Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Maggie Tobin received her BFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She continued her studies at the Scuola di Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy where she was awarded a diploma in Painting and Drawing and her MFA at Queens College, CUNY, in New York. She has exhibited her paintings in the United States, Mexico, and Italy for over a decade. The artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.