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Write a bio that still sounds like you.

Give us the true details of your practice. We will arrange them into useful bios without inventing exhibitions, awards, or a mysterious childhood in Paris.

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The raw materials

Tell us about your practice

Your name

The name you use publicly

What kind of artist are you?

Keep it natural and specific

Where are you based?

City, region, or country—leave blank if private

Materials or mediums

Separate several with commas

What lives inside the work?

Subjects or themes

What ideas, feelings, places, or questions keep returning?

How do you make the work?

Describe your process in ordinary language

Why do you make it?

What do you hope a viewer or collector feels? Starting with “to…” works well.

What makes your work recognizably yours?

A recurring form, method, tension, or point of view

Selected experience or achievements

Optional. Markets, exhibitions, collections, commissions, training

Website or social handle

Used only in the social bio

Choose the voice

Tone

Point of view

The useful forms

Your artist bios

Complete the marked fields, then build your bios.

Your words will appear here, ready to edit.

Before you publish

Keep what is true. Remove what is merely impressive.

Read the result aloud. If you would never say a phrase, replace it.
Lead with what you make and what the work explores—not a list of adjectives.
Update achievements and location as your practice changes.

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