As a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in the late 1980’s, Tobie Giddio’s career began as the last fashion illustrator to illustrate advertisements for Bergdorf Goodman that ran in The New York Times weekly. As an illustrator she has created campaigns, editorials and packaging for clients that include The New Yorker, SHOWstudio, Neiman Marcus, Apple Computer, Twining’s Teas, Tiffany & Co. and Crest. Her work has been published in numerous publications championing fashion drawing, including a whimsical collaboration with Amy Sedaris for her I Like You, Entertaining Under The Influence.

“As a child and young adult I was always drawing women in a way that was aspirational. It was always about exalting and glorifying women, femininity to its extreme. Feminism as a poetic and explosive celebration of being a woman, and of beauty in all its forms. In the beginning it was the hyper elegance of old Hollywood and the movies and magazines I loved as a child and teenager that inspired my work. Over time I moved away from drawing faces and a detailed articulation of clothing. I felt compelled to express from the inner realms that encompassed the emotional and the etherial. Expressing the invisible became a means to evolve artistically and a way to express universally.”

Tobie maintains a drawing, painting and collage practice that explores the realms of abstraction. Her subject matter continues to deepen and expand. As a long time meditator and a dancer as well as a fine artist, her passion is to capture and express Spirit onto the paper and canvas as she is moved.

“I love the immediacy and the intimacy of drawing. It is a moving meditation, giving form to the subtle, to what is invisible. It is a a discipline that brings freedom and clarity. I hope to make work that communicates and vibrates confidence, power, and an expanded understanding both in myself and within the viewer.”

Tobie lives in New York City with her daughter Praise and their beautiful Bengal, Rae.