Artists Web Site

As a successful artist you will probably want to build yourself your own web site.

First you will need a domain name, most probably something like NameSurname.com. You can register it with a registrar.

Than you will need a place to host your web pages. It is hosted on a web server, the service by itself is called Web hosting.

Web hosting services often offer many additional applications, but one of most importatnt is CMS (content managing system), which allows you to add and change content of your web site. The other way is to have a software for building HTML sites on your computer and to use FTP to transfer them to the web server.

On your web site you will most probably have pages with:

• CV
• Artist statement
• List of exhibitions
• Artistic references
• Articles about you
• Articles and lectures by your own
• List of art projects
• Gallery of your works
• Videos about your work
• Contact data
• etc.

Web site with your own domain is like a tie on a business meeting - it has no real purpose, but you just need it to look serious. In contrary to social media, blog and other community web activities, web site is a passive presentation. It means it is mostly visited only by people, looking exactly for data about you and your work.

Most likely you will need a professional to start your own web site.


To get more about new media and building a professional web site as an artist, try some of folowing books:



Use new media to expose your work on Saatchi online or Fine Arts Europe and Fine Art America or find more about the way I present my media art instalations in new media.

About the New Media

We call "New Media" technologies and services, appearing at the turn of Millenium, like:

• User interface
• Multimedia
• Web sites
• Interactive instalations
• Computer games
• Virtual worlds
• Virtual reality
• Computer animation
• Digital video
• Smart phones and tablets
• etc.

New media caused a new form of culture and have strong influence on "traditional" media like:

• Photography
• Movie
• Painting and fine arts
• Sculpture
• Music
• Theatre

But also has strong influence on the way we think and communicate.



To get more about new media and building a professional career as an artist, try some of folowing books:



Use new media to expose your work on Saatchi online or Fine Arts Europe and Fine Art America or find more about the way I present my fine art in new media.

How to handle Rejection

Most stories about successful careers are stories about extreme persistence. The more bulletproof on defeat, a better chance to succeed!

Don't expect every your efford will result. In contrary: it is possible only 1% of your effords will result in an exhibition, sale, article or any other goal you want to achieve. It is very usuall only 3-5% of your applications or requests will be answered and only half of them in your behalf. Keep knocking and it will open once - that and hard work is the secret of success.


To get more about building a professional career as an artist, try some of folowing books:



Expose your work on Saatchi online or Fine Arts Europe and Fine Art America or find more about the way I present my net.art projects.

Press Release

Of course you want to inform local and global media about your work. To be taken serious, you should do it only for:

• Exhibition or launching a new art project
• Public presentations
• Winning important rewards
• Sellings to renomed collectors

A tipical press release consists of:

Title (as attractive as possible)

Subtitle (short sentence supporting the title)

"The story"

What, Who, Where, When, Why

How your art project connects to "the story"

A sentence with your assertion

Short references

Photos, web links, etc.

To get more about building a professional career as an artist, try some of folowing books:



Expose your work on Saatchi online or Fine Arts Europe and Fine Art America or find more about the way I present my net.art projects.