Alicia T. van Thiel, American, is an internationally exhibiting painter and sculptor working from life, drawing and painting en plein air and figurative sculpture in ceramic and bronze. 
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EDUCATION
Master of Science in Education, The City College of New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Art History/Studio Art, Hunter College, NY
Associate in Applied Science in Apparel Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, NY

The Art Students League of New York
Water Street Atelier, Brooklyn
The Copyist Program, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait Sculpture workshops, Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2022  Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
2021  Gallery Jeeum December Group Exhibition, Hong Kong
2021  Art Next Expo Hong Kong
2020  Gallery Jeeum December Group Exhibition, Hong Kong
2020  Square Prints Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Collective, Hong Kong
2020  Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York, NY
2020  ​Hong Kong Arts Collective March Group Exhibition, Hong Kong
2018  Art on the Line, AWA, The Annex, Hong Kong
2001  Figurative Works, The Robert & Montgomery Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, Florida 
1999  Water Street Atelier, Meredith Long & Company, Houston, Texas

TEACHING
New York City Department of Education, NYS Teacher Certifications in Elementary Education and Visual Arts
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Print & Pattern Designer, Gap Inc., New York, NY
Associate Apparel Designer/Senior Textile Designer, Liz Claiborne Inc., New York, NY

MEMBERSHIP
Hong Kong Arts Collective
National Sculpture Society