90.12
Class
Visual arts creation activities
SDMX: S9012
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
2 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes the activities of creation and production of works of the visual arts. This class includes: - activities of independent artists (e.g. sculptors, painters, cartoonists, calligraphers, engravers, etchers) - digital forms of visual arts creation - creations of art featuring light installations
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - manufacture of statues, other than artistic originals, see 23.70 - motion picture and video production, see 59.11, 59.12 - operation of cinemas, see 59.14 - photographic activities, see 74.20 - activities of personal theatrical or artistic agents or agencies, see 74.99 - casting activities, see 78.10 - intermediation service activities for theatrical, sport, amusement and entertainment tickets, see 82.40 - choreography activities, see 90.13 - creation and presentation of light and sound shows, see 93.29
Frequently Confused With
23.70
Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone
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59.11 Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
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59.12 Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
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59.14 Motion picture projection activities
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74.20 Photographic activities
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXArtists
SOC 2020:3411 Common titles: Painter, Sculptor, Artist
Product, clothing and related designers
SOC 2020:3422 Common titles: Designer, Stylist
Related Occupations
Leisure and sports managersPhotographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section R (Visual arts creation activities).
In this section
Frequently confused with
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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