Develop Your Career in Visual Arts

How to be a gallery technician

Ross Chalmers has works at Hannah Barry Gallery, a gallery located in Peckham’s Copeland Cultural Quarter

Gallery technicians work behind the scenes to move artworks and ensure exhibitions are installed according to the artist or curator's brief. Find out the skills needed to pursue this career.

How to represent artists

Looking to work with artists? An artist’s agent and artist’s producer describe how they developed their careers representing visual artists and helping them to promote, sell or exhibit their work.

Building a portfolio career

Developing a portfolio career can provide a way to structure your work and maintain a steady income. Three visual artists describe the range of jobs they undertake to support their creative careers.

How to approach art galleries

Approaching galleries takes time and research. Different types of spaces require slightly different approaches.

How to work to commission

Commissions allow you to get your creative juices flowing. If your client is interested in stretching the creative boundaries there is no limit to what can be achieved.

Develop Your Career: Visual Arts