Writing an Artist Resume (CV)

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Writing an Artist Resume (CV)

An artist resume’ is sometimes confused with an Artist Biography or an Artist Statement. Each of these is a distinct document that has a different function, with different information and written in a different way. The artist resume’ is sometimes called (if you’re real fancy, or in academia-thankfully I am neither) a Curriculum Vitae or CV.

The Artist Resume’ is a list of your accomplishments as an artist. This list is written in reverse chronological order, meaning the most recent accomplishment is listed first. So, what do I mean by accomplishments? Typical categories on a resume’ would be: solos exhibitions; group exhibitions; museum collections; corporate collections; awards; press; books; teaching and miscellaneous if an accomplishment doesn’t fit into a specific category.

This document is often used by gallerists in providing potential buyers information about what you have done as an artist. Sometimes you may need to submit it to be considered for a solo exhibition, or even a group exhibition.

The artist resume’ should be kept up to date at all times. Each time you are selected for a show or an award, or any major accomplishment in your art career, add it to the resume’. Early on in your career, once you are creating a consistent body of work, is to build your resume’. It takes time but will be helpful for you to help track your accomplishments over a long period of time.

Here are links to Writing an Artist Biography and Writing an Artist Statement.

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