"Patrick Church has finally come home, and he's not packing light. From 1619 September 2025, the UK-born, New York-based artist and designer took over the Solus showroom in Clerkenwell, London, with I Tried, a four-day exhibition curated by art collective Gone Rogue. It's his first-ever UK solo show, and spoiler: it was perfectly messy, emotional, and downright fabulous. Church has spent the last eight years turning survival into style, painting on bodies, clothes, canvases, basically anything that doesn't run away."
"His work is raw, diaristic, and drenched in sincerity. He's shown internationally (most recently at Soho House Miami with Poolside Paradiso), dressed celebrities, and become a cult figure for a queer generation who live fearlessly in his hand-painted pieces. Now, London finally gets the retrospective it deserves. At I Tried, there was a little bit of everything: new cut-and-paste collage tapestries, iconic early works, and live painting sessions where bespoke Solus tiles and even live models were transformed in real time."
"It's part fashion, part fine art, part therapy session, a timeline of flamboyance, fear, failure, resilience, and all the diary entries in between. I paint every day, always, says Church. I think it started as a way to get rid of whatever feeling I was having next. Something physical to push me forward and leave behind. To see them now, all lined up, I see that person and those moments with more kindness. It's a story of someone trying."
Patrick Church, a UK-born, New York-based artist and designer, presented I Tried as a four-day takeover of the Solus showroom in Clerkenwell from 16–19 September 2025. The exhibition served as his first UK solo show and combined new cut-and-paste collage tapestries, iconic early works, and live painting sessions that transformed bespoke tiles and live models. Church has spent eight years painting on bodies, clothes, canvases, and other surfaces, developing a raw, diaristic practice rooted in survival and sincerity. The show emphasized messy honesty, resilience, and queer expression through bold, hand-painted pieces and immersive presentation.
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