This is a common practice because the gallery wants the potential buyer to contact them directly regarding any inquiries about your work. It is not uncommon to have studied art at a university without completing the degree. You may want to list these periods of study after the list of degrees earned. For those doing digital or technological art as well as video or performance art, please note whether or not the work is collaborative. If it is, develop a simple method for identifying individual contributions.
Some private collectors like to keep a low profile because of security reasons.
The inclusion of your work in books, magazines, major newspapers, and important catalogues is important for major galleries. Exhibition announcements and reviews in newspapers of smaller communities are less important. In the case of an individual who has taught at several major art institutions it may be useful. Current Gallery Representation Submitted by the College Art Association Professional Practices Committee, February 1999. Special thanks to Ellen Konowitz.