August 31 - October 22, 2011

transformers
&
transformers: the next generation

Press and media:

• Press release in PDF format
• Exhibition catalog
• "transformers: the next generation" - ReadysetDC
• "Transformers at Corcoran Gallery of Art" - Washington City Paper
• "PHOTOS: Transformer 10 Year Anniversary" - Brightest Young Things

Transformer was honored to launch our 10th Exhibition Season with transformers and transformers: the next generation – two expansive group exhibitions highlighting the current work of Corcoran College of Art + Design alumni who have helped to define Transformer's exhibition program aesthetic since our inception, and a new generation of artists emerging in their careers.

transformers, presented at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, featured new works by artists: Reuben Breslar, Breck Brunson, Jessica Cebra, Natalie W. Cheung, Cynthia Connolly, Jennifer De Palma, Nilay Lawson, Hatnim Lee, Marissa Long, Maki Maruyama, Solomon Sanchez , Mica Scalin, Zach Storm, Tang, and Jason Zimmerman. This exhibition celebrated Transformer's mission as a catalyst & advocate for emerging expression in the visual arts and the many Corcoran College alumni we have worked with over the past ten years. As part of transformers at the Corcoran's Gallery 31, we were pleased to present Poesy/ Poetry/ Poetics with Casey Smith on Thursday, September 15.

In tandem with transformers on view at the Corcoran, Transformer presented transformers: the next generation in our 1404 P Street NW project space, featuring new works by five recent graduates of the Corcoran College of Art + Design's class of 2011: Forest Allread, Pavlos Karalis , Sarah Robbins, Aris Slater , and Victoria Shaheen.

On the relationship between the Corcoran and Transformer, Casey Smith, Corcoran Professor and Transformer Advisory Council Member, states: "Why is it that the students, faculty, and alumni of the Corcoran have shared such a close relationship to Transformer over these years? I would argue that it's not a matter of proximity, but rather a shared set of ideas about the role of art in contemporary life. I don't mean 'contemporary life' in the abstract sense, but this contemporary life that unfolds during this particular time in this particular place. Transformer, like the Corcoran College of Art + Design, chooses possibility over predictability."