Learn what you need to include in a Résumé for an Artist
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The Artist Résumé is an abbreviated document - usually one to four pages long - which is used for:
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What is an Artist Résumé?
"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
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The artist résumé is the 'short version' of your CV - an abbreviated document that is used in conjunction with commercial galleries, the search for exhibition opportunities, and certain grant applications.
REMEMBER - This is about you 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 accessible, informative but succinct. If you are using a resume to try and become a gallery artists, then it needs to be long enough to contain enough relevant information which will accredit your status, experience and achievements. 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
Links to advice and information
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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 Galleries and Art Dealers expect from an Artist Resume
Do NOT forget to think about what an art gallery or art dealer WANT TO KNOW rather than what you would like to tell!
The fact that something exists in your background isn't a good reason for including it in your CV.
Assume your prospective gallery or dealer is a busy person and make sure your resume answers all the key questions. Lean towards "less is more". Providing people with too much information can mean they just skim and give up.
The fact that something exists in your background isn't a good reason for including it in your CV.
Assume your prospective gallery or dealer is a busy person and make sure your resume answers all the key questions. Lean towards "less is more". Providing people with too much information can mean they just skim and give up.
- Edward_ Winkleman - Bio Camp Open Thread
What's good to include (and exclude) from a bio/resume - written by an art dealer and popular art blogger in New York - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 1 - your name | FineArtViews Blog by FASO
Providing your name on your artist resume is deceptively straight-forward. I describe it that way because some artists make the mistake of using aliases. You DON'T want to use an alias when submitting this information. - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 2 - your contact information | FineArtViews Bl
You need to think outside of the box when deciding on what information to provide on your artist resume. Furthermore, you need to think about the implications of that information beyond the paper. - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 3 - your short biography | FineArtViews Blog b
Some art dealers will request that you include a short biography within the context of your artist resume. - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 4 - your education info | FineArtViews Blog by
...if an artist is nervous about listing his or her age on the artist resume -- he or she will certainly be wary of listing Education depending on his or her educational background. Point blank -- those who did not attend a prestigious art school oft - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 5 - artist residencies (artist-in-residence) |
The Artist Residencies heading can be extremely deceptive if you are not sure what exactly the heading should detail. The following advice will give you an idea of what is expected from art dealers. - What Art Dealers Expect From Your Artist Resume: Part 6 -- Grants/Awards | FineArtViews Blog by FASO
The next heading on your artist resume (based on what art dealers have told me over the years) should be dedicated to grants and awards. The Grants/Awards heading of your artist resume is self-explanatory -- this is where you will list grants, fellow - How do I submit work to a gallery for view? - Ask Harriete
This is part two of a four part series by Don Friedlich, Harriete Estel Berman and Andy Cooperman for artists and crafts people about submitting work to galleries and retail establishments. Originally published on Etsy's Storque.
Generic advice about writing CVs and resumes |
Sample Artists' Resumes |
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This covers the more generic advice relating to a wider field of employment or endeavour
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