A free tool from Haddad Studio
How to writeyour artist texts
Answer questions that start with you, and leave with an artist bio and statement that sound like you, in Arabic and English, along with the terms that describe your practice and opportunities that fit your goals.
- Completely free
- Arabic and English
- Answers are saved on your device as you go
Before you start
Two texts every practitioner needs
The bio says who you are, and the statement explains what you make and why. Each has its own job.
Artist Statement
An artist statement explains what you make, how you make it, and why.
- Voice
- First person
- Length
- 200–300 words
- Used for
- Residencies, grants, portfolio
Written in the present tense, it covers your medium, the questions that drive your practice and your references. Residency and grant panels and curators read it alongside your work, and it is often the first thing they receive from you.
It speaks when you are not there
On the gallery wall, in the catalogue and in an application, it explains your work when you cannot.
It clarifies your practice for you first
Writing it makes you name what you do, and many practitioners find their real subject while writing it.
It opens doors
Residencies, grants and most open calls ask for one, usually within a word limit.
Our method
We start with you. The writing comes after.
Before any writing, the tool asks reflective questions: what repels you, what draws you in, where you were born and what you carried from there, and what you would be as a metaphor. The questions build on the Heartline workshop method in Paris and on years of training practitioners at Haddad Studio.
The more honest and detailed your answers, the closer the text comes to you. The answers give you something before the text, too: you see the words you repeat, the subject that returns in your work without you planning it, and you meet your practice in your own language before the art world's.
What do you dislike, in art or in life?
How to answer
Two ways to answer. One result.
Answer here
One question per screen, saved on your device as you go. Continue whenever you like; your results appear right after the last question.
Start nowDownload the questions
Download the question file, answer it however suits you, in writing or by transcribing a voice note, then upload it here.
Done? Upload your answersWhichever way you choose, the analysis happens here: we build your texts, terms and opportunities from your answers.
What you receive
Everything is built from your answers.
A bilingual bio
In Arabic and English, third person, ready to copy.
A bilingual statement
First person in three paragraphs, with a short version for Instagram.
Your words and terms
Keywords from your own language, and international art terms close to your practice, each with a line on how it relates to your work.
Gaps in your file
Contradictions and missing details in your answers, each with the question that resolves it.
Opportunities for your goal
Residencies, grants and open calls, filtered by your goal (production, research, exhibiting or travel), field, stage and eligibility.
Your next step
A Haddad Studio workshop or service that fits what your text revealed, with the reason why.
Already have texts or a portfolio?
Upload what you have. We start from there.
Your bio, statement, portfolio or CV. The tool checks them against a clear checklist, then you choose what you need:
- Edits to your textsA point-by-point review and an edited version that keeps your voice.
- Opportunities from your fileSet your goal on one screen; we match opportunities to your file and tell you what it lacks for each.
- A review sessionA personal review of your file, texts and application plan with the Haddad Studio team. Limited places each month. 450 SAR.
PDF or Word, up to 20 MB
We can nominate you
Haddad Studio receives opportunities and nomination requests from institutions and curators. At the end of the tool you can agree to be nominated for what fits your file, and we contact you before sending your file anywhere.
Questions
Is the tool free?
Yes. The questions, texts, terms and opportunities are completely free. Only the personal review session is paid, and it is optional.
Do I need exhibitions or an art degree?
No. Every question has a path for those early in their career, and the tool builds on your actual projects and practice without adding anything you did not say.
Who writes the text?
AI drafts the text from your answers following Haddad Studio's method. The draft is a starting point: read it, change what does not sound like you. The final word is yours.
What happens to my answers?
They are saved so we can build your results and you can return to them. We share your file with no one without your consent, and we contact you before any nomination.
Which language should I answer in?
Arabic or English, informally if that comes more naturally. Your texts come out in both languages either way.
Start with your first question.
Completely free, in Arabic and English.