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 three 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, Bu...

BAFA Fine Art - University of Central England.

'Sound and Vision' Enter Gallery, Brighton, March 2022
'One Love' Saatchi Gallery, London, Feb 2022
’50 x 50’ Auction Collective, London, Nov 2020
'New Beginnings' ArtRepublic Gallery, Brighton, November 2019
'Black Fireworks' - SOLO SHOW - Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, Oct 2019
'Mixed Originals' ArtRepublic, Brighton, May 2019
'TEXT ME' Solo Show - The Contemporary, Manchester - Oct 2017
'Art Block' - Truman Gallery, London 2016
'Open' - Phoenix Gallery, Brighton 2016
'Hibernate' - Hang Up Gallery, London 2015
'Layered Details' - Galleri GEO - Norway - Oct 2015
'TYPO' - solo show - 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
Group Show - The Contemporary, Chester 2014
One Alfred - Store Street Gallery, London 2014
MOA - Monsters of Art Gallery, London 2014
Pink Pop - Red Hand Gallery, London 2014
Pop Typographica - Frame Factory Gallery, Brighton 2013
Synergy - Store Street Gallery, London 2013
Group Show - George Thornton Art, Nottingham 2013
Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, The Barker Gallery 2012
Diversity In Style - Olyvia Fine Ar...