Christa Toole, born 1971 in Washington DC, spent her formative years 
with her family moving from Paris, France to Heidelberg, Germany and then 
back to the United States. Christa studied at Vassar College in 
Poughkeepsie, NY where she became a studio art major, exploring different 
techniques of drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. In her final years, she 
focused mainly on painting in oil.  

After graduation from college Christa Toole moved to downtown Manhattan 
where she lives and works today. She participated in many group shows 
in New York such as the Fish Heads show at Max Fish alongside Kiki Smith 
and other lower east side artists. She exhibited with a group of 
artists curated by Chris Kelly and Alfredo Martinez with artists Donald 
Baechlor and David Weiss on a multiple of occasions. Most recently she has 
been showing with two groups of artists at a variety of venues around 
New York City, the Exhibitionists and Jumparts.

Her works are built by process painting. Each painting begins with an 
idea or expression that is then built upon and transformed into the 
final image. Colors and lines infuse depth and bring sculptural elements 
into the painting. Expression has free reign and gives Ms. Toole's work 
great emotive power. She is working towards incorporating figurative 
elements into her paintings as she has a strong background in figurative 
painting and sculpture. Energy and movement are recurring themes.