Susan Danko is a life-long Cleveland, Ohio resident who has been creating and exhibiting her artwork since receiving a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998. As a student she received honors including the Joseph McCullough painting award, and the Ellen Battell Stoeckel painting fellowship from Yale University.

Danko has shown her work in solo, group, and invitational exhibitions at a variety of venues including the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Butler Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. Her exhibitions have been favorably reviewed in sources including the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the Akron Beacon Journal. Her artwork has been featured in Angle Magazine, 2006, and Studio Visit Magazine in 2012.

Susan's paintings have been included in prominent public and private art collections including the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University, and Nordson Corporation. In 2013, Danko's commissioned artwork will be awarded to recipients of the Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio through the Ohio Arts Council.

Susan exhibits her artwork with Harris-Stanton Gallery in Akron, and Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Examples of her artwork may also be viewed on her website: www.dankoart.com