Artist Statement and Bio

An artist statement is a direct, clear and simple way to inform your audience of your practice, research and your recent creative outputs. The statement ensures the artist themselves outlines the correct information regarding the medium, subject matter and interests that are attributed to their practice at the time of writing. Due to the constantly

Portraits For NHS Heroes – Reaching A New Demographic Through A Charitable Cause

Headed by artist Tom Croft, the Portraits for NHS Heroes project entails a free portrait by an artist or practicing creative for an NHS key worker. The project is based upon a means of thanking the key workers amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Using Instagram as the point of contact between artist and muse, the exchange

Instagram Analytics – Using The Results To Post At The Best Time

Following the use of Union Metrics to analyse my professional Instagram account and provide me with information regarding the content and audience interaction, I was able to establish the best time to post is Monday at 10pm. This time of posting generated the greatest level of response, recognition and interaction from my audience. Therefore, using

Instagram Analytics – How To Better Engage With My Audience

Instagram is a direct, clear and understandable means of expanding and interacting with my audience. However, it is possible for me to use the social media platform more efficiently as to further engage with my audience in terms of posting when people are most likely to be online or to post at a time that

Art Prizes – The Advantages Of Entering Competitions

Having entered the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, the process of entering competitions alone can be a beneficial one, particularly if the shortlist is made or the competition is won. Entering such Art Prizes, despite an entrance fee, allows your practice to be seen by a new, greater demographic, as evidenced by

Creating a Professional Instagram Page

Coinciding to the launch of a professional website, as expanded upon within a previous post, I decided upon creating an Instagram page to run concurrently to the website, it would feature the same works however also include further additions in terms of new works in progress and images showing the process and materials as opposed

Creating A Professional Artist Website

It is essential for any practicing artist to have a professional website especially within increasingly digitised times. The route in which to achieve a website was in need of consideration in terms of either choosing a website subscription service in which a fee is charged to use an existing template, as offered by companies such

Artist Social Media – Olafur Eliasson Instagram Review

https://www.instagram.com/studioolafureliasson/ / @studioolafureliasson The Instagram page of Olafur Eliasson is used to present and promote his recent works and relevant exhibitions. Professionally curated with clear, sharp images and the use of galleries (multiple images) and video formats establishes the social media page as considered and easily usable. When posting an image of a work the

Artist Social Media – Shepard Fairey Instagram Review

https://www.instagram.com/obeygiant/?hl=en / Shepard Fairey (@obeygiant) Using the social media platform to promote recent shows, works and events such as Art Basel (Miami, 2019), Live Transmission Radio Show appearance with Billy Idol (SiriusXM, 2019) and Facing the Giant: Three Decades Of Dissent & New Works Exhibition (Over the Influence Gallery, Los Angeles, 2019), Fairey utilises Instagram

Jake and Dinos Chapman Website

Entering the website the viewer is met with an automatic introduction before having to click to access the site itself which is concisely organised with three labelled images of different works – MINDERWERTIGKINDER – WOLF CHILD (2011), OLD KENT ROAD, 2014 (2013) and THE NATURE OF PARTICLES – 72403769 (2011). When selected, these images take