ANITA MARGRILL was born in New York City. She attended Cranbrook Academy of Art, received her BA from Bennington College, her B Architecture from CUNY School of Architecture and Environmental Studies, and her MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco State University.
The artist has received grants from the New York Foundation, American Iron and Steel Institute, and Copper Development Association. She has won numerous public art competition awards.
Margrill has been artist-in-residence at the Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California; has received a National Endowment Interarts Grant (funded through the Nightfire Theatre Company); and an Art-in-Public Buildings Award from the California Arts Council.
As a licensed architect she has designed and built several passive solar houses. Additionally, she has designed houses of worship and has received a patent for a water distribution system.
As a visiting artist, she has taught public art/architecture at the University of Oregon, San Francisco Art Institute, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Margrill has also published "The Temple Observer," a newsletter focused on endangered and lost, architecturally significant religious buildings.
Married and mother of two grown children, Margrill commutes between her homes in San Francisco and New York City.