The Boomer Gallery - Dreams and Nightmares: Call For Artists and Photographers

• Boomer Gallery London

• Deadline: January 7th, 2026

• Theme: Dreams and Nightmares

• Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure

• Entry Fees: Yes

• REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

A remarkable number of artists embrace this belief with complete devotion, allowing it to shape both their creative processes and the stories they choose to tell through their work.

For some, inspiration emerges from the soft, luminous realm of dreams—moments in which consciousness loosens and imagination takes the lead. These artists drift into a state of blissful creation, as if lulled by an otherworldly melody. In this suspended realm, aspiration transforms into something far more expansive: a surreal, ever-shifting canvas where new possibilities unfold without boundaries. Ideas bloom like constellations, forming connections and patterns that defy rational explanation. Their minds wander across this dream terrain in pursuit of the sublime, searching for traces of the ethereal and reaching toward artistic heights once thought impossible. It is a place where invention feels limitless, where even the faintest whisper of inspiration can ignite a vision that materializes somewhere between fantasy and reality.

Yet, on the opposite end of the spectrum, many artists walk a far more harrowing path—one carved through the icy corridors of nightmares. Their creative journey is marked not by serenity but by tension, by sleepless nights haunted with uncertainty and the cold sweats of inner battles that refuse to quiet.

These individuals confront the darker territories of their minds, delving into the hidden chambers where fears take shape and insecurities echo endlessly. They wrestle with shadows, with unspoken anxieties, with the truths they hesitate to acknowledge in daylight. In these murky depths, conflict simmers and eventually erupts into raw creative force. What emerges is art unfiltered—unpolished, vulnerable, and unapologetically honest. Their creations reveal the turbulence of the storms raging within, serving simultaneously as an exploration and a purging of the darkness lodged deep in the human soul. From this chaos, a unique beauty is born—a beauty born of confrontation, survival, and emotional release. It is transformative, unsettling, and profoundly human.