Star wars Milenium Falcon in NWC style

Jeffrey Veregge, She's got it where it counts, 2019. Digital print.

Oscar Howe

Oscar Howe, Bear Dancer, 1962. Casein on watercolor paper.
Gift of John N. Pratt and family.

Mary Histia

Mary Histia, Acoma Pueblo jar, 1962.
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman.

Napatchie Pootoogook

Napatchie Pootoogook, My New Accordion, 1989.
Lithograph, 1/50. Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan.

The Collections Gallery

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The Collections Gallery features a selection of artworks from the Gorman Museum Collections on a rotational basis. The current exhibition is a survey spanning across the collection.  

Indigenous Futurisms:   A selection of alien, superheroes, and Star Wars-inspired artworks by:

  • Andy Everson
  • Jason Garcia
  • Duhon Lee James
  • Steven Paul Judd
  • Diego Romero
  • Ryan Singer
  • Arigon Starr
  • Michael Toya
  • Jeffrey Veregge


Across the Collection:  A selection of works by Native American foundational artists including Oscar Howe, Allan Houser, George Morrison, Kenojuak Ashevak, Bill Reid, Benjamin Haldane, Jennie Ross Cobb, and Lee Marmon.  The central focus of the museum collections is contemporary and modern artworks. On display are works by:

  • Artist Hopid
  • Birdell Bourdon
  • Caroline Carpio
  • Melissa Concho Antonio
  • Reg Davidson
  • Robert Davidson
  • Andy Everson
  • Bertha Gachupin
  • Theresa May Gardner
  • Alvina Garcia
  • Bill Glass, Jr.
  • Carl Gorman
  • Shan Goshorn
  • Nellie Griffin
  • Mary Histia
  • Terrol Dew Johnson
  • Sonya Kelliher-Combs
  • Kathryn Kooyahoema
  • Frank LaPena
  • Emma Lewis Mitchell
  • Lucy Lewis
  • Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner
  • Helen Naha
  • Adelle Nampeyo
  • Fannie Nampeyo
  • Joy Navasie
  • Lucy Parker
  • Becky Pasquale
  • Anderson and Avelia Peynetsa
  • Susan Point
  • Napatchie Pootoogook
  • Pudlo Pudlat
  • Lawrence Rosso
  • Jacqueline Shutiva
  • Michael Toya, Jr.
  • Simon Vallo
  • Yellowman
  • Don Yeomans
  • Bessie Yepa
  • Marcella Yepa
  • Ethel Youvella

Display cases in the Collections Gallery serve as visible storage, housing much of the museum's ceramic and basketry collection.  By moving museum collections from storage into prominent long-term exhibits in the main public galleries, the Collections Gallery provides enhanced visibility, access, and engagement to collections for visitors while also furthering university teaching and research.  

Sponsors
  • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Futures Fund
  • Henry Luce Foundation, American Art Program
  • UC Davis College of Letters & Science
Mellon Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation