Susan Danko is a painter based in Cleveland, Ohio. She received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998, and has built a successful career as an artist and educator. Career honors include 2021 and 2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards, residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. She has been awarded two Ohio Percent for Art commission projects.

Susan has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.,The Butler Museum of American Art, The Ohio Arts Council, and the Cleveland Foundation. Her work is held in prominent art collections including the Cleveland Clinic, the Ohio Arts Council, the Cleveland Hilton Hotel and Convention Center, and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her work is represented by Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. More of her work may be viewed on her website: susandanko.com and on Instagram at susan_danko.