A Working Algorithm

In an attempt to create transparency about pricing, I have made an algorithm to invite the viewer/ collector into what it takes to make, show, and sell my work. The image above is a screenshot of the spreadsheet I used to price my artwork in the group exhibition, "LINE, FORM, AND SPACE" at Emerge Gallery in Feb 2018. This transparency feels as important as it feels necessary. Before identifying as an artist, I always wondered how artists arrive at a selling price. As a self-taught working artist, I found the traditional methods of pricing work to be helpful but felt that without accommodating for the additional cost of living that my chronic pain creates, I would not be accurately pricing my work. By publishing this process, I hope to continue this dialogue with fellow artists as well as art patrons on the value of art.