Craig Blietz lives and works in Northeast Wisconsin. His work is a reflection of his rural environment and the many things within it that intrigue him.

Blietz has exhibited his work in numerous museum exhibitions that include the Muskegon Art Museum, Charles Allis Art Museum, Elmhurst Art Museum, Wright Museum, West Bend Art Museum (now Museum of Wisconsin Art), Rahr-West Museum, Miller Art Museum, and The Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art. In 2002 he had a Ten Year Retrospective of his work exhibited at the Baer Gallery in the Carol and Robert Bush Art Center on the campus of St. Norbert College. In 2001 The Miller Art Museum purchased a painting by Blietz that now exists in their permanent collection.

Recently, Blietz's work was included in the Charles Allis Art Museum's exhibition "Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now" where his painting 'Pastoral Dreaming' was awarded the "Director's Choice Award". Additionally, Blietz's painting 'Clarity', along with 'Pastoral Dreaming', have been juried into the "2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial" exhibition to be held in September and October of 2010 at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

Blietz received a BS from The University of Denver. He continued his art and design studies at The Harrington College of Design and finished his formal studies with four years of academic training at The School of Representational Art. Blietz studied privately with master draftsman and recognized Chicago figurative artist Fred Berger. Along with Mr. Berger, Blietz studied with portrait artist Richard Halstead, and also with painter, printmaker, and illustrator John Rush. Several extended trips to the art centers of both Europe and the United States, with the sole purpose being the study of the great masters, has added to Blietz's extensive education.

Blietz is currently represented by galleries in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Vermont.