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Artist and Designer Statements

By Lisa Graham.

Published by The International Journal of the Humanities

Artists have long depended on written statements to represent their work in gallery exhibitions, exhibition catalogs, and press releases. Artist statements are short (typically one page or less) written narratives discussing the motives, influences, and creative direction of a body of visual work. Designers affected by a slowdown of commercial work due to world economic conditions are increasingly seeking to boost exposure for their visual work through brick-and-mortar galleries, online galleries, exhibition catalogs, press releases, leave behind portfolios, online portfolios, blogs, YouTube videos, conference presentations, journal publications and an ever-widening array of exhibition venues. This paper discusses the artist statement and how creative individuals can adopt this written narrative for use in an ever-widening array of traditional and rich media presentations. Suggestions for writing artist or designer statements are delineated.

International Journal of the Humanities, Volume 7, Issue 11, pp.19-24. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 1.170MB).

Lisa Graham

Associate Professor, Art and Art History Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA