Hi, I’m Noemi Gunea, a London based Romanian performance artist.
I make art about wellness, ideology, and the digestive system. Sometimes there’s meditation. Sometimes there’s screaming. At best of times, there’s both.
I trained in performance at Central Saint Martins and as an actor at the National Theatre Conservatoire in Paris, but most of what I know comes through my gut, which I feed exquisitely well and urge you to do the same.
Current artworld trends would call me a creative health practitioner, but I’d rather go for lover of fermented goods. My way of being and making is influenced by my practice as an improviser and yoga teacher.
I care about your gut and about your emotional wellbeing. I aim to create spaces where ambiguity and curiosity help us connect deeply to ourselves and to each other, so that we break the cycle of polarity and transform the world inside and around us. My plan is to be radically optimistic, yet still critical and edgy.
I’ve shown work at the British Museum, Tate Modern, Royal Academy of Arts, South London Gallery, Arebyte Gallery, Pleasance Theatre, BAC and CPT.
I’ve been on shortlists for New Contemporaries (2025,2024), UK New Artist of the Year (2022), BBC Audio Drama Award (2020), Aesthetica Prize (2019). I would appreciate a prize soon, ideally a Turner.