conceptual artisttostreet artist
A conceptual artist already meets 66% of what the street artist role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
38.7/ 100
1 Share of the street artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the conceptual artist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A street artist role treats 12 of its required skills as things a conceptual artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt artistic plan to location
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- create artwork
- discuss artwork
- gather reference materials for artwork
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A street artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a conceptual artist background worth leading with.
- already held study artistic techniques information skills
- already held create artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use artistic materials for drawing communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan art educational activities management skills
- already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 12 the street artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held create original drawings required
- required, not held determine visual concepts required
- required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
- optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
- optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
- optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
- optional, not held create digital images optional
- required, not held study artworks required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held graffiti removal techniques required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a street artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create original drawings skill · sector specific
- 02 determine visual concepts skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure visual quality of the set skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held adapt artistic plan to location skill
- already held art history knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- already held create artwork skill
- already held discuss artwork skill
- already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
- already held select artistic materials to create artworks skill
- already held study artistic techniques skill
- already held use artistic materials for drawing skill
- already held assess conservation needs skill
- already held develop artistic educational activities skill
- already held develop artistic project budgets skill
- already held develop educational resources skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
- already held plan art educational activities skill
- already held present exhibition skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
- optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
- optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
- optional, not held create digital images optional
17 held skills the street artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess each stage of the creative process skill
- not needed by the target role create pen-and-paper images skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role define creative components skill
- not needed by the target role design graphics skill
- not needed by the target role design greeting cards skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role develop animations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of exercise environment skill
- not needed by the target role iconography knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
- not needed by the target role make artistic processes explicit skill
- not needed by the target role manage artistic project skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role monitor art scene developments skill
- not needed by the target role monitor sociological trends skill
- not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held graffiti removal techniques required
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How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.