Erin Dorn recently reached out to share news about her husband Kent Dorn’s latest exhibition, noting his admiration for The Leader. Thanks, Kent! The couple, Oak Forest residents for over 15 years, have built their art-related careers inside Houston’s loop—Kent as the exhibition designer at the Menil Collection, and Erin as the founder of Seven Sisters Gallery in the Fourth Ward, opened about a year and a half ago.
She highlighted that Kent’s current show, featuring work created in their Oak Forest garage, is now on view at her gallery.
Seven Sisters art gallery in Houston’s Fourth Ward presents "Garage Days," a solo exhibition of drawings by Houston-based artist Kent Dorn. Featuring works from 2014 created in his Oak Forest garage studio, the show includes cardboard pieces with acrylic washes and carbon paper transfers of found photos, reflecting Dorn’s South Carolina youth, alongside "The Small Hours," a painting of a young man at a window. Kent, who has lived in Oak Forest with his wife, Erin, for over 15 years, holds a BFA from Anderson College (1999) and an MFA from the University of Houston (2005). An exhibition designer at the Menil Collection, he has shown widely, with work in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s permanent collection.
Seven Sisters, located at 805 Rhode Place Ste. 500, Houston, TX 77019, was founded by Erin in November 2023, showcasing fine art, craft, design, and projects inspired by the Pleiades star cluster’s expansive energy. Housed in an industrial warehouse in the historic Fourth Ward near downtown and Buffalo Bayou, the gallery reflects an ethos of collaboration and storytelling. Erin, with two decades in the arts from PR at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to gallery direction, partners with Tom Raith, whose background in banking, military service, and environmental science informs the gallery’s evolving program, blending art with themes of nature, design, and humanity’s surroundings.
Kent’s work will be on display through April 19, 2025, the gallery hours are Wed., - Sat., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Find both on the web; https://sevensisters.gallery/ and https://kentdorn.com.
