March 24 – April 25, 2026
Opening Reception Friday, March 27th (5-8pm)
Artist Discussion: Dorian Agüero with Lilly Barrientos
Saturday, March 28th (10:30-noon)
“The Fragmented House” expands Abraham Lincoln’s warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” but moves beyond political rhetoric toward psychosocial collapse. The division is not only national; it is internal, domestic. This phrase serves as a lens through which Agüero examines fractures in human relationships, families, societies, and nations.
The exhibition establishes a visceral parallel with The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Like Gregor Samsa, Agüero’s figures awaken already transformed: no longer recognized, no longer useful, no longer fully human within the structures that once defined them. The home becomes a place of estrangement. Family and friends become witnesses to the mutation. The transformation in this work is not merely physical; it is political, social, emotional, and spiritual. It reflects the slow dehumanization imposed by expectations or what happens when systems of power redefine our values and when identity distorts under pressure.
Dorian D. Agüero Anaya is originally from Las Tunas, Cuba. Dorian completed his first art studies at the Professional Academy of Visual Arts in Las Tunas and then studied Scenographic Design at the University of Arts in Havana (ISA), where he worked as a professor of Lithographic Engraving. Over the years, Agüero has participated in several solo show, two-person, and group exhibitions, including collateral exhibitions at the 11th,12th, and 13th Havana International Arts Biennials, as well as art fairs and festivals, and more than 30 group exhibitions in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.
Dorian currently lives and works in the US, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.