About Susan Blake:

Susan Blake obtained a BA and an MA in art history from Northern Illinois University.  While at Northern, she also pursued extensive studies in the visual arts and maintained a personal darkroom. Postgraduate studies ensued at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in painting, and at Columbia College School of Photography in Chicago.

Susan worked as an arts researcher for St. James Press, wrote art criticism for the Chicago New Art Examiner and has worked as a photo illustrator. Her clients include Lehman Brothers, Grubb & Ellis and Argonne National Laboratory. She has focused on her fine art photography since relocating to Denver in 2007.

Susan Blake has exhibited at The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago's Hyde Park Art Center, Columbia College A+D Gallery, Gallery 312, Noyes Cultural Center, and others. In Colorado, she has exhibited at the Center for Fine Art Photography where her work is in its permanent collection, as well as Spark Gallery, and Flash Gallery.