Artist and printmaker Anita Toney was born in New York City in 1948. She earned a BFA at Syracuse University, and an MA at San Francisco State University. She lives and works in Fairfax, CA and has taught printmaking at City College of San Francisco since 1979.
Toney's etchings are known for their rich diversity of color achieved by a multiple plate color etching process. The larger work, mostly diptychs and triptychs, juxtaposes natural and manmade images inspired by her environment. Other etchings chronicle her travels to France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Switzerland. With colorful detail, she focuses on recreating a certain mood or moment both in and out of her home.
Toney has been awarded the Leo Meissner Prize from the National Academy of Design and the American Arts Award from the Audubon Artists. She has also been active as a set designer for youth theater productions and a volunteer art instructor in public schools. She has also curated several exhibits of paintings by her father, Anthony Toney, who passed away in 2004.
