Franck de las Mercedes’ work is rooted in personal memory and experience, history and popular culture, and visual experimentation. Born in Nicaragua and based in New York, de las Mercedes’ relationship with his art explores the sociopolitical and emotional landscapes of his life; bold, jagged, and intensely abstracted observations kept in his pocket and carefully added to pieces that are as deeply personal as they are emotional. Through the course of his career, de las Mercedes’ study of what he refers to as “fractures in family dynamics inflicted by war, trauma, the disintegration of family through migration, and loss,” has blossomed into a testament to spiritual and political healing, one that allows audiences to reflect on the human element in moments of grief and despair.