Print biographical resources - general
Art Now, vols. 1-4Call Number: N6490.4 .A37ISBN: 382281444XPublished between 2002 and 2013, these four volumes each contain profiles of dozens of different contemporary artists from around the world
Contemporary Artists by Call Number: ref N6490 .C6567 2002ISBN: 1558624899Publication Date: 2002-01-01'Contemporary Artists' features comprehensive profiles of nearly 850 of the most significant artists woring in the contemporary era, with the vast majority of artists featured having produced their most significant work in the years after 1960.
Cream 3: Contemporary art in culture (10 curators, 100 contemporary artists, 10 source artists)Call Number: N6490 .C742 2003ISBN: 0714843113The Cream books feature works by 100 contemporary artists. The library also owns Fresh Cream (2000) and Ice Cream (2007).
The Painter speaks : artists discuss their experiences and careers by Call Number: ND205 .P35 1993ISBN: 0313289158Jerome Library, Main floor. Interviews with Chuck Close , Jim Dine, Sam Gilliam, Sally Haley, Al Held, Carl Morris, Joan Nelson, Barbara Noah, Elias Rivera, Dan Smajo-Ramirez, Emmi Whitehorse, Lisa Young.
Print biographical resources - the Americas and international artists
101 : a guide to 101 modern & contemporary Indian artistsCall Number: N7304 .J53 2005ISBN: 8175084235Jerome Library, main floor
Artists from Latin American cultures: A Biographical DictionaryCall Number: N6502.5 .C657 2002ISBN: 0313315442
Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern EraCall Number: ref N6502.4 .S45 2003ISBN: 0786410574Reference Collection, Jerome Library, main floor. A biographical dictionary of more than 12,700 artists.
Modern Chinese artists : a biographical dictionaryCall Number: N7348 .S85 2006ISBN: 0520244494Jerome Library, main floor
St. James guide to Black artistsCall Number: ref N40 .S78 1997ISBN: 1558622209Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor.
Biographical dictionary of Japanese artCall Number: N7350.B448ISBN: 0870114883Jerome Library, main floor- Who's Who in ArtCall Number: N40.W6Publication Date: 1982 (v. 20)Who's Who in Art covers British artists. It can be a very good place to find information on more obscure artists.
- Who's Who in American Art/Who Was Who in American ArtCall Number: N6536.W5, N6536.W56Publication Date: 1985, 1997-2002Brief biographical entries on American artists. Sometimes the only reference source for more obscure artists.
Print biographical resources - specific media
The Thames and Hudson encyclopaedia of 20th century design and designersCall Number: NK1390 .J85 1993ISBN: 0500202699Jerome Library, main floor
The Thames and Hudson encyclopedia of graphic design and designersCall Number: ref NC997 .L54 1992ISBN: 0500202591Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor- Contemporary designersCall Number: ref NK1390 .C655 1997ISBN: 1558621849Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor
- Museum of American Folk Art encyclopedia of twentieth-century American folk art and artists byCall Number: NK808.R6 1990Jerome Library, main floor
Contemporary photographersCall Number: ref TR139.C663 1988ISBN: 0912289791Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor
Dictionary of American sculptors : "18th century to the present," illustrated with over 200 photographsCall Number: ref NB236.O64 1984ISBN: 0938290037Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor
Print biographical resources - women artists
North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionaryCall Number: ref N6503 .N67 1995ISBN: 0824060490Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor
Women artists in the 20th and 21st century by Call Number: N8354 .W66 2003ISBN: 3822824372Jerome Library, main floor
Contemporary women artistsCall Number: ref N8354 .C66 1999ISBN: 1558623728Reference collection, Jerome Library, main floor
