About Artina
Tenaj Cujic van Zijl
As a child, Tenaj began her study of art with her mother in her native South Africa. She went on to study textiles and design. Subsequently, Tenaj developed a business and became an in-demand women’s fashion designer in Bloemfontein.
Tenaj, her husband, and their young daughter immigrated to the United States in 2012. She successfully founded the Etsy store Cujicoo where she sold silk screen printed fabrics, towels, and other products. In December 2014, her Christmas tea towel was featured in Victoria Magazine December Holiday edition. Her work, the Hummingbird Towel, was featured in Bird and Bloom magazine in 2015.
With a growing desire to share art with her two children and children across Central Pennsylvania, Tenaj, or “Ms. Tina” as she is known to her students, founded ARTina in 2018.
