Royal Palm South Beach, 1545 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Dates of Exhibition: November 14, 2024 through December 12, 2024
Philip Lique (b. 1983, New Haven, CT) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice focuses on blending craft and generative art making with public engagement. Lique’s practice alternates between sculpture, installation, printmaking, and independent publishing. He frequently collaborates with organizations, artists, and institutions to produce exhibits, programming, printed matter, and objects.
Lique holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Paier College of Art and an MFA in Painting from Western Connecticut State University. He has worked as a professor and technician at 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 – 2022, Lique managed EXILE Books, where he organized programming and publishing fairs, and designed printed material for galleries, non-profits, and artists. Lique has participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Zona Imaginaria in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Obee Print Studio in North Carolina, and The University of Connecticut CT. Lique has been a resident artist at the Bakehouse Artist Complex since 2020 and is represented by Emerson Dorsch Gallery.
Artist Philip Lique, presents “YOU ARE HERE,” an interactive installation that serves as an homage to the commonly seen wayfinding maps in public spaces. The work offers a chance to recalibrate one’s own spatial and contemplative awareness. The artist aims to engage hotel guests through design, sculpture and cultural programming by intervening in an often overlooked architectural element — the floor. “YOU ARE HERE” reassigns the lobby’s purpose — offering a scale shift for guests to consider as they orient themselves within either a single building, city block, Miami Beach and beyond.
Photo credit: Monica McGivern