I'm looking for a word to describe a person who has significant experience in a particular field (for example, an artist who has worked in the music industry for more than 10 years).
There are some possibilities I have already considered, such as worldly-wise or mature, but these aren't quite what I'm looking for.
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Some possibilities include: professional, expert, seasoned, knowledgeable, proficient or simply experienced.
In your case I would go with 'seasoned' as it forms a neat collocation:
Several exhibitions are devoted to seasoned artists.
Mr. Barry is a seasoned artist, with hundreds of exhibitions under his belt.
Now, because of expanding opportunities, dancers start troupes long before they are seasoned artists.