Professional Artist and Craft Maker CV

What a good one includes

• A clean header featuring your name, artistic medium, contact information, and a direct link to your online portfolio.
• Your educational background, listing relevant degrees, specialized craft apprenticeships, or intensive workshops.
• A clearly categorized history of solo and group exhibitions, sorted in reverse chronological order with gallery names, cities, and dates.
• A dedicated section for public, corporate, or notable private collections that have formally acquired your work.
• A bibliography of reviews, exhibition catalogues, interviews, or features in publications that have written about your practice.
• A chronological list highlighting any artist residencies, grants, fellowships, or juried awards you have received.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Over-designing the CV with colorful graphics, progress bars, or background textures, which distracts curators from your actual professional record.
• Listing unrelated day jobs, like retail or hospitality work, which dilutes your professional identity as a dedicated, practicing artist.
• Mixing solo exhibitions, group shows, and local craft markets into one confusing list instead of categorizing them into distinct sections.
• Including broken or outdated links to your website or portfolio, which immediately halts a curator's or juror's review of your work.

Frequently asked questions