Daniella Thach is a Cambodian-American artist whose works collapse a volatile past and present to envision possible futures. With spiritual visages and interdisciplinary installations, Thach traces a country’s violent history and the diasporic impact on their family to form a new, amalgamous identity. Their artistic practice combines analog and digital lighting elements such as neon and video projections to meld timelines across the past and familial memory to envisage life and identity after genocide, assimilation, and the loss of heritage.
Thach holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, they are an Education Graduate fellow in the Master of Fine Arts in glass program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is advised by Helen Lee, head of the glass department.
Thach has exhibited works across the U.S. such as the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, The Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, MN, and Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, IL. They were an artist in residence at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA and Chautauqua School of Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY. Their artwork has been featured in publications including New Glass Review, Sixty Inches From Center, and The Oxford Blue.