Biography
Angie Quick (b. 1989) is an artist based in London, Ontario. Her practice encompasses painting as well as performance. Quick’s work explores tenderness and intimacy both historically and contemporaneously.
In February 2023 Musuem London featured Quick’s work in a solo exhibition “make me less evil”. Recent solo exhibitions include “The Moonlight Made Me Do It” at the McIntosh Gallery in 2021 and “when i die i will have loved everything”, curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford, ON in 2019. She is the recipient of multiple grants and was short-listed for Tracey Emin Artist Residency in 2022. Her work is in the collections of Museum London and the McIntosh Gallery at Western University.
Selected Works
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, I, of course replied, 2023
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Do-do-do, do-do-do, do-do-do, whoa, 2023
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beauty and the bestie, 2022
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Everyone is my friend, 2023
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if i say it’s my heart, it’s my heart, 2022
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They said, Someday, you’ll find all who love are blind, 2023
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i won’t be happy until you’re dead, 2022
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To think they could doubt my love, 2023
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The fool and the fooled, 2023
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this time we’re gonna make it (sheet, quilt and pillows), 2022
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Now, laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide, 2023
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not moving too much for men, 2022
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So, I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed, 2023
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the winter has been cruel (vermeer winter), 2022
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you seemed cooler on the internet, 2022
Exhibitions
January 4 - February 24 - 2024
Angie Quick “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”
Angie Quick's current exhibition is a visceral exploration of happiness and joy. Words Fest Conversation with Angie Quick on Feb 22 @7pm.
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January 5 - February 25 - 2023
Angie Quick “A Life Of Crime”
Magical and dream-like, Angie Quick's new paintings explore plush interior spaces that suggest both the absence and presence of a figure.
MoreCurriculum Vitae
Born
in 1989 in Calgary, Lives in London, ON
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2023 my horniness is the only thing keeping me alive, Ellephant Gallery, Montreal, QC
2023 make me less evil, curated by Andrew Kear, Museum London, London, ON
2023 a life of crime, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2022 the moonlight made me do it, curated by Helen Gregory, McIntosh Gallery, Western University, ON
2019 effects of excess crying on the landscape, Westland Gallery, London ON
2016 A Study in Ruin, Good Sport, London, ON
Group Exhibitions
2025 TBA curated by Andil Gosine, Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
2022 Natures Wild (duets) curated by Andil Gosine, Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catherine’s
2019 when i die i will have loved everything, curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford, ON
2018 The Affective Pull, curated by Brody Weaver, Satellite Project Space, London ON
2018 Impossible Expectations, curated by Abedar Kamgari, James Gallery, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
2017 What is Left? What is Right? curated by Jenna Faye Powell and Christina Battle, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2017 Soft Craft, curated by Megan Arnold and Taylor Doyle, Good Sport, London, ON
2016 Ghost Story, curated by Blair Swann, Xpace Culture Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 Portraits, self and others (it’s complicated), curated by James Patten, McIntosh Gallery, London, ON
Talks
2023 Art Now! A Conversation with Angie Quick, Museum London, London, ON
2023 Doubleheader artist talk & tour: a life of crime & make me less evil, MGG & Museum London, London, ON
2022 Artists in Conversation: Margaux Williamson with Angie Quick at Museum London, London, ON
Grants
2022 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)
2020 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)
2018 OAC Visual Artists Creation Project (emerging)
2017 London Art Council: CAIP Category 2 Project Grant
2016 London Art Council: CAIP Category 2 Project Grant
2016 OAC Emerging Visual Artist
Honours
2022 short-listed for Tracey Emin Artist Residency
Publications
Faflak, Joel, “Angie Quick”, Border Crossings Magazine, Issue #162, 2023
Collections
McIntosh Gallery
Museum London
Private Collections
News
Press
Videos
Angie Quick: Words Fest Talk
On February 22, 2024 curator Andrew Kear and Angie Quick sat down for a Words Fest conversation about her MGG exhibit "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".Angie Quick: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Angie Quick provides a behind the scenes tour of her exhibition "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes". In the video she talks about combining luxurious interiors with her sumptuous figures, the impact of her colour and how the paintings are lyrical.
