reminding the wearer about the elements that are present in our personalities. Greek culture and alphabet, alchemy, universal protective signs, astrology and anthroposophy are Victoria`s constant source of inspiration, while the more conceptual jewellery is always created as a message of own introspection and growth. Her style can be described as minimalistic, geometric, one of simplification striving to achieve the essence of things. Either alone or in collaborations, ViIKA TONU jewellery succeeded to be presented and displayed at various events and exhibitions both national and international: ROMANIAN FASHION WEEK / ROMANIAN CREATIVE WEEK 2021, MOLDOVAN DESIGN WEEK 2019, VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2016 (”Re.Re. Overriding design with Art and vice-versa”), LONDON FASHION WEEK 2015 – International Fashion Showcase (Special Mention for Best Designer), ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK 2013, AUTOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY FAIR, galleries in Berlin, Frankfurt, Antwerp, Bucharest and concept stores in Ibiza, Regensburg, Chisinau, among different local fairs and fashion events.