''My recent paintings depict trolls, gnomes, and goblins that appear joyous and eternally optimistic. These creatures are bathed in a sweet, ambrosial light and seem inexplicably content in their misty, atmospheric setting.
In these paintings, I try to convey an ominous yet nebulous undercurrent that lurks beneath this veneer of dreamy pleasantry. These paintings spring from traditional painterly realism with their brushwork and painterly succulence; and they glance back to the chiaroscuro of Chardin and the lush, pyrotechnical brushwork of Frans Hal and John Singer Sargent. Concurrently, these paintings' colors are pumped to a steroidal intensity and their brushwork exaggerated to a hysterical grandiosity. In doing so, these paintings' traditional underpinning is mutated to embrace the fast paced technicolor of modernity, and ventures beyond the interpretive confines now freed by the pluralism of contemporary art.''
Dik F. Liu Summer '10
Education
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
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
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
In these paintings, I try to convey an ominous yet nebulous undercurrent that lurks beneath this veneer of dreamy pleasantry. These paintings spring from traditional painterly realism with their brushwork and painterly succulence; and they glance back to the chiaroscuro of Chardin and the lush, pyrotechnical brushwork of Frans Hal and John Singer Sargent. Concurrently, these paintings' colors are pumped to a steroidal intensity and their brushwork exaggerated to a hysterical grandiosity. In doing so, these paintings' traditional underpinning is mutated to embrace the fast paced technicolor of modernity, and ventures beyond the interpretive confines now freed by the pluralism of contemporary art.''
Dik F. Liu Summer '10
Education
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
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
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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