Please write your artist bio in the third person. The first reference should be your full name, with further references only including your first name. For example:

 

 

Your artist bio should include any art education you have had, including listing any teachers who have had a great impact on you and/or your work. Your artist bio should also include any major awards, exhibitions, or residencies if you want to include them. If you are self-taught, say that! 

 

You may  include any links to your personal website, social media sites that you have and maintain such as websites, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.

 

If you have a way that people can purchase your artwork, please let them know that in your bio.

 

Please limit your artist bio to 150 words or less. You want people to learn a little about who you are but not read an autobiography of your entire life. If you have been in many group shows, please do not list them all. Just say that you have been in many group exhibitions throughout the Northeast, or New Jersey, or wherever. 

An artist statement should be written in the first person and represent who you are as an artist. The artist statement should tell people what, how and why you do art. You can also tell people your artistic process (how you decide to create what you create), as well as how you actually do that (what mediums do you use, why, and what makes you unique).

 

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You should also try to tell people what feelings or emotions you are trying to communicate with your artwork.

 

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Basically, the artist statement should say what makes you the artist that you are. You don’t need fancy words or catch phrases, just tell people why you love to create!