Sharing your profile
Every way to share your Artsume profile: public link, QR code, an Artist Card in Apple or Google Wallet, a print-ready business card, and artwork labels.
Your profile does the most work when people actually reach it. Artsume gives you one live page and several ways to point people at it: a plain link, a scannable QR code, an Artist Card in Apple or Google Wallet, a print-ready business card, and exhibition labels for your works. Each one leads back to your live profile (labels go straight to the specific work), so whatever you update there is what people see.
Your public address
Your profile lives at /a/your-handle. Anyone with the link can open your published profile, no Artsume account required, and it always reflects your latest saved edits. This is the address every share method below points to.
Because your handle is the address, changing your handle changes the URL and your old links stop working. That's why Artsume limits handle changes to once every 30 days. The rules and mechanics live in Creating your profile. The short version: pick a handle you're happy with, then share it widely.
Share a link or QR code
Everything sharing-related lives in the share card in your profile's right rail. Everyone who visits your profile sees it, headed Share, with your QR code and a Copy link button, so a curator on your page can grab your link without asking. Copying the link puts the full address on the clipboard, ending /a/your-handle?src=link_share, ready to drop into an email, a bio, or a message. The tag on the end tells Artsume the visit came from a link you shared.
On your own profile the card is headed Share your profile instead, and it adds a Your assets section that only you can see:
- Download QR code: choose PNG image or SVG vector.
- Add to Wallet: save your Artist Card to your phone (next section).
- Business card: generate a print-ready card (below).
Use the PNG for quick placement and the SVG when you need the code to scale cleanly onto printed cards, signage, or exhibition wall text.
SVG for print, PNG for screens
The SVG is a vector, so it stays crisp at any size. Reach for it when a printer or designer is involved. The PNG is a ready-to-drop image for slides, social posts, and documents.
Scans of your QR code are counted. See Track scans and views below.
Add your Artist Card to a wallet
Your Artist Card lives in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. When someone scans it, they land on your full profile, with portfolio, statement, and CV, instead of a static contact card. It's the fastest thing to hand someone at an opening or a studio visit.
Add it from Add to Wallet on your share card, which opens the Add Artist Card to Wallet dialog. What you see depends on your device:
- On a phone, you get one Add to Wallet button for the wallet your phone uses, so an iPhone saves to Apple Wallet and an Android phone saves to Google Wallet.
- On a desktop, you see a QR code, because wallet passes are added on a phone. Scan it with your phone while signed in to Artsume there: your profile opens with the wallet button ready, and you add the card in one tap. The desktop dialog also offers Add to Wallet with a choice of Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, for saving a pass to send to yourself.
To learn more about the card itself, see the Artist Card feature page.
Generate a business card PDF
For something physical, the Business card action on your share card opens the Download business card generator. It builds a standard 3.5 × 2 in card, front and back, with a QR code to your profile on both faces: small on the front, large on the back above "Scan to view my portfolio".
The card pulls from your profile, and you choose which optional details to include: Profile photo, Discipline, Location, Email, Phone number, and Website. Your name and your profile link are always on the card. Any field that isn't filled in on your profile is flagged in the checklist so you know to add it first. A live preview of both faces updates as you toggle fields.
Pick a format, then select Export business card:
- Print-ready PDF: a two-page PDF sized exactly to the card, ready to hand to a print shop.
- PNG images: two 300 DPI images (front and back) for digital use or design tools.
Print artwork labels
For shows, studio visits, and open studios, you can generate museum-style labels for individual works, each with a QR code that opens that specific piece on your profile. This is the didactic wall label collectors and jurors expect, plus a scannable link to the full context.
Labels are generated per project. Open the Portfolio tab in your own profile workspace at /profile and select a project: the Label button sits in its footer, between Edit and Share. It opens the Download artwork label dialog. (Building and organizing the projects themselves is covered in Building your portfolio.)
In the dialog you control:
- Size: 4 × 6 in (the default), 5 × 7 in, 3 × 5 in, or 2 × 3.5 in.
- Orientation: Portrait or Landscape.
- Format: Sized PDF (one label per page, sized exactly to the label), Cut-sheet PDF (copies tiled on one sheet with cut guides, so you print on plain stock and trim), or PNG image (a 300 DPI image for label software like Avery or Dymo). The cut-sheet format adds a Paper choice of Letter (8.5 × 11 in) or A4 (210 × 297 mm).
- Fields: tick what to show, in the order they print. Artist name, Nationality & birth year, Title & year, Medium, Dimensions, Edition, Price, Credit line, Accession number, Description, and the QR code. A field that isn't filled in on the project is flagged so you can add it in the editor first.
A live preview reflects your choices at each size. There is also a Download QR code button in the dialog if you want just that project's QR on its own, as an SVG.
Labels adapt to the project
Only what applies shows up. Dimensions, for example, appear for image-led projects, not for audio or writing. Fill in a project's details thoroughly and the label writes itself.
Track scans and views
Your profile records two signals: profile views, when someone opens your page, and card scans, when someone scans your profile QR code (on screen, downloaded, or printed) or the QR on your wallet card. Both surface in Insights: views get the full treatment with trends and geography, and card scans appear in the More signals strip with a trend over the past month.
An artwork label is the exception. Its QR opens the individual work rather than your profile, so it records a view of that work. It is neither a profile view nor a card scan.
The counting is honest. Repeat scans from the same device within a day count once. Your own visits and scans are never counted while you are signed in, since Artsume recognizes the owner. Insights is the home for the full picture, so head there to read the data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Next steps
- Insights: see how many people view your profile and scan your card, and where they come from
- Building your portfolio: the works your labels and profile are built on
- Creating your profile: your handle, public URL, and publishing
- Your network: turn profile visits into connections