Antoinette "Toni" Birdsong

Antoinette Birdsong holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Howard University and a
master’s degree in education from Kent State University. Her teaching experiences as
Assistant Professor of Art at Wilberforce University has helped Toni to become an active
contributor to the Fine Arts and design areas.

She has s corporate research, marketing, and management experiences with the
Tribune Company located in Chicago, Illinois and Continental Telephone in Atlanta,
Georgia has given her a corporate background and the business training to become
successful in all endeavors involving business.
Toni’s training in the fine arts began early while working under Lois Mailou Jones, one of
America’s most influential painters and textile designers of African and Haitian art.
Later, Toni became Assistant Professor of Art and taught a multitude of classes in the
arts.

The commitment to launch a host of artistic designs for the home furnishings and retail
marketplace started in the early 1980s. She has always been passionate about design
and has a great love of art history and the Fine Arts. Her bold and elegant designs
have a distinct and original voice. The idea of art, nature, and architecture fused
harmoniously together has shaped her work and made her repeat patterns unique and
distinctive. Her designs have evolved from her many travels, constantly on the lookout
for unique historical references, and her love for design, which she finds inspiring and
beautiful.

She has produced many pieces of original and exclusive canvas wall art. Currently, she
creates for her family business, INJA Ink. INJA Ink is a surface design studio that
license and sells original repeat pattern designs for the home, commercial interiors,
fashion, and paper markets. Toni is passionate about bringing clients creative and
novel repeat designs and canvas wall art that are proven sellers for the marketplace.
She has displayed and sold canvas wall art with the African American Visual Artists
Guild’s Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythm Art Exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute.
She is the author of a coloring book illustrated with her golf designs which is sold on
Amazon.

INJA Ink participated in the Printsource and Surtex Textile and Surface Design
tradeshows. Toni is constantly working as an exhibitor, artist, and business owner in the
New York shows and is selling and licensing original artwork.