I'm unaware of anyone who paints who "likes" the puffery that attends exhibiting. There is a difference between a bio, a curricula vitae and an "artist's statement" . . . but no one likes any one of 'em any better than another!
Here's the thing . . . gallerists like 'em because the "public" demands to have this connection with the artists whose work they view. Think of it as a necessary evil . . . bios are easy enough, as are the stats, i.e. what you've done to be impressive the last short while (curricula vitae). The statement could be gleaned from that site that has a computer randomly generating psychobabble and artspeak . . . (My work in is about the sympathetic syntesis of simplistic dualities . . .)
