noun
1.
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarilysubject to aesthetic criteria.
2.
a person who practices one of the fine arts, especially a painter orsculptor.
3.
a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design,drawing, painting, etc.:
a commercial artist.
4.
a person who works in one of the performing arts, as an actor,musician, or singer; a public performer:
a mime artist; an artist of the dance.
5.
a person whose work exhibits exceptional skill.
6.
a person who is expert at trickery or deceit:
He's an artist with cards.
7.
Obsolete. an artisan.