Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards is an established artist well known for his portraits made of text. New bodies of work show Edwards evolving from his recognised style, developing an increasingly sophisticated approach to painting. Some works retain a typographic aesthetic, whilst others incorporate painted neon, abstract expressionism and traditional landscape painting to produce a complex and energetic dialogue between the old and the new.

Edwards has exhibited extensively, including four solo shows, and his work is in collections around the world, including those of Sir Bradley Wiggins, Imelda May, and the late publisher Felix Dennis. David Bowie signed Edwards’ unique typographic portrait of Aladdin Sane - which went on to raise phenomenal funds for charity at auction. His portrait of Lord Attenborough is on permanent display at The Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts, University of Sussex. Edwards' work was also included in Gilles Peterson's book 'Broadcasting in a Pandemic', a cultural documentation of a year in lockdown.

An exceptional painter, Edwards started out as a professional artisan artist before developing his own body of work. Projects have included a stage set for rock band Blur and producing commissioned artworks for Bacardi, Bud...

BAFA Fine Art - University of Central England.

‘Beyond The Studio’ - Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, July 2026
‘Artfinder’ London Design Week - Chelsea Harbour, London, March 2026
The Other Art Fair - Truman Brewery, London, Oct 2025
’Skull-Huggery’ - Stolen Space Gallery, London, Nov 2024
Artist in Residence - Cycladic Arts, Paros, Greece Oct 2024
’What A Waste’ - Koppell Project, London, Nov 2022
’Sound and Vision’ - Enter Gallery, March 2022
’One Love’ - Saatchi Gallery, London, Feb 2022
’ArtYard’ - Enter Gallery, Brighton, Oct 2021
’50 x 50’ Auction Collective, London, Nov 2020
‘New Beginnings’ - Enter Gallery, Brighton, Dec 2019
SOLO SHOW - 'Black Fireworks' - Phoenix Art Space, Brighton 2019
’Mixed Originals’ - Enter Gallery, Brighton, May 2019
'ArtYard' - Artrepublic, Brighton 2018
SOLO SHOW - 'TEXT ME' - The Contemporary, Manchester. Oct 2017
'Art Block' - Truman Gallery, London Oct 2016
'Open' - Phoenix Gallery, Brighton May 2016
'Hibernate' - Hang Up Gallery, London 2015
'Layered Details' - Galleri GEO - Norway - Oct 2015
SOLO SHOW - 'TYPO' - The Contemporary Gallery, Chester 2015
‘Underground OH’ - Brush Gallery, Brighton 2015
‘Hang Up Collections Vol III’ - Hang Up Gallery, London 2015
‘Celebrity' - Brush Gallery, Brighton 2015
‘A3' - Phoenix Gallery, Brighton 2014
‘Gr...