Fueled by the fear of forgetting and being forgotten, Macy Rajacich (b. 1999; Minneapolis, MN) explores the tension between documentation, memory, and dreams. Merging abstracted and realistically rendered elements in her oil paintings, she attempts to untangle the relationship between her lived experience and the emotional reverberations that linger. Some of these moments are portrayed through images of blooming and dying foliage, architectural details, and hazy darkened spaces, often including someone residing in spaces that imitate the home.

Through her exploration of memory, Rajacich has used texts such as The Queer Limit of Black Memory by Matt Richardson and The Afrosurrealist Manifesto by D. Scot Miller as a way to contextualize how Black people have archived and acknowledged Black art, histories, and ancestors. She believes that more than anything, dreams, nightmares, and memories that stick in one’s mind are incredibly telling when trying to dissect the history of oneself.

About Macy Rajacich

Rajacich’s work has been exhibited in various group shows in New York including a group show with JUNTO and Governors Island. She studied Arts Management and Africana and Puerto Rican studies while receiving her BFA from Hunter College in 2022. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.