Roscoè B. Thické III

(b. 1981, Miami, Florida)

My practice exists at the intersection of photography, sculpture, and memory—where images do not simply document but also occupy space, shifting the ways in which they are experienced. Grounded in the language of documentary yet infused with the lyricism of literature, my work explores the entanglements of memory, history, and lived experience. I engage deeply with archival materials—photographs, documents, and found ephemera—not as relics of the past, but as active participants in an ongoing dialogue. My visual narratives are constructed much like a literary text, where imagery functions as both prose and subtext, layering personal and collective histories to create meaning that unfolds over time. This interplay between documentary realism and poetic abstraction allows me to interrogate themes of family, displacement, and resilience, urging the viewer to consider how stories are inherited, preserved, and reimagined. My installations engage with both the tangible and the imagined, where archival remnants coexist with contemporary imagery, creating layered compositions that resist linear storytelling. By activating the physical space around the image, I aim to blur the boundaries between past and present, individual and collective memory, permanence and impermanence. The resulting work is not simply to be viewed, but to be experienced—a meditation on time, place, and identity that lingers long after the gaze has turned away.

Email: roscoebthicke@gmail.com