Where a street artist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a street artist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Street artists create visual art such as graffiti art or sticker art in urban environments' public spaces, on the streets, typically expressing feelings or political views and ideas, opting for non-traditional art venues.
Also known as urban artist, graffiti artist, street visual artist, muralist, street caricaturist, stencil artist, paste-up street artist, pictorial muralist, light street artist.
Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: artistic painter, 62%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A street artist needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- graffiti removal techniques services
- determine visual concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- create original drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
- study artworks information skills
- study artistic techniques information skills
- create artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- use artistic materials for drawing communication, collaboration and creativity
- discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain an artistic portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
- select artistic materials to create artworks communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a street artist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- artistic painter 72% covered · difficulty 32.8
- conceptual artist 66% covered · difficulty 38.7
- decorative painter 55% covered · difficulty 48.3
- ceramicist 51% covered · difficulty 52.9
- drawing artist 51% covered · difficulty 53.1
- glass painter 49% covered · difficulty 53.9
- porcelain painter 49% covered · difficulty 53.9
- wood painter 49% covered · difficulty 53.9
- ceramic painter 45% covered · difficulty 57.9
- video artist 42% covered · difficulty 60.9
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a street artist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.