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Selected facts and figures about artists in the UK.
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How many visual artists are there?
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• 93,200 artists, commercial artists, graphic designers, according to analysis of the 1991 Census
• 16,892 craftspeople, according to the 1994 Crafts Council survey
• 52,372, according to AN ARTISTS INFORMATION COMPANY, drawn from further analysis of these figures
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| Where do they live?
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• 30% of artists and photographers live in London, according to a report in 2000 by the London Development Agency
• 50% of artists live in London, statistic from an Arts Council of England report, as quoted by Lynda Morris in AN Magazine 08/00
• AN ARTISTS INFORMATION COMPANY estimates that 25% of visual and applied artists live in London.
• 6% of artists live in Scotland, according to analysis of the 1991 Census
•14% of craftspeople live in Scotland, according to the 1994 Crafts Council survey
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| How do they make a living?
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According to the 1990 Visual Arts Survey, London Institute/Arts Council of Great Britain:
• 25% of visual artists make their main income from selling work.
• 33% make a main living from residencies and commissions
According to the 1996 National Artists Association report into artists' fees and payments:
• 20% of artists cited teaching as their single most important source of income
• 20% cited sales from exhibitions as the most important source
• 19% said private sales were the most important source
• 16% put workshops, residencies and community arts in this category
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| What do they earn from their practice?
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According to research in 1995 by the National Artists Association into artists' fees and payments:
• 37% of artists earned less than £5,000
• 62% earned less than £10,000
A 1995 socio-economic study of artists in Scotland showed:
• 37% had incomes of less than £5,000 a year
• 29% earned no income from artistic work
In Creative Futures: what do artists and designers do? published in 1994 by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services:
• The average visual arts and design salary two years after graduation was £7,800 or 63% of the average graduate salary.
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