Artist Biography Writing Workshops

How to write an artist bio

Artist biographies are an important tool for artists of any creative discipline to promote themselves and their work. Olivia delivers hands-on artist biography writing workshops for creative practitioners to learn how to write a professional artist biography.

An artist biography is an essential promotional tool for artists, performers and creative practitioners of any discipline. In these 3-hour, hands-on facilitated workshop sessions, Olivia will guide you through:

• The key ingredients of an artist's biography, including useful templates, resources and case studies
• The differences between artist bios, artist statements and artist CVs
• Creating different versions of your biography
• Other promotional tools to accompany your biography

Workshop participants will create a draft artist biography during the workshop and receive feedback. Your artist bio can then be used for exhibition proposals, residency applications, grant funding submissions, online promotions, festival programs and more.

During each workshop session, participants also have a professional headshot taken by a professional photographer, local to the host community. This professional portrait can be used to promote you and your arts practice across your social media profiles and website, for media releases and more.

This workshop program is suitable for artists of any discipline - visual art, performing arts, music, dance, literature, photography, videography, and more. Whether you’re looking to refresh your artist bio or write a biography for the first time, this workshop is suitable for all levels of experience and all stages of arts careers - early career or emerging artists, mid-career artists and established artists.

Upcoming workshops available for public registrations are listed below, or please contact Olivia to arrange a workshop in your region.

Example Artist Biography Workshop head shot image - Olivia Everitt.
Image credits: Paul Beutel

Register for an upcoming Artist Biography Writing Workshop:

Wednesday 12 February 2025 1-4pm - Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum. Click for full details and to register.

 
 

Client Testimonials

  • "Olivia Everitt's Bio workshop was very informative and I found Olivia to be a extremely good facilitator, who was more than happy to answer any questions or queries. Thank you Olivia!"

    Workshop Participant (Artist Biography Writing Workshop - Fraser Coast)

  • "Olivia Everitt is a fantastic workshop presenter. She gives clear easy to understand information and instructions and is a delight to listen to."

    Workshop Participant (Artist Biography Writing Workshop - Fraser Coast)

  • "I had a great day yesterday at the Artist Bio and Project Planning workshops at Gatakers Artspace in Maryborough. The workshops were conducted by Olivia Everitt and were super informative. I already had a bio of my own which I thought was suitable, but from this workshop I learnt so much more about the importance of a properly developed bio. Olivia explained the best ways to stack your information, different layouts and lengths for different applications, the difference between a bio and a statement, and I picked up a lot about the importance of having a really well structured document. Cody Fox came along and photographed all the participants headshots to use with the artist bio! What a fantastic addition to anyone’s portfolio!"

    Workshop Participant (Artist Biography Workshop - Fraser Coast)