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An artist's CV lists what has happened to your work: exhibitions (solo first), commissions, residencies, awards and where the work is held, then education.

Galleries, open calls and funders read it beside your portfolio, so keep each line short and dated. This example is a painter and printmaker who also runs workshops.

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Isla Fraser
Painter and Printmaker
Glasgow · 07700 900221 · isla.fraser@example.com · Portfolio on request

Statement

Painter and printmaker working with the shorelines of the Clyde estuary: large oil paintings made outdoors and screenprints that layer tide tables and maps. Runs printmaking workshops for schools and community groups.

Exhibitions and commissions

Solo exhibitions

Low Water | Firthside Gallery, Greenock | 2026

Ebb Lines | Merchant Print Studio project space, Glasgow | 2024

Group exhibitions

Open Print 26 (selected) | Leith Print Works, Edinburgh | 2026

Northern Open (selected) | Riverside Arts Centre, Dundee | 2025

Commissions and residencies

Mural for the waiting area, Firthside Community Health Centre | 2025

Artist in residence, three-month schools programme, Renfrewshire | 2024

Education

BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting and Printmaking), First Kelvin School of Art · 2019–2023

Awards and collections

Emerging Artist Award, Clydeside Arts Trust | 2025

Work in private collections in Scotland and England

Skills

Oil painting, large scale and outdoors

Screenprinting and etching

Workshop planning for schools

Framing, hanging and shipping work

Fictional example for an artist. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What galleries and funders look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Create artworks from your own ideas, or commissions from an individual or an organisationTwo solo shows and the health centre mural commission
Promote and sell your work through an agent, or through galleries, exhibitions, shops or onlineGallery shows and work in private collections
Develop your expertise in one or more mediaOil painting, screenprinting and etching
Attend exhibitions and join artists' groupsSelected for two open exhibitions and a print studio project space
Work as artist in residence, running classes and workshopsA schools residency and community printmaking workshops

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a fine artist.

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Fine artist on .

Inside this example
  • Statement: 32 words here
  • Exhibitions and commissions: 73 words here
  • Education: 15 words here
  • Awards and collections: 18 words here
  • Skills: 22 words here

How to write yours

01

Solo shows first

Within exhibitions, put solo before group, newest first, each with venue, town and year.

02

Say "selected"

For an open call, "selected" tells the reader your work was chosen, which is the point of listing it.

03

Keep the statement to three lines

Say what you make, with what, and about what. The full statement goes with the application.

04

Count community work

Residencies and workshops show funders you can run a project; give the length and who took part.

Rules and checks for an artist's CV

  • Portfolio. Art courses often ask for a portfolio of your work (National Careers Service). With any application, match the CV's list to the images you send.
  • Open calls. Competitions and open exhibitions raise your profile, and a-n The Artists Information Company lists opportunities (National Careers Service). Follow each call's word and image limits.
  • Working with children. School residencies may ask for a background check; say if you hold a current one.

Creative and one page: lists stay short and dated under a coloured header, so the CV reads well beside your images.

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