Ligel is a Haitian-born American interdisciplinary artist, an adjunct professor at RMCAD, and an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College. Ligel has lived and worked in Japan, South Korea, China, and the United States. His artistic skills encompass painting, collage, printmaking, assemblage, and sculpture. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Interdisciplinary Art/Painting from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, which he earned in 2013. He also completed a Master's in Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, USA, in 2021. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design in 2011.

He has collaborated with notable figures such as Wycliffe Gordon, Howard R. Paul, and Bob James. Ligel’s work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide, including New York; Savannah, Georgia; Su Zhou, China; Melbourne, Australia; Jacksonville, Florida; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Raleigh, North Carolina. His artworks can be found in a few private and public collections at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia; Savannah, Georgia; Tisdell Cottage Foundation and Coastal Jazz Association in Savannah, Georgia; City of Jacksonville, Florida; Wycliffe Gordon; and Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz). Ligel is a doctoral student at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He currently resides in New York City, United States.

Selected Exhibitions

2025
2025 Biennial RMCAD Faculty + Staff Exhibition · The Philip J. Steele Gallery · Lakewood, CO, USA

2024
Studio Visit Art Solo Art Exhibition (January) · Bronx Canvas · The Bronx, New York, USA
Studio Visit Art Solo Art Exhibition (March) · Bronx Canvas · The Bronx, New York, USA
Studio Visit Art Solo Art Exhibition (April) · Bronx Canvas · The Bronx, New York, USA
Studio Visit Art Solo Art Exhibition (June) · Bronx Canvas · The Bronx, New York, USA
Group Show · September Primer (September) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, New York, USA

2023
Drawing & Painting Group Show · Studio Works (Fall) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, New York, USA
Group Show · September Primer (September) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, New York, USA
Printmaking Group Show · Studio Works (Spring) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, New York, USA
Group Show · Telfair Museums’ Friends of African American Arts Juried Exhibit 2023 · Savannah State University · Savannah, Georgia, USA
Virtual Solo Show · Encaustic Exploration: Noise, Noice, Noise, Noice · Artsy.net · New York, New York, USA
Digital Solo Show · TAL GALLERY · Artsy.net · New York, New York, USA

2022
Drawing & Painting · Group Show · Studio Works (Fall) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College Columbia University · New York, New York, USA
Group Show · September Primer (Fall) · Macy Art Gallery at Teachers College, Columbia University · New York, New York, USA