November 13, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Valerie Hammond | Waking Dreams

Planthouse

In Person Viewing:

526 W 26th St #416
New York, NY 10001

Online Viewing:

https://planthouse.net/pages/current-exhibition

Thursday, November 13, from 6–8 PM.

Planthouse is pleased to present Waking Dreams, Valerie Hammond’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, and the inaugural show at our new location: 526 West 26th Street, Suite 416. Waking Dreams will be on view from November 13, 2025, through January 10, 2026, with an opening reception on Thursday, November 13, from 6–8 PM.

Waking Dreams takes its title from the hypnagogic state, the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep, where consciousness drifts and the mind becomes a theater of vivid, often inexplicable images. In this liminal space, the boundaries between the real and the imagined blur, giving rise to what feels both deeply personal and unusual sensory experiences.

The work in Waking Dreams draws from these fleeting, in-between moments: the visual language of the subconscious as it flickers at the edge of awareness. Through expansive Sumi ink washes on Japanese paper, layered with printed imagery and watercolor, the series mirrors the unpredictable rhythm of this altered state. The process itself becomes a conversation between control and surrender,  the spontaneous flow of ink standing in for the uncontrolled currents of dream, while consciously added details respond to and shape what emerges.