Cat Blake is a graphic designer, printmaker, and muralist living and working in Alabama. Her focus is on natural subjects, history, folk art, and portraying native species reflecting the culture of Alabama. Blake received an AS in business management from Jefferson State Community College in 2024 and is currently a BFA candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a concentration in graphic design and printmaking.
She is currently on the board of PaperWorkers Local, serving as the Social Media Manager and Workshop Coordinator. Her work has been shown at Gallery Vox, PaperWorkers Local, Filter Coffee Parlor, the Tennessee Valley Art Museum, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Birmingham, the Shelby County Arts Council, the Gadsden Museum of Art, the 501 Gallery, the 501 Hallway Gallery, the Abroms-Engels Institute of the Visual Arts, and the 3rd Floor Studio Space at Ground Floor Contemporary. She has received the award for best in printmaking at the 2026 Robin Nance Metz Art Competition.
Blake has received the Friends of the Department of Art & Art History Scholarship, the John Dillon Scholarship for Printmaking, and a full scholarship for a class at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.