NOC 2021 · 53122 · TEER 3
Painters, sculptors and other visual artists
Unit group 53122 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Painters, sculptors and other visual artists create original paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings and other artistic works. They are usually self-employed. This unit group also includes art instructors and teachers, who are usually employed by art schools.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- animal art painter
- animal art sculptor
- art instructor
- art instructor (except primary, secondary, post-secondary education)
- art teacher (except primary, secondary and post-secondary education)
- artist
- artistic painter
- artistic printmaker
- charcoal artist
- clay modeller
- decorations painter - visual arts
- etcher - visual arts
- ice sculptor
- ink sketcher
- Inuit art sculptor
- landscape painter
- lithographic artist
- maritime art painter
- metal sculptor
- monument sculptor
- mural landscape artist
- mural painter
- oil painter
- painter - visual arts
- painting teacher
- plastic arts artist
- portrait painter
- printmaker - visual arts
- printmaking teacher
- scenery painter
- scenic painter - visual arts
- sculptor
- sculptor-modeller
- sculpture teacher (except primary, secondary, post-secondary education)
- sculpturing teacher (except primary, secondary, post-secondary education)
- silhouette artist
- silkscreen artist
- video artist
- visual arts artist
- visual arts teacher (except primary, secondary, post-secondary education)
- watercolourist
- wood block artist
- wood sculptor
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.