Artists' Statements

Below are a list of articles that will help guide through writing an artist's statement. Be aware that you can only search for the first two articles in the library using Art Full Text, not from a home computer. You can do a search using the title phrase "artist's statements" to find them, or search by author.

• Matt Liddle."Artist's statement". JAB (Journal of Artists' Books), no. 14 (Fall 2000), p.20-21.

• J. Miller. "How to write an artist's statement". Art Papers, v.21 (Sept/Oct 1997), p.35

• A. Goodwin."Writing an artist's statement". Ceramics Monthly, v.47 no. 5 (May 1999), p.39-40. Also available online here.

• How to write an artist's statement: Artists Foundation. Gives examples of some statements with critiques.

• Writing an artist's statement: ECIAD, the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, put together this how-to style guide for artist's statements.

• Your artist statement: explaining the unexplainable: Information from the website artbusiness.com explaining the need for an artist's statement, necessary items to include, language and style.