"Me acuerdo (I Remember)"
I am pleased to share my first alumni on view news with my upcoming solo exhibition, "Me acuerdo" (I Remember), at Aunty's House in the Providence Valley Arts District.
The exhibition opening is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, from 5-7 pm, and will be on view from October 16 to November 6, 2025. The show opens at the tail end of Hispanic Heritage Month & overlaps with Native American History Month, to which my exhibit connects deeply to, as I am Latinx Indigenous (Maya Tz'utujil; born in Mazatenango, Guatemala). Below is writing from our press release. Additional excerpts/quotes can be found on the website.
Providence, RI - Aunty’s House is pleased to present Dominick Cocozza: Me acuerdo (I Remember), the artist’s debut solo exhibition, featuring a survey of eleven works created in the past year and 2024. The exhibition will run from October 16 - November 6, with an opening public reception on Thursday, October 16, from 5-7 pm. In this body of work, the Guatemalan worry doll is front and center.
Being adopted from Guatemala in 2002, Cocozza has found comfort in the dolls as they have become central figures in reimagining and reclaiming his Latinx Indigeneity and Maya T'zutujil identity. In Me acuerdo (I Remember), the paintings mirror autobiographical moments in the artist's present life, celebrating both Cocozza’s cultural origin and depicting the dolls’ navigating unforeseen conflict and uncertainty.
Exhibition Gallery Hours Monday-Wednesday 10 am-4 pm (Beginning Monday, October 20) or by appointment.
Aunty's House is a Providence-based community studio, arts kinship, and exhibition space founded in 2023 by artist Lilly Manycolors, mother, aunty, and lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design. The multidisciplinary space centers parent-artists, QITBIPOC artists, youth programming, and prioritizes care-politics built on transgenerational liberation. Aunty's House is tended to and cared for by our founder & executive director, Lilly Manycolors, our board, and our Arts Kinship members who play roles in supporting programming and events.
