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Artist Statement Samples

July22

Here is a constantly updated list of links to sample artist statements from all over.

  • Art from her backyard - "I find that not only is there joy in learning watercolor, learning photography, but there is joy in learning to cherish these landscapes right here where I live," Archbold said in her artist statement. "When we begin to find the cherished in our ...
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  • Redheads rule the lobby of the North Shore Bank of Commerce - An excerpt from her artist statement said, “For many years the idea of an exhibit of paintings featuring redheaded individuals has percolated in me … I am interested in going beyond the ordinary rendering of the person …. These portraits celebrate ...
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  • "Artist's Statement for Church of Totem" by Totem Shriver - This artist's statement provides information on the exhibit Church of Totem by Totem Shriver, as well as information on its associated collaborative gatherings.
    digitalcommons.linfield.edu/avc_catalogs/2/
  • Artist Statement - Artist BiographyA Brief History of an Artist · Artist StatementCurrent Artistic Inspirations & Mission · Artist Curriculum VitaeExhibitions & Event History ...
    www.danielanaka.com/index.php/artist-cv.../artist-statement
  • Artist statement | lucbihan.com - Art for Sale · Vase series · Hermaphrodite (sold) · Fashion (sold) · Angels (sold) · Paterns · Earthy Worms · Flowered legs · Open flower · Tornado · Composter ...
    lucbihan.com/about/artist-statement/
  • Artist's Statement - Artist's Statement.
    johnbrandonsills.com/statement.htm
  • Artist Statement - Fine Art by Janet Roberts - I was born in 1944, and now realize the early films of Walt Disney planted a seed in my visual consciousness that over time developed into a lasting fascination ...
    www.janetmroberts.com/public/view_text.php?user_id=4
  • Paolo Cirio. Artist's statement. 2012. - Paolo Cirio - Subversive ... - Artist's statement 2010. Selection artist's texts: - Social Algorithms text · - Recombinant Fiction theory. My artwork investigates the power of information, and thus ...
    paolocirio.net/press/text_paolo_cirio_statement.php
  • Artist Statement and About The Artist - Vermont Artist Christine E ... - I was raised in upstate New York and at a very young age I realized art, creativity and caring were going to be a part of my life. I went to college and received a ...
    christinelamarvtart.weebly.com/artist-statement-and-about-the-...
  • artist statement writer - Rachelle Nones - Rachelle Nones - Artist Statement Writer Rachelle Nones. Painting Vivid Portraits with ... Artist Statement Writing, Editing, Rewriting & Coaching Services. Posted on May 15, 2012 ...
    www.rachellenonesmultimedia.com/.../artist-statement-writer/
  • Artpoli - dae myung kim's [ Geojin port of colony pine trees ] - Materials, acrylic, canvas, color, oil. Original size, (h) 60.0 * (w) 120.0 cm. Purchase original ($2392.50). Purchase image files New. Artist statement. Working with acrylic and oil painting canvas. Artist's other works ( See more ). Add to favorites ...
    Artpoli recent artworks
  • The Altered Page: One Artist Journal - I am happy to say that she is also a contributing artist in my own book, The Pulse of Mixed Media, in which she wrote the following artist statement: "I am a gatherer. While on my tracks I find sky-kissing mountains and deep valleys, barren ...
    The Altered Page
  • Bernheim Forest's latest addition: a huge, free-form twig sculpture -
    ... in a new community and consider the time I spend as a kind of cultural exchange in which the energy of the people and the sense of the place are somehow folded back into the sculpture itself," he wrote in an artist's statement about the project.
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    Lexington Herald Leader
  • 'Wonderland' Photographer Kirsty Mitchell On Imagination, Loss And Alexander ... - HP: In your artist statement about your photos, you write, “People mattered, how they sat, how they slept, how they looked when they thought no one else cared.” What do you mean by this, exactly? KM: I wrote this about an entirely different stage in my ...
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  • Artpoli - dae myung kim's [Lee in April of Yongdae ] - Category, Painting. Materials, acrylic, canvas, color, oil. Original size, (h) 45.5 * (w) 38.0 cm. Purchase original ($1435.50). Purchase image files New. Artist statement. Canvas oil painting and Ah Creek jobs. Artist's other works ( See more ) ...
    Artpoli recent artworks
  • re-title.com artist opportunities: The John Gingell Award - Call for ... - Artist Statement (max 250 words) Supporting Proposal explaining to what use the award would be put, outlining how the award would enable you to develop your Art practice (max 500 words) CV including contact details, education, and any ...
    re-title.com artist opportunities
  • The Decorated School: Vusumuzi Maduna, Martin Luther King and a ... - The 'Artist's Statement' by Vusumuzi Maduna (1940-2007) is currently attached to a wall of a relatively newly created teachers' room that partially blocks the view of his sculpture mural in the Martin Luther King School built by the modernist ...
    The Decorated School
  • 'When preparation meets opportunity' - “I have no idea whatsoever why my seventh grade teacher chose me to be the yearbook photographer, unless it was the universe planting a seed,” he said in an artist's statement. “Later, in the US Army, I was a battalion photographer.
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  • 'Rain Barrels On Parade' Call for Artists - A brief resume/portfolio of no more than three pages and artist statement is required. StormWorks is a social enterprise created to support the mission of the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association (NMRWA) by implementing responsible stormwater management ...
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  • Exhibit covers the spectrum - In her artist's statement Fisher counted “Alice in Wonderland” as an influence, her works are mostly organic forms of nature: waves, flowers, coral, planets, constellations. Derek Reevert's autobiographical sculptures look at the flaws and foibles of ...
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Feature Article

Artist Statement Do's and Don'ts

By Alyson Stanfield
ArtBiz Blog

An artist statement is a necessary component of any professional artists' portfolio or promotional packet.

When writing your artist statement, DO:

* Write in the first person. It is a statement, after all.

* Be brief, 2-3 paragraphs at most. Always err on the side of brevity. You can write more, but why would you want to? People have short attention spans these days. Load as much punch into the delivery as you can. Combine sentences and delete ones that aren't vital. As Henri Matisse said in his treatise on painting, "All that is not useful to the picture is detrimental." The same could be said of your statement.

* Describe the current direction of your work and your approach, particularly what is unique about your methods and materials.

* Sit on it for a few days and come back to it with a fresh mindset. Most artists, in my opinion, hate their statements because they rushed them in preparation for an exhibit and didn't care to spend any more time on them. How do you expect it to be any good if you don't work at it?

* Consider more than one statement if you are trying to discuss more than one body of work. If you try to get too much into a single statement, you run the risk of saying nothing and trying to be everything to all people. This is bad marketing/bad promotions.

* Allow your artist statement to grow, change, and mature along with your work. Don't let it sit on a shelf and collect dust. It should be organic and you shouldn't be afraid to change it and make it better.

* Make sure your statement passes the litmus test. Above all, viewers should be compelled to put the statement away and look back at the work. Your statement isn't successful if people read the words on the page, and then put them down and go on to the next artist.

When writing your artist statement, DO NOT:

* Use too many personal pronouns. Yes, I said to write in first person, but try to severely limit the number of "I"s, "me"s and "my"s that are used. You'll be amazed at how many other ways there are to phrase things. You want people to relate to your words and to your art. Too many personal pronouns will put up an unnecessary a barrier.

* Tell your life story. You can keep that for your bio (as long as it's interesting). Your artist statement is only about the current direction of your work.

* Quote or refer to anyone else by name. Keep the focus on you and your art. Mentioning another name shifts the readers' attention from your art to the other person.

* Forget to use spell check and ask someone else to read it over for you.

View the time to write your artist statement as an opportunity to clarify your thoughts. A well-written statement, approached deliberately and thoughtfully, can be a boon to your self-promotion efforts. You'll use the language on your Web site and in grant applications, press releases, brochures, and much more.

© Alyson Stanfield, All rights reserved.

Alyson B. Stanfield is an art-marketing consultant, artist advocate, and author of I'd Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion. Sign up for her free Art Marketing Action newsletter at