Grace Kinkaid

Art + Extended Media

Creating art has become a deeply personal way for me to confront and navigate my short-term memory loss, a condition I have lived with since childhood. My process begins with a careful search through the fragmented traces of my early years, piecing together what remains. I often turn to old photographs, which offer a powerful sense of familiarity while also carrying an air of mystery like glimpsing the past through delicate lace curtains that are both obscure and revealing. My memory is not entirely absent, but instead exists in a fluid state, constantly shifting and reshaping itself through my studio practice. Through making art, I attempt to rebuild and reinterpret what feels unstable or incomplete. At the same time, I accept that some fragments will always resist clarity, remaining unresolved. These gaps do not weaken my work; rather, they introduce an enduring depth, allowing uncertainty and imagination to coexist within each piece I create.

Lost in Snow
2026
86 x 44″
Charcoal and white chalk pastel, drawing on paper

Memory itself has been distorted by time as some details change while recalling the early
moments.


Remembered Tunes
2026
57 x 44″
Charcoal and chalk pastel, drawing on paper in a wood frame

Instruments once held in small, curious hands speak to a time when creation was instinctive rather than practiced. Recalling moments where ever decisions were less about perfection and finding out what would happen.


Obscured Remembrance
2026
56 x 42″
Charcoal and chalk pastel, drawing on paper in a wood frame

Item archive that grows over time influencing the build up of memories and experiences.
Keeping hold of them in hopes to never lose the childish side and the significance of every experience.

2026 Russell Sage College BFA Exhibition