Dik F. Liu


Schooling

1985 - 87, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

Master of Fine Arts in Painting, 1987

1981 - 85, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, 1985

1980 - 81, MBTA / Educational Training Program, Boston, MA

Certificate in Architecture and Environmental Design


Showing

2008, The Art of Seeing, Allen Sheppard, New York, NY

2006, Solo Show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY

2004, Solo Show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY

2003, Parallels of Perception, The Matthew Travis Gallery, Houston, TX

2002, George Nick selects Paintings, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

2001, Solo Show, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY

2000, Three Person Show, Galerie GEE'71, The Netherlands

2000, Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1999, Faculty Show, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

1998, Group Show, First Street Gallery, New York, NY. Juried by Ed Thorp

1997, Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1997, Group Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

1996, "Faculty Small Works Exhibition," Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1995, Co-curator, Figuration Reconsidered, CompuServe, Artist Forum

1995, Curator, "From the Dragon's Cloud," Tweed Galley, Mayor Giuliani's Office of the City of New York

1995, "Among Friends Again," Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma

1995, "In Liu of Mondrian," Art Moving, Brooklyn, NY (solo)

1993, "Flesh and Blood: David Ambrose and Dik Liu," Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA

1993, "The Naming of the Colors," White Columns Gallery, New York, NY

1993, "Mayor Medical: Invasive Procedures of Contemporary Art," City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.

1991, Three Person Show, Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY

1990, "Faculty Small Works Exhibition," Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1989, "China: June 4 ... 1989," BlumHelman Warehouse, New York, NY

1989, "Faculty Small Works Exhibition," Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1987, "M.F.A. Thesis Show," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT


Teaching

2001 - present, Fashion Institute of Technology

Adjunct Instructor, Fine Art Department

1997 - present, Long Island University

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Art.

1993 - present, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Instructor of Asian Students Program and International Students Program

1988 - present, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

Instructor of Continuing Education, AAS Program, BFA Program.

1996, Hofstra University

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fine Arts/Art History Department.

1988 - 95, The School of Cooper Union, New York, NY

Instructor of Extended Studies


Reviews



2006, Cynthia Maris Dantzic, 100 New York Painters,

Schiffer Publishing, N.Y., pg. 142 – 143

2002, William Corbett, Critical Mass: George Nick Selects

artsMEDIA, pg. 14-17, 15 April - 15 May 2002.

1998, Haber, John, "Dik Liu, Bowery Gallery",

Zing Magazine, Volume 2, Summer 98

1995, Chapman, Francis, "Local Mondrian Aftershock", Dik Liu at Art Moving,

Waterfront Week Volume 6.1

1993, Gookin, Kirby & Arning, Bill, "The Naming of the Colors" exhibition catalogue,

White Columns Gallery, New York, NY

1993, Smith, Roberta: "The Naming of the Colors,"

The New York Times, pg. C26, 14 May 93

1993, Walkins, Eileen: "Painters Use Their Brushes to Dissect the Human Body,"

The Sunday Star-Ledger, Section 4, Pg. 15, 21 February 93

1993, Raynor, Vivien: "Body Parts Provide Artists With Theme,"

The New York Times, 14 February 93

1993, Ambrose, David, "Major Medical" exhibition catalogue, City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.


Publication

Dik F. Liu, Exhibition essay for "From the Dragon's Cloud," Tweed Gallery, Mayor's Office of the City of New York

Dik F Liu, "Special Issue: Education and Activism," Godzilla Newsletter, (Spring/Summer 1995), 8

Dik F. Liu, "Piet Mondrian" Zing Magazine, Volume 2, (Winter/Spring 96), 252-54

Dik F. Liu, "Pierre Paul Prud'hon" Zing Magazine, Volume 7, (Winter, 98), 237-39


Awards

1985 - 87, Yale University School of Art Tuition Scholarship

1986, J.R. Dilworth Grant to Yale University

1981, M.I.T. Scholarship to Massachusetts College of Art

1981, Boston Globe Scholastic Arts Award


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