Macy West

Macy West is a Philadelphia-based painter and art educator making work about hope not yet realized, using abstraction as a means of refiguration. Her paintings deal with sight, literally, and as a metaphor for knowing. Sight, as mediated by the biological limitations of human anatomy, is incomplete, meaning we rely on abstractions to make sense of material and immaterial reality. West’s paintings generate abstractions that reorganize the perceivable in an effort to understand the whole from the parts. She received her MFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture in May 2025 and her BFA from Louisiana State University in May 2021, where she also concentrated in Biological Sciences with special attention to the intersection of art and science for visual communication. From 2021-2023, Macy taught high school art and physics at a private school in Covington, Louisiana, an experience that reinforced the relationship between education and her artistic practice. Recent shows include her solo show Manifold at Temple Contemporary in 2025 and To hear to view, a group show at IceBox Project Space curated by Anthony Elms.