Profile
Dik Liu is an artist and professor in New York City. Besides teaching at Parsons, he has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, The School of Cooper Union, and the New York Academy of Art.
He has had one-person exhibitions in Allen Sheppard Gallery, NYC andArt Moving, NYC., among others. He has also exhibited at the National Academy of Design, NYC; White Columns, NYC; BlumHelman Warehouse, NYC;and Yale University, CT. His curatorial projects include exhibits atTweed Gallery, Mayor's Office of the City of New York.
Liu’s work has been reviewed in Zing Magazine, The New York Times,American Artist Magazine, and artsMEDIA. He is also included in thebooks 100 New York Painters, and the forthcoming 100 Boston Artists,both are published by Schiffer Publishing. Liu is also an avid writerwho has written articles for Zing Magazine, Godzilla Newsletter, Artfaces.com, Artlbrary.com.
Degrees Held
Master of Fine Art in Painting, Yale University, 1987
Bachelor of Fine Art, Massachusetts College of Art, 1985
Professional Affiliation
Recent Publications
2014 NYAA, The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Rizzoli, N.Y., pg. 140-41
2014 PA (PoetsArtists), Volume 52, February 2014, pg. 54 – 62. ISBN-13: 978-1495963100
2013 www.onethejournal.com), Fall 2013 issue.
2012 Chawky Frenn, 100 Boston Artists, Schiffer Publishing, N.Y., pg. 126 - 27
Performances and Appearances
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Dik Liu, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barts
2006 Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
1995 "In Liu of Mondrian," Art Moving, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's Auction, New York, New York
2015 Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Small Work Invitation, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, New York
2014 St. Botolph Club, Boston New York
2014 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s Auction, New York, New York
2014 Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York
2013 FDU Art Faculty Exhibit, Art Residency Program of New York, Long Island City, NY
2013 New York Academy of Art 2013 Summer Exhibition, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Artist Residency Program of New York, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s Auction, New York, New York
2012 New York Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Galvanized Truth: A Tribute to George Nick,“Galvanized Truth: A Tribute to George Nick,”The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2012 Pratt Faculty Show, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Take Home a Nude, New York
2012 Toylanders, The Noyes Museum
Research Interests
Painting, Color Theory, Drawing, Perspective
Awards And Honors
2016 The Haven Foundation Grant
2016 The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
2015 Artist Fellowship Inc.