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Artist statement - examples
A good artist statement communicates ideas with clarity. You don’t have to follow a formal structure, and there is no right or wrong way to write your statement.
The examples from professional artists and designers in this section are all different in length, format, communication style, structure, and use of vocabulary.
The statements presented here were written as part of a creative or research project, or as part of a presentation, exhibition, assessment, or documentation of creative work.
View the videos, read these statements, analyse their content and structure, to improve your understanding of how to write an engaging and effective artist statement.
Video artist statements
Select the artist names to view each video artist statement. All videos have auto-generated closed captions and a transcript of the spoken statement.
Parul Thaker
Unfolding: New Indian Textiles 2015, RMIT Gallery
Warning! Part of this video (at 0:34-0:47 seconds) has rapidly changing still images and may affect some people who are sensitive to light or motion.
Anasia Franco
Experimenta Recharge 2015, RMIT Gallery
Warning! Flashing light effects in part of this video (at 0:22-0:28 seconds) may affect some people who are sensitive to light.
Artist statement examples (learning activities)
Select the artist names to open example statements and view the different structural parts of each example, or download a text transcript version.
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Screen media & photography statements
These links to exernal resources contain several examples of artist statements for screen and media research, and photography.