Stylized graphic of a black-and-white owl with a blue teardrop fan tail

Kenojuak Ashevak, Owl in Blue, 1991.
Lithograph, 17/50.
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan

Illustration of a warrior in red robe on a rearing white horse spearing a charging black boar

Allan Houser, untitled, 1955.
Tempera paint on paper.
Gift of Sky and Ed Chwekun

Ceramic pot with intricate black and white geometric patterns.

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

A person with long hair sits on a bench, playing a colorful accordion, wearing traditional clothing.

Napatchie Pootoogook, My New Accordion, 1989.
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan.

The Collections Gallery

September 23, 2026 - March 14, 2027

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. 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
Marwin Begaye
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
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.