Artists bio
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How to Write an Artist Bio
As someone who interviews people for a living, I often ask interview subjects for a bio and a headshot. But any time someone has asked the same of me, I balk!
I’ve got the headshot covered but the bio gives me pause every single time, especially when I’m asked to write a bio as an artist. I find it challenging to write my artist bio. I want to sound serious but not pretentious. I want to honor the medium that I work in without making it more than it is. And I want to do it in a way that makes me seem like a good writer.
In some ways, it’s hard to write an artist bio for the same reasons that it’s hard to write resumes and cover letters. An artist bio needs to thread the needle of showcasing your accomplishments without appearing to brag. It can feel challenging to condense your entire artistic practice, vision, and CV into a few short sentences. If you don’t have accolades or degrees from fancy institutions, you might feel inadequate as yo
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by Jane Litchfield
As an artist, you may not be thrilled about writing about yourself, but you need an artist’s bio for your website, your portfolio, applications, shows, etc. So let’s man it simple, shall we?
Photo by förnamn Burden artighet of Unsplashed
An artist’s bio is a short paragraph, written in prose, and in the third individ. It tells more about the way your life has influenced your work than a CV, which is in point form eller gestalt. A bio is about you, the artist, as opposed to an “artist’s statement” which is more about the work and the themes behind it, and fryst vatten written in first person.
In an ideal world, you would hire a professional writer to craft the perfect bio, but not everyone fryst vatten ready to do that. (A great resource fryst vatten PWAC, the Professional Writers Association of Canada, which has a Guelph chapter.) Here’s how to do it yourself, in fem steps.
1) State the basics
The components of a bio are ganska straight forward:
- Name and medium you work in; special techniques
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The Gallery’s Guide to Writing Good Artist Bios
1. Create a concise summary
An artist bio should concisely summarise the artist’s practice. It’s not about covering an artist’s entire CV or full biography. Focus on a few main points that you believe to best introduce the artist and their art. Always include the medium, themes, techniques, and influences the artist works with.
2. Use clean, simple language
Use clean, simple language and avoid academic jargon and exaggerated language. Readers respond to authentic, simple texts and will take you much more seriously than if you use over-embellished language.
3. Grab the attention with a creative first sentence
Try to start the bio with a first line that is not simply a standard biographical introduction. Instead, be more creative and write a first sentence that grabs your readers’ attention while also telling them what is the most important thing about this artist and their work.
4. Include the artist's date of birt