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Exhibition 2018
Transformer Gallery 15th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Transformer Gallery 15th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (November 17, 2018) — "Inclusion"; Matt's twelfth year in a row in the Transformer auction
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Matt at the time · his Facebook posts
I'm excited and honored to announce that for the TWELFTH year in a row here in DC I'll have a painting of mine featured as part of the annual Transformer Gallery auction and gala at the Corcoran Gallery of Art next door to The White House, Saturday November 17th..
The painting I have showing this year is just the second in my new series of large "abstract" works of oil on canvas. The painting , "Inclusion", is large at 56" x 36" and will be displayed and sold on stretcher bars ready to hang! Contact the gallery soon to get your tickets for this huge annual event here in DC: http://www.transformerdc.org/special-events/overview/transformer-15th-annual-silent-auction-and-benefit-party
Good morning DMV (DC Area Art)!!
I am honored to have one of my larger canvas paintings available this Saturday at the 15th annual Transformer Auction at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Dana Ellyn and I will be at the event this Saturday from 8-11PM . Hope to see you there!
Tickets, the online catalog, and more info at: http://www.transformerdc.org/special-events/overview/transformer-15th-annual-silent-auction-and-benefit-party
Here's a photo of my painting "Inclusion" hanging at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC for the 15th annual Transformer art gallery auction this Saturday 8-11pm. I hope to see you there! thanks, Matt
https://www.facebook.com/events/192680334963540/
An amazing night at the 15th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party with Dana Ellyn last night! THANK YOU to everybody that bid on our paintings and Victoria Reis for another memorable night! Video and more pictures will be on the way later today.... Dana was the super star with her painting 'staycation'!! My huge thanks to Bill and Thom for acquiring my painting "Inclusion". thanks!! Matt Sesow
With Ian at the transformer auction.
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Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Transformer Gallery 15th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2018. history.sesow.com/e/2018-transformer-gallery-15th-annual-silent.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2018
- Exhibition “All in the Family,” Metro Gallery, 1316 N Street, Lincoln, NE
- Exhibition “Radical Fluidity: Grotesque in Art,” MISP Museum, St
- Exhibition “Political Art from the 18th Century to the 21st”
- Press Nebraska Public Media — NET News
- Press Washington Post retrospective mention
- Exhibition Paintings at gallery in Dahouet, Bretagne, France
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition 2018 open-studio series with Dana Ellyn
- Media Slovenian documentary celebrating 50 years of the meeting of naïve artists in Trebnje, featuring Matt as the…
- Milestone Patreon patron tiers published
- Media Artist talk at AVAM on his 20+ paintings in the permanent collection, Jim Rouse Visionary Center, third floor
- Press Wahoo Newspaper — Nebraska
- Press Georgetown Voice: Sesow as Charlie Visconage’s mentor (2018)