Roscoè B. Thické III

(b. 1981, Miami, Florida)

Roscoè B. Thické III is a Miami born lens based artist whose work lives at the intersection of memory, place, and the quiet weight of inheritance. Raised in Liberty City and Miami Gardens, his practice is rooted in the physical spaces, textures, and histories that shaped his early life, spaces that many leave behind but that continue to inform how he sees the world.

Thické first discovered the potential of image making while stationed in South Korea, where a photography class during his service in the US Army unlocked something deeper, the ability to take thoughts, feelings, and memories from his mind and transform them into physical objects. He was always fascinated by the potential to make something out of nothing, a fascination that continues to drive his work.

Working with film photography, archival materials, sculpture, and installation, Thické builds visual language from the everyday objects and architectures of his childhood. Diamond shaped window grates, once a fixture on every window of his grandmother’s Liberty Square home, now serve as both literal and symbolic frames for memory, functioning as portals between past and future. His recurring use of blue Plexiglas draws directly from the specific shade that colored his grandmother's home, a hue he has come to call Pork N Bean Blue, a personal geography of Liberty Square's storied history.

In his expanding practice, Thické explores Black dreams and questions why certain visions of Black futures often feel limited or narrowly imagined. Through larger scale installation and mural work, he pushes those dreams into new dimensions, allowing viewers to step inside both personal memory and collective longing.

At its core, Thické’s work is about preservation: of people, of place, and of perspective. After leaving Miami, he realized just how profoundly his upbringing shaped him and how urgent it felt to document a world that one day may no longer exist. His work insists that the voices and visions of people from communities like his carry value. That dreaming itself, for many, is a privilege.

Email: roscoebthicke@gmail.com