Artist Susan Keizer was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1940 and moved to California in 1971. She earned her B.A. in psychology from Reed College in Portland, OR, her M.A. in art studio from California State University, Sacramento, and also took art studio courses at the University of California, Davis and postgraduate courses in art studio at Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. She has exhibited all down the west coast of the United States and has appeared in group exhibitions nationwide.
Keizer boasts a MacDowell Fellowship, Kingsley-Witt Scholarship Award, Best of Show Award, Department of Art award from California State University in Sacramento, and was a finalist in the General Services Administration Commission of Sacramento California. She has also taught at Universities of California at both Davis and Sacramento and served as a visiting artist-in-residence or juror at many other institutions.
