Alicia T. van Thiel is a Hong Kong based American artist and educator.
Her drawings, paintings and sculptures capture everyday moments, portraits, and travels
with classical skill working exclusively from life.
Her prior career as an apparel/textile designer led Alicia to an interest in education
while teaching industry professionals at the Parsons School of Design. Awarded a
teaching fellowship, she has lived and taught in New York City, Beijing and Hong Kong.
She currently works in her studio in Hong Kong and with foundries in Europe to develop her sculpture.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2020 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York City, NY
Hong Kong Arts Collective 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
EDUCATION
M.S. in Education, City College of New York, CUNY
B.A. in Art History/Art Studio, Hunter College, CUNY
A.A.S. in Apparel Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
The Art Students League of New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Copyist Program, NYC
Water Street Atelier, Brooklyn, NYC
The Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy, Portrait Sculpture Intensive Workshops
MEMBERSHIPS
National Sculpture Society
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
Her drawings, paintings and sculptures capture everyday moments, portraits, and travels
with classical skill working exclusively from life.
Her prior career as an apparel/textile designer led Alicia to an interest in education
while teaching industry professionals at the Parsons School of Design. Awarded a
teaching fellowship, she has lived and taught in New York City, Beijing and Hong Kong.
She currently works in her studio in Hong Kong and with foundries in Europe to develop her sculpture.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2020 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York City, NY
Hong Kong Arts Collective 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
EDUCATION
M.S. in Education, City College of New York, CUNY
B.A. in Art History/Art Studio, Hunter College, CUNY
A.A.S. in Apparel Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
The Art Students League of New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Copyist Program, NYC
Water Street Atelier, Brooklyn, NYC
The Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy, Portrait Sculpture Intensive Workshops
MEMBERSHIPS
National Sculpture Society
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America