The University of Wisconsin's Art Lofts Main Gallery opened the MFA qualifier exhibition "Ghost Writer: Someone Who Writes Something for Someone Else" by artist Daniella Thach on February 4, 2026. The exhibition explores Thach's Cambodian American identity and the merging of timelines across familial memory, aiming to shed light on the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian genocide.
The exhibition matters as a poignant exploration of cultural displacement and reconnection. Thach, identifying as a "third culture kid," uses the concept of a ghost writer to immerse themselves in language and history, drawing from personal family artifacts and the legacy of genocide to reflect on overlooked histories and express solidarity with contemporary global conflicts in Palestine, Sudan, and Iran.