The Artist's Roadmap

A pocket-sized career guide for emerging artists, The Artist's Roadmap is essential for anyone looking to discover what underpins a professional practice within this field.

Being an artist is challenging. Not only are the skills difficult to master, but there is no single route to success: all artistic careers are different. Authored by the founders of Delphian Gallery—­an artist-­run gallery and digital platform—­The Artist’s Roadmap charts the complex geography of the contemporary art world. This career guide reveals what goes on behind the exhibition display and in the curator’s office in a compassionately frank discussion of what professional practice means today and the commercial aspects of being an artist.

Rich in practical guidance, The Artist’s Roadmap positions early-career artists for those rare moments of opportunity that could define their career, while providing them with the tools and know-­how to forge their own paths to success. Grounded and well-informed, this guide addresses everything from approaching galleries and understanding representation to the nuts and bolts of artistic business, such as shipping, tax, and insurance. At a time when artists are increasingly obliged to hide the realities of their practice behind tight-­lipped exhibition texts and marketable mystique, The Artist’s Roadmap is refreshingly honest and an essential primer for any aspiring artist.