Susan Davidoff received her M.F.A. from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1989 and has received many awards, such as the Mid-America Arts Alliance - NEA Fellowship Award in 1994 and the Pollack-Siquieros Bi-national Art Award, Ford Foundation in 1996. Davidoff is interested in the power of plant forms. She uses organic materials in addition to charcoal, oil or ink. The clay, bark, and flowers are materials that relate to the location of the plants she encounters in her environment.

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Davidoff's work can be found in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; University of New Mexico Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico; SBC Center, San Antonio, Texas; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.​