The Artist Résumé is an abbreviated document - usually one to four pages long - which is used for:
This section includes:
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"The artist resume provides a selected overview of your artistic and professional accomplishments, education, affiliations, and hints at future aspirations. It usually accompanies your artist statement for exhibitions, proposals, and portfolios."
Karen Atkinson
The artist résumé is the 'short version' of your CV.
This abbreviated document is used when:
REMEMBER - This is about your life as an artist - not every job you've ever had! From a gallery perspective, if a resume is to be used in a catalogue then it needs to be
If you are using a resume to try and become a gallery artists, then it needs to be
The College Art Association suggests that it is typically one to four pages in length. |
Typical contents include the following:
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How to write an Artist Résumé
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Careful with juried shows. They're a good thing early in your career when you're building your resume and looking for exposure.... By midcareer, however, you should be off and running in academic galleries, libraries, co-ops, non-profits and, ideally, in commercial galleries. |
'Ask Harriete' on How to Write a Resume & Looking for a JobHarriete Estel Berman periodically provides advice to artists on "how to get on" - including how to get a job and how to write a resume
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Alyson Stanfield on developing a resumeIt's tough to put together a resume when you're just beginning. If you find yourself in this situation, follow these two pieces of advice: Alyson B. Stanfield peridocally writes about how to tailor your Resume as an artist to what people want to see and read. She's strong on looking at how to format and present your information
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"What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume"
- Advice from the Fine Art Views Blog (2012)
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Advice from Gallerists
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This covers the more generic advice relating to a wider field of employment or endeavour
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Sample Artists' Resumes
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