Nancy Tobin’s dedication to art-making started early, in a basement studio she created at age 10 in her parents' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She parlayed a degree in commercial art from Kendall College into a successful career as an award-winning graphic designer and children’s book illustrator.
Tobin moved to San Francisco (where she studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute), then relocated to the New York area in 2001.
Since her move to the New York area, Nancy's painting career has taken flight. She has had solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the country, including the Cue Gallery in New York, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Michigan, Orange County Center for Contemporary art in California, Rutgers University and the Pierro Gallery in New Jersey.
In 2007, Tobin won the Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Papermaking fellowship at Rutgers University. Her work has been acquired by numerous private and museum collectors.