Blake Whitaker

Blake Whitaker spent most of his life living in Seattle, Washington. Art has always been a part of his life from a very early age such as drawing, painting and stop-motion animation . 

Blake attended the University of Washington School of Art, and graduated with an interdisciplinary Visual Arts degree in 2006. While attending the UW, Blake developed a strong academic understanding of drawing and painting. He later moved to Los Angeles, in 2011, to pursue his personal art career working in animation and video. In 2014 Blake entered into a graduate program at CalArts for experimental animation, and graduated with his MFA in 2017.

When not working on professional artwork, Blake enjoys spending time in his studio in Downtown Los Angeles, working on his personal paintings and mixed media artworks. 

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