About me examples for artists

I am [first name], an artist in [your town]. I make original paintings, commissions and prints and editions. I start with a note about the piece you are looking at, or a studio visit if you are nearby.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

I am an artist, and the part of the work I care most about is saying what the work is actually about without reaching for art-speak. I am exhibiting and collected, and my clients are mostly a collector, a curator or someone who has just fallen for one piece.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is saying what the work is actually about without reaching for art-speak. I am exhibiting and collected.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

Right now I am mostly doing original paintings, for a collector, a curator or someone who has just fallen for one piece. I am exhibiting and collected. If you want to talk about commissions, I start with a note about the piece you are looking at, or a studio visit if you are nearby.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

I am [first name] — an artist in [your town], exhibiting and collected. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do original paintings and commissions.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

If you are a collector, a curator or someone who has just fallen for one piece, you are in the right place. I am [first name], an artist, and what I do about buying work they will not still like in five years, from someone who may not still be making it is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

I am exhibiting and collected. Work held in private collections, shown in group and solo exhibitions, and made in a studio rather than a spare hour. Beyond the paperwork: I work on original paintings, commissions and prints and editions, and I tell you what a piece is, what it costs and when it is available.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

I do one thing: original paintings. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am exhibiting and collected. If that is what you need, I start with a note about the piece you are looking at, or a studio visit if you are nearby.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Artist in [your town], exhibiting and collected. Original paintings and commissions. See available work.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

I am [first name]. I have been an artist for [number] years, working for a collector, a curator or someone who has just fallen for one piece. I am exhibiting and collected. If it would help to talk, I start with a note about the piece you are looking at, or a studio visit if you are nearby — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.