Artist and designer · Born 1988, Los Angeles, CA · Lives and works in Los Angeles and Mexico City

Education

2010
BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA

2009
Study abroad, Parsons School of Design, Paris, France

Residencies

2025
Casa Lu, Mexico City, Mexico

2024
Casa Comuna, Oaxaca City, Mexico

2023
Buinho, Messejana, Portugal

2022
Nocefresca, Sardinia, Italy

2012
In Rivers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Exhibitions

2026
Collectors Club IV: Cena Zona Maco, group exhibition, Tetetlán, Mexico City, Mexico
Six By Six, group exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2025
Group Residency Show, Casa Lu, Mexico City, Mexico

2024
Perspectives, group exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SyZyGy, group exhibition, Echo Park Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017
Fake Love, Phoenix, AZ

2015
Amalgamation, Governors Island, New York, NY

2013
Group Exhibition, Epicenter, San Francisco, CA (artist and curator)
Multimix, 4001, Oakland, CA

2012
Aux Folies, In Rivers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Cycles, Yes Oui Si Gallery Space, Boston, MA
Dedication to Joseph Beuys, performance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Selected Commissions and Public Works

2026
Three murals (one interior lobby, two exterior), ArtHaus Telegraph, Berkeley, CA
Lobby mural (printed vinyl), LaserAway, Los Angeles, CA

2025
Three-dimensional backdrop, Adobe MAX: The Creativity Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Three-dimensional backdrop, Adobe Create Now Summit, San Diego, CA
Exterior mural, Avia Labs by Longfellow, Millbrae, CA
Ceramic exterior mural, Aura Studio LA, Los Angeles, CA

2024
Public storefront mural, Psychedelic Water, Venice Beach, CA
Public storefront mural, Mission Refill, Goleta, CA
Live painting and exhibition, Lightning in a Bottle festival, California

2023
Installation and set design, private event for NFL Honors 2023, Phoenix, AZ
Container installation and three public workshops, Canal Convergence, City of Scottsdale, AZ
Public storefront mural, Lululemon, Tucson, AZ
Two public murals and ten custom sculptural works, X Life Co Working Apartments, Phoenix, AZ

2022
Public mural, United Airlines Club, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ
Public mural, Lululemon, Scottsdale Quarter, Scottsdale, AZ
Installation of 32 commissioned artworks, Entrada Luxury Apartments, Scottsdale, AZ
Public mural, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe, AZ
Private mural, Inspire Architecture Studios office, Phoenix, AZ

2021
Public lobby mural, Canopy by Hilton, Tempe, AZ
Private corporate mural, Square headquarters, Scottsdale, AZ
Public River Walk mural, Phoenix Mural Festival, Phoenix, AZ
Public mural, Cloth & Flame Event Center, Joshua Tree, CA

2020
Public mural, McDowell Miracle Mile, City of Phoenix, AZ

2019
Public mural, The Merchantile of Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
Public mural, Shaneland Art Center, Phoenix, AZ

2020–2024
Private residential mural commissions, Arizona and California

Collaborations and Design

2026
Artwork licensing agreement with Seminal for Middle East and North Africa merchandise, including a T-shirt for Splash Mall, Dubai, UAE

2024
Textile collaboration, Tierra Y Mano, Oaxaca, Mexico
Instructor, five-day mural painting intensive, Mexico City, Mexico

2022
Textile collaboration, Esme Tena, Osaka, Japan

2020
Textile design collaboration, Huxton

2019
Textile design commission, Female Not Factory

Press and Recognition

2023
Phoenix Art Museum, Artist Spotlight, "Blaise Danio: In Her Own Words"
Madewell Hometown Heroes Collective, Class of 2023

2022
Create Magazine, seven-page artist feature and interview

2020
Design Milk, feature article, "Bold Scarves Inspired by the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright"
Design Milk, feature article, "Scarves + Decor Inspired by Desert Landscapes"

2019
Spotlight Artist, Taliesin West and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

Professional Experience

2017 to present
Founder and principal, Blaise Danio Studio

2015
Installations for The Odyssey, Barbecue and Eclipsed, The Public Theater, New York, NY
Art installer, Sotheby's, New York, NY

2012
Art installer, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Art and prop installer, No. 4 Studios for DKNY, New York, NY

2011
Studio assistant to artist Michele Oka Doner

Blaise Danio is an artist and studio principal creating site-specific works for luxury hospitality, global brands, and public institutions. Working across painting, sculpture, large-scale installation, and custom backdrops, her practice transforms architectural space into immersive visual environments that are at once bold and considered.

Danio trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University before relocating to New York, where she built her foundation working within the city's fine art world — including MoMA PS1 and Sotheby's — and spent formative years assisting internationally acclaimed artist Michele Oka Doner. That grounding in both institutional fine art and rigorous studio practice shapes every commission she undertakes.

Her studio operates between Los Angeles and Mexico City, bringing a cross-cultural perspective to each project. Clients include Canopy by Hilton, Lululemon, United Airlines, and the NFL, with work spanning hotel interiors, brand activations, public installations, and private commissions across the United States and internationally.