Philip Lique
Born 1983, New Haven Ct, United States
With skilled craft, Lique creates a vortex where the past and present collide with the arcane.
Philip Lique
Introduction
Biography
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Introduction
Philip Lique (b. 1983, New Haven, CT) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice seamlessly blends craft and generative art-making with public engagement. His work spans sculpture, installation, printmaking, and independent publishing. Currently, Lique serves as the Director of Exhibitions at Madarts Studio in Dania Beach, FL. In addition, he collaborates with various organizations, artists, and institutions as a freelancer, producing exhibits, programming, printed matter, and objects.
Biography
Lique holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Paier College of Art and an MFA in Painting from Western Connecticut State University. He has taught and worked as a technician at several esteemed institutions, including the University of New Haven, Yale School of Art, Southern Connecticut State University, the University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, and the New World School of the Arts. From 2018 to 2022, Lique managed Exile Books, where he co-organized programming and publishing fairs, and designed printed materials for galleries, non-profits, and artists.
Lique has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Zona Imaginaria in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the University of Connecticut. He has been a resident artist at the Bakehouse Art Complex since 2020 and is represented by Emerson Dorsch Gallery.
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b. 1983, New Haven, CT
Lives and works in Miami, FL
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 All Paths Lead Home, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Fl
2023 Living and Made, Bass Museum collaboration with Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Fl
2021
Planar Maze (solo exhibition), Dot 51 Gallery, Miami, FL
ViewPoints, Bakehouse Art Complex Miami, Fl
2020
Obscured Publications (with Najja Moon), Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2018
Solo exhibition, Flowerbox Gallery, Miami, FL
2012
Works by Phil Lique and Karin Mansberg, Mercurial Gallery, Danbury, Connecticut (curated by Katie Basset)
2010
Traits of Things that Are Alive and Dead (solo exhibition), ArtSpace, New Haven, CT (curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak and Todd Jokl)
SELECTED GROUP AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Collabo 6 – ALL IN -_, Mana Art Space, 777 Mall, Miami, FL
Dirt in the Wrong Hands, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL (curated by Johanna Keefe)
ArtCURATED, ARTFL, Fort Lauderdale (curated by Lisa Rockford)
2018
Superchief, Aqua Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
University of Miami Faculty Exhibition, UM Gallery-Wynwood, Miami, Florida
2017
Portraits, Flowerbox Gallery, Miami, FL (curated by David Marsh)
Gritty in Pink, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach, FL
2016
Borrowed Time, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
Artists ask Artists, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
It’s Dead Now (window installation), ArtSpace, New Haven, CT
2015
Nothing Special, Lyric Hall, New Haven, CT (curated by John Stone)
Just Imagine, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT (curated by Susan Classen-Sullivan)
In Conversation, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT (curated by Laura Marsh)
Remythologies: New Inventions of Old Stories, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT (curated by Stephen Kobasa)
2014
The Internet Made This, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT (curated by Selby Nimrod)
Vagaries of the Commons, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT (curated by Sarah Fritchey(
2012
HALF OFF, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (curated by John Odonnell)
2011
Two for One, A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT (curated by Stephen Kobassa)
We Are Television, Alternative Space, New Haven, CT (curated by Erika VanNatta)
War Makers, A-Space Gallery, West Haven, CT (curated by Stephen Kobassa)
Bridgeport Arts Council, Bridgeport, CT (curated by Terri Smith)
2010
2010 DeCordova Biennial, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincol, MA (curated by Dina Dietch)
2008
Artist in Residence, City-Wide Open Studios, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT (curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak and Todd Jokl)
Put Together, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT (curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 CLASSWORK, EXILE Books, Miami, FL
2019 AV CLUB, EXILE Books, Miami FL
2018 John Odonnel’s Yard Dreams, Flowerbox Projects, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
2017 Gritty in Pink Exhibition Catalog, published by Bailey Contemporary Arts
2017 PROVK magazine: “Studio Visit: Phil Lique”
https://www.provkmag.com/philiplique
2016 Art New England: Gallery Visit, No Pop, Tori Rysz
https://torirysz.com/1016/09/22/gallery-visit-no-pop/
2016 New Haven Independent: No Pop Lives On “Borrowed Time”, Lucy Gelman
http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/living_on_borowed_time/
2016 The Take Magazine: Kings of No Pop, John Arvantis
2016 Yale News: Yale physician’s ‘Dr. Plinko’ medical-pricing game to debut during City-Wide Open Studios, Susan Gonzalez
http://news.yale.edu/2016/10/11/yale-physicians-dr-plinko-medical-pricing-game-debut- during-city-wide-open-studios
2015 New Haven Independent: No Pop Rises Out of Daggett Street Ashes”, Lucy Gelman
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/from_daggetts_ashes_no_ pop_rises/
2014 New Haven Register: Takeover of Artspace website raises questions, by design, J Amarante
https://www.nhregister.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140826/takeover-of-artspace- website-raises-questions-by-design
2013 Margin Journal: “Deploying Terror”. Published by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities: Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2012 Phil Lique and Karin Mansberg to Exhibit at Danbury’s Mercurial Gallery
http://news.hamlethub.com/danbury/archive/11111-phil-lique-and-karin-mansberg-to-
exhibit-at-danburys-mercurial-gallery
2010 “Guide to the 2010 DeCordova Biennial”. Published by the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2010 “Phil Lique at Artspace” Big Red and Shiny, Steven V Kobasa
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS
2021 Artist in Residence, The Bakehouse Art Complex, Permanent Residency, Miami, FL
2020 Artist in Residence, The Bakehouse Art Complex, Summer Painting Open, Miami, FL
2018 Artist in Residence, Conterproof Press, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2014 Artist in Residence, Zona Imaginaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
EDUCATION
2008 Master of Fine Arts, Western Connecticut State University, Connecticut
2005 Batchelor of Fine Arts, Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT
