Mike Quirke, is a London based artist, working from St Patrick’s Studios in Wapping. Mike studied at Chelsea School of Art and Goldsmith College and has many years experience working in art and art education.
Recently he was invited to join the team of artists working on Westminster Cathedral’s Way of Mercy Stations contributing two paintings – the Merciful Father and the Conversion of St Paul. Both paintings are now on loan to parishes in the diocese of Westminster.
Other recent exhibitions have included the Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition, Wapping Open Studios, and St Michael’s Arts Festival with solo exhibitions at Husk Creative Space and the Catholic Truth Society. He was awarded a Pubeo painting prize for his contribution to Camaradas: British/Mexican art collaboration at Menier Gallery in 2019
Mike recently completed a commission for Archbishop Edward Adams Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain. He is currently engaged in a number of commissions for parishes in Westminster.
Recent exhibitions:
The Resilient Self II, Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch 2020
Untitled, 54 the Gallery, Mayfair 2020
The Resilient Self, Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch 2020
Journeys in Hope, Farm Street Church Hall, Mayfair 2020
Advent & Christmastide, St Patrick’s RC Church, Wapping 2019 -2020
Advent & Christmastide, Servite Church, Chelsea 2019 – 20
Presentation of St Edward Confessor Icon to the Papal Nuncio, Fitzrovia, 2019
St Michael’s Art Festival, St Michael’s Church, Stockwell 2019
Wapping Open Studios, Wapping 2019
Holy Spirt: Shaping Presence, Servite Church, Chelsea 2019
Camaradas – Menier Gallery, London Bridge 2019
Advent & Christmastide, Servite Church, Chelsea 2018 – 2019
Solo Exhbition, Arran Knight Pilates Studio, Wapping 2018
Eucharist Exhibition, St Patrick’s RC Church, Wapping 2018
St Michael’s Art Festival, St Michael’s Church, Stockwell 2018
Summer Open House: John Bateson/Mike Quirke, Brixton 2018
Adoremus: artworks inspired by the Eucharist, Servite Church, Chelsea 2018
Royal Academy 250th Summer Show, Picadilly 2018
Nikki Gardham Mike Quirke, Coffee Wake Up, Clapham 2018
Tom Treherne Paintings; Mike Quirke Prints, Servite Church, Chelsea 2018
Baptism of Christ on loan, St John’s Fulham Broadway 2018
Camaradas, Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch 2018
Solo Exhibition, Husk Creative Space, Limehouse 2018
Between Friends, Arts Centre Group, St Stephen Walbrook, City of London 2018
St Patrick’s Studios Advent & Christmastide, Servite Church, Chelsea 2017 – 2018
Living Water, Husk Creative Space, Limehouse 2017
St Michael’s Art Festival, St Michael’s Church, Stockwell 2017
Illusions, The Artists Pool, Menier Callery, London Bridge 2017
Solo Show, CTS Bookshop, Westminster 2017
St Patrick’s Studios and Invited Artists, Servite Church, Chelsea 2017
Resurrection Exhibition, Farm Street Jesuit Church, Mayfair 2017
Resurrection Exhibition, The Hurtado Centre, Wapping 2017
Camaradas, Mexican Embassy, Menier Gallery, London Bridge 2017
St Patrick’s Studios at Husk , Husk Creative Space, Limehouse 2016
Wapping Open Studios, The Hurtado Centre, Wapping 2016
The Way of Mercy, Westminster Cathedral 2015 – 2016
Work on public display
St Michael the Archangel Icon, Our Lady & St Michel RC Church, Garston
The Merciful Father, Our Lady & St Catherine of Sienna RC Church, Bow
The Conversion of St Paul, Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church, Fuham
The Baptism of the Lord Icon, St John’s, Fulham
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