Pachi Muruchu’s (@muruchuwa) solo show Sumak Yachay is on view through December 2 in Chinatown. “Muruchu is Kichwa, and his family is from pueblos in Azuay, Ecuador, but he was raised in Spanish Harlem. As he grew up in the 2000s, he was aware of the Lenape whose land his building occupied. He lived alongside Caribbean and Latinx neighbors, who lived alongside pet iguanas and cockatoos. Muruchu’s work finds him revisiting his own family’s histories and rituals, those that have been neglected or compromised due to migration. Family members on his maternal side were curanderas, or healers, with an intimate understanding of the medicinal properties of plants. In his paintings, he integrates these various contexts, evincing a sense of place that is complex and indivisible.” —Annie Godfrey Larmon Pachi Muruchu Wawkikuna I, 2021 Oil and crayon on canvas 17 x 24 inches #PachiMuruchu