Dreaming Asleep // Dreaming Awake

The New Gallery is pleased to present “Dreaming Asleep // Dreaming Awake // 50th Anniversary Exhibition”, featuring artists Helen Arias, Jordan Baylon & Peter Moller on view at The New Gallery Main Space from August 22 to October 11, 2025.

“Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake” is a commemoration of 50 years of artist-run culture at The New Gallery (TNG). Originally founded as Clouds ‘N’ Water Gallery and Visual Production Society in 1975, the organization was conceived as a parallel space to the large institutions like museums that most emerging artists couldn’t access or exhibit in. It was a space for the experimental and the dreamy. Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake is a collaborative exhibition featuring the work of Helen Arias, Jordan Baylon and Peter Moller reflecting on the histories of The New Gallery, and more broadly, the histories of the arts in Mohkínstsis. Through meetings, dinners, and cups of coffee, the artists have begun connecting the lineages between their practices, bridging the gap from The New Gallery’s founding to its present day.

Concurrently, The New Gallery is launching a 50th Anniversary Publication of the same title, “Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake” that features writing by Jules de Guzman, Sikapinakii Lowhorn, Su Ying Strang, Winona Julian and Alexa Bunnell, with design by Phoenix Ning. This publication celebrates The New Gallery’s 50 years as an artist-run center, with texts that touch on archival memory, collaborative histories and institutional knowledge vs. lived experiences.

A series of free public outreach events will accompany the exhibition and publication launch in the coming months.

Join us on August 22nd from 7 to 9 p.m. at the New Gallery for the open reception of “Dreaming Asleep // Dreaming Awake // 50th Anniversary Exhibition”.