7th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit Party
NOVEMBER 13, 2010
The Mexican Cultural Institute
Diplomatic Chairs, The Ambassador of Mexico, His Excellency Arturo Sarukhan, and Mrs. Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan
The 7th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party was a smashing success! Our best yet!
Tremendous thanks to the many, many wonderful artists, collectors, gallery & restaurant sponsors, corporate sponsors, arts patrons & guests who participated in The 7th Annual Transformer Silent Auction & Benefit Party, Saturday, 11.13.10, at the Mexican Cultural Institute.
Images from Transformer's October 13, 2010 pre-Auction Host Committee reception at the home of our Auction Chairs Mirella & Dani Levinas can be found in the December 2010 issue of DC Magazine, Transformer's exclusive Auction media sponsor. Additional Auction images are featured in the January/February 2011 issue and on DC Magazine's Facebook page.
Special thanks to:
Diplomatic Chairs, The Ambassador of Mexico Arturo Sarukhan & Mrs. Veronica Valencia Sarukhan
Auction Chairs, Mirella & Dani Levinas
Host Committee Chairs, Shigeko Bork, Kate Damon & Izette Folger
Additional thanks to:
Auction musicians & performers Amy Domingues, Winston Yu, Lillie Ruth Bussey & Holly Bass Performance Projects; our art installers and volunteers; and the Washington DC arts community.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Gen Aihara
Geoffrey Aldridge
Victor Alejandro Aguilar
Becky Alprin
Yolanda del Amo
Emi Anrakuji
Ken Ashton
Firelei Baez
Joseph Barbaccia
Christopher Bathgate
April Behnke
Joan Belmar
Kristina Bilonick
Kyan Bishop
Christin Boggs
Erin Boland
Margaret Boozer
Reuben Breslar
Aaron Brophy
Alan Brown
Miles Bumbray
Colby Caldwell
Claire Callagy
Page Carr
Jessica Cebra
Richard Chartier
Natalie W. Cheung
Bradley Chriss
David Ivan Clark
Rebecca Clark
Cynthia Connolly
Lely Constantinople
Matias Cuevas
Steven M. Cummings
Joel D'Orazio
Frank Hallam Day
Gery De Smet
Decoy
Jennifer DePalma
Lily deSaussure
Melissa Dickenson
Frank DiPerna
Dru Donovan
Mariko Dozono
William Dunlap
Adam Dwight
Mary Early
Benjamin Edminston
Maribeth Egan
Dana Ellyn
Treva Elwood
Edurne Esponda
Adam 5100 Feibelman
Mia Feuer
Thom Flynn
Lucas Foglia
Izette Folger
Leah Frankel
Mayako Fujimoto
Victoria F. Gaitán
Saul Gomez
Maurycy Gomuliki
Elizabeth Graeber
Tom Greaves
Tatiana Gulenkina
Avi Gupta
Ryan Hackett
Jeremy Haik
Maren Hassinger
Linda Hesh
Joe Hicks
Bernhard Hildebrand
Ryan Hill
Max Hirshfeld
Lucy Hogg
Timothy J. Horjus
James Huckenpahler
Elizabeth Huey
Erick Jackson
Eddie Janney
Judy Jashinsky
Paul Jeffreys
Mariah Johnson
David Jung
Mila Kagan
Pavlos Karalis
Natasha Karpinskaia
Lisa Kellner
Kevin Kepple
Micheline Klagsbrun
Kerry Kolenut
Andrew Kozlowski
Iván Krassoievitch
Bridget Sue Lambert
Sarah Laing
Tamara Laird
Matthew Langley
Irene Lawrence
Khanh Le
Hatnim Lee
Pepa Leon
Amy Lin
Brendan Loper
Laurel Lukaszewski
Sarah Luther
Kate MacDonnell
Isabel Manalo
Katherine Mann
Anne Marchand
Maki Maruyama
Michael Matason
Carolina Mayorga
Kerry McAleer-Keeler
Lisa McCarty
Patrick McDonough
Maggie Michael
A.B. Miner
Valerie Molnar
Jonathan Monaghan
Brandon Morse
Thomas Müller
James Nelson
William A. Newman
Jennifer O'Neill
Cara Ober
Nikki Painter
John Paradiso
Rob Parrish
Vesna Pavlovic
Jillian Pichocki
Ding Ren
Lauren Rice
E. Brady Robinson
Xavier Rodriguez
Ana Roldan
Marc Roman
Hannah Rose
Robin Rose
Wendy Ross
Amaranta Sanchez
Jamison Sarteschi
Matt Sesow
Foon Sham
Ivan Sigal
Sofia Silva
Molly Springfield
Dan Steinhilber
Tang
Champ Taylor
Lisa Marie Thalhammer
Christine Tillman
Trish Tillman
Kelly Towles
Dan Treado
Kristoffer Tripplaar
Jiny Ung
Renee Van der Stelt
Izel Vargas
Richard Vosseller
Rachel Waldron
Jenny Walton
Terri Weifenbach
Rex Weil
Joe White
Bryan Whitson
Peter Winant
Julie Wolfe
Elliott Wright
Gesche Wuerfel
Jenny Yang
Jason Zimmerman
Auction Chairs
Mirella & Dani Levinas
Auction Host Committee
Host Committee Chairs
Shigeko Bork
Kate Damon
Izette Folger
Gold Level
Susan Alefantis
Brian Baker, Bad Religion
Shigeko & Timothy Bork
David Brock
Kate Damon, kaze design
Thomas A. DePasquale, Taxi Magic
Izette & Neil Folger
Peter Hapstak
Anna-Lena Wetzel & David Kamenetzky
Tom Kim
Andrea Kirstein, The Kirstein Family Foundation
Sue Edwards & Mark Medish
Heather & Tony Podesta
Beth Wehrle
Debbie & Cliff White
Silver Level
David DeSantis
Nancy Folger
Monica Bussolati & Giorgio Furioso
Debbie Alex & David Harris
Mary & Robert Haft
Mia Guizzetti Hayes & Peter Hayes
Margaret Heiner, Aesthetica Art Consulting
Maria Hutcheson, Corporate Executive Board
Isabel Lanier
Barbara & Aaron Levine
Tim Christensen & Walter Ochinko
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
Bronze Level
Mai & Jim Abdo
Silvia Ripley & Christopher Addison, Addison/Ripley Fine Art
Andrea Evers & Brian Aitken
Patricia Bauman & The Honorable John Landrum Bryant
Lou Cardenas
Alison & Tom Cassels
Matt Thompson & Gerry Coates
Greg Albright & Wes Combs
Jack Davies
Julia Diaz-Asper, TTR Sotheby's International Realty
Debbie & Brad Dockser
Rody Dozoglou
Jenni LeBlanc & Michael Fanelli
Praveen Fernandes
Tara & Steve Goldenberg
Christine Varney & Tom Graham
Larry J. Hawk
Susan Hepner
Eric Hirshfield
Paula & Robert Hisaoka
Mariana & Martin Huberman, Video Art Productions
Philippa P.B. Hughes, The Pink Line Project
Kay Kendall
Dawn Laguens
Lorie Peters Lauthier
William & Dale Lipnick
Cintia Lombardi
Charlotte Cameron & John Marshall
Allison & Chris Marvin
Christina Mather
Wanda Rappaport & George Mueller
Christopher T. Murray
Ilyse Hogue & John Neffinger
Cheryl Numark
Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D.
Angela Ohm
Marisol Lamadrid & Jacob Pearlstein
Sarah Tanguy & Lucian Perkins
Tim Rooney, All Around Technology
Paul Sherrill, Solis Betancourt
Paul So, Hamiltonian Artists, Inc.
Mark Ewert & Steven Stichter
Kimball Stroud
Daren Thomas
Septime Webre, The Washington Ballet
Beverly & Christopher With
AUCTION ARTIST NOMINATING COMMITTEE
A. B. Miner, Artist and Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Andrea Pollan, Curator's Office
Annie Gawlak, G Fine Art
Lily deSaussure, Susan Calloway Fine Art
Marissa Long, FlatFile Program Coordinator, Transformer
Shigeko Bork, Director, Mu Project
Frank Hallam Day, Artist
Vesela Sretenovic, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Philips Collection
Amanda Maddox, Assistant Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Maggie Michael, Artist
Kyan Bishop, Artist
SPONSORS
Optimus Prime
Cartier
DC Modern Luxury
kaze design
Elita One
Buck's Fishing & Camping
Clearpath Productions
Comet Ping Pong
CORE architecture + design
Grosvenor
JBG
Lori Graham Design
Print 1
Washington Financial Group
Ultra Magnus
Dow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC
Miss Pixie's Furnishings & Whatnot
Restaurant Sponsors
1905
Birch & Barley
Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar
Casa Oaxaca
Cork Market
Dolci Gelati
Estadio
Gordon Biersch
Kushi
L'Enfant Café & Bar
Mandu
Masa 14
Paisley Fig
Posto
Qualia Coffee
Red Velvet
Rocklands Catering
Room 11
Ulah Bistro
Yayo Grassi Caterer
Gallery Sponsors
Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
The Art Registry, Washington, DC
Butcher's Daughter Contemporary Art,
Ferndale, MI
Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
G Fine Art, Washington, DC
Garash Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
Hemphill Fine Art, Washington, DC
Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
McKenzie Fine Art Inc., New York, NY
MIYAKO YOSHINAGA art prospects,
New York, NY
mu project, Washington, DC
Project 4, Washington, DC
Reyes + Davis Gallery, Washington, DC
Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC