William Quigley Art

William Quigley (born April 29, 1961 in Pennsylvania) is a working artist in New York and Los Angeles. He had his first exhibition with Andy Warhol in 1985 at Henry McNeil Gallery in Philadelphia . Since he has shown in Museums, galleries and Art Fairs internationally such as; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Charles Craigg Museum Santa Barbara, Reina Sofia, Art Basel, Chicago, Arco, Manny Silverman, Pablos Birthday NY, Ferran Cano in Spain, 71Mercer, Arne Zimmermann, and one of the first American painters to show at the Miro Foundation in Mallorca through Galeria Ferran Cano. In 1994 he founded and owned the infamous, AB Gallery, directed by Dan Bernier, who exhibted fledgling talents like Marc Chiat, Manuel Ocampo, Steve Hurd, Jason Rhoades, George Stoll, Russell Crotty, Martin Kersels and Kevin Sullivan. His work is collected all over the world and the Street aesthetic through his new tshirt line Skrapper, is one of the most influential companies among a new younger generation of artists . He has painted commissioned portraits of, and in many cases for, President Bush and Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jordan, Shaquille Oneal, LeBron James, Wayne Gretzky, Eminem, Mohammed Ali, Bruce Springsteen, Ice Cube, Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson. His work was featured on Life Styles of the Rich and Famous because of his extensive high end clientele. Because of his dedication to children and charities in 2007 was selected as VH1 featured artist of the year along with honorees President William and Senator Hillary Clinton, John Mayer, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, John Sykes and Mariey Carey.