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Resources for Artists

Artist's Statements

Artist's Statements can be found in a variety of places:

  • Solo exhibition catalogs
  • Group exhibition catalogs
  • MFA theses
  • Museum websites
  • On site in galleries and museums
  • Personal or official artist websites
  • Autobiographies and memoirs 
  • Oral histories
  • A foundation or other organization devoted to the work of an individual artist
  • Artists' books
  • Publishers and distributors websites

Finding UCLA MFA theses from the Art Department

MFA theses are called a Record of Creative Work. They are archived in the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF) on the UCLA campus. Theses can be requested by emailing the Arts Library at arts-circ@library.ucla.edu 

Resources for writing artist's statements