Trapped by Estefanía Ajcip

2026

Mixed Media

24 x 36 inches 

$1,500

Estefania Ajcip (b. East Los Angeles, California; raised in Guatemala) is an artist whose work explores narrative, identity, and the emotional impact of immigration through the absence of her father. She studied at Pasadena City College, where she earned an A.A. and began developing alternative media works, before receiving her B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from California State University, Long Beach. Her practice combines 2D elements, bright colors, and fragmented imagery that weave together memories of Guatemala with traces of her father’s life in the United States. Drawing from old letters, family histories, and material experimentation, she reflects on the years spent apart while her father worked in the U.S. to support their family. Through layered narratives, Ajcip examines absence, migration, and belonging as both personal and shared experiences.