Exhibitions
Transformer presents six, 5-6 week long exhibitions per year, within our exhibition space, at cultural institutions throughout DC and beyond, and via online formats.
CURRENT EXHIBITION at transformer:
Presented as part of E23: DWIGHTMESS Comics Lab
23rd annual Exercises for Emerging Artists
Yuki Clarke, Adam Griffiths,
Art Hondros, Linda Kuo, Tia Wilson
July 25 - September 12, 2026
Comics,
et cetera
CURRENT OFFSITE EXHIBITION:
ICONS
Rachel Sale + John Coplen
Rachel Sale
FLOW
April 15 — October 18, 2026
Presented in partnership with the LINE DC
Past Exhibitions:
2026
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Noël Kassewitz: What Remains
May 9 – July 4, 2026
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Alexander D' Agostino: Something Wicked
MAR 21 — APR 25, 2026
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Xenia Gray & Sarah Bell Wilson: Predestiny
DEC 11 — APR 12, 2026
at the LINE DC -
Ashley Jaye Williams: Interactive Echo Chamber
JAN 31 — MAR 7 , 2026
2025
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Mia Feuer: A Tender Sieve
Presented in tandem with Transformer’s cultural partnership with the Embassy of Canada
OCT 25 - DEC 6, 2025 -
A Litany for Survival E22: Glass for Social Justice
JUL 26 — SEP 6, 2025
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Yakob Tesfaye: LO-LIFE: SEARCHING FOR GOLD
In collaboration with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
JUN 21 — 28, 2025 -
Marie B Gauthiez: Jardin Intérieur
MAY 10 — JUN 14, 2025
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To dream con los cuerpos
Curated by: Fabiola R. Delgado
MAR 22 — APR 26, 2025 -
Jeff Herrity: Material Defects
FEB 1 — MAR 8, 2025
2024
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Pretty Like the Sun: Transformer’s Annual Winter FlatFile Exhibition
DEC 14 — 21, 2024
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Ada Pinkston: I’m Not Your Superwoman
SEP 21 — NOV 9, 2024
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Pointless Theatre: Democracy’s Last Hurrah?
JUL 19 — SEP 7, 2024
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E21: A Different Horizon Atlas
JUN 1 — JUL 13, 2024
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Steve Dore: A Good Recluse is Hard to Find
APR 6 — MAY 18, 2024
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MK Bailey: Bucolia
FEB 3 — MAR 16, 2024
2023
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Transformer’s Annual FlatFile Storefront Exhibition: Apricity
DEC 16, 2023 — JAN 13, 2024
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The Invincible Visible
NOV 4 — 18, 2023
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Felipe Pereira Gonçalves: bay sick: an excursion of perversion
SEPT 23 — OCT 28, 2023
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E20: AM I THE PAST, AM I THE FUTURE
JUL 8 — AUG 19, 2023
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Beth Yashnyk & Fanni Somogyi: Sticky Entanglments
MAY 6 — JUN 17, 2023
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Anthony Le: Golden Looking Hour
MAR 11 — APR 15, 2023
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Holly Bass & Maps Glover: Double Rainbow: future archives
JAN 21 — FEB 25, 2023
2022
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Transformer20 Retrospective Exhibition
NOV 11 — DEC 10, 2022
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Artise Fletcher: Commemorative Strands
SEP 17 — OCT 22, 2022
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Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg: Deeper Roots Realty (Community Led Design)
AUG 24 — SEP 3, 2022
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Adele Kenworthy: to carry within us an orchard
AUG 10 — 20, 2022
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Vonne Napper: Choose Your Gender
JUL 27 — AUG 6, 2022
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Chris Combs: The Algorithm Will See You Now
JUL 9 — 23, 2022
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The Nomadic House Project
JUN 4 - 30, 2022
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Azikiwe Mohammed: Shared Words, Split Catfish and Sweet Tea: An Open Platform for Discussion
APR 9 — MAY 21, 2022
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Very Sad Lab: The Incubator
FEB 5 — MARCH 19, 2022
2021
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IRIDESCENCE
DEC 4, 2021 – JAN 15, 2022
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ENVISIONING
NOV 6 – 21, 2021
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OTRO TIEMPO: MICHAELANGELO RODRIGUEZ
SEP 18 – OCT 23, 2021
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E18: PERFORMANCE ART
JUL 17 – AUG 14, 2021
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Looking In/Looking Out
MAR 20 – JUL 10, 2021
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Evoking the Senses
DEC 12 – FEB 20, 2021
2020
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Queer Threads: Curious Spaces
SEP 26 – NOV 14, 2020
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Mapping the Future World
AUG 17 – SEP 12, 2020
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E17: Zines
AUG 1 – Sep 5, 2020
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Dahlia Elsayed & Andrew Demirjian: Which Yesterday Is Tomorrow
MAR 14 – JUL 18, 2020
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Farah Skeiky: Present Tense: DC Punk and DIY, Right Now
JAN 18 – FEB 29, 2020
2019