Martina Nehrling

1970
(USA) AMERICAN

Martina Nehrling er en amerikansk abstrakt kunstner hvis dynamiske og rikt teksturerte malerier fremkaller kaleidoskopiske verdener av mønster, farge, skygge og form. Hun bor og arbeider i Chicago, IL, USA.

utdanning

Nehrling fikk sin Bachelor of Fine Arts fra The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) i 1993, og sin Master of Fine Arts fra The University of Chicago i 2001. Hun har vært gjesteartist ved Bradley University, Peoria, IL; University of Chicago; og Columbia College, Chicago, samt instruktør ved SAIC og foreleser ved Lake Forest College.

Teknikk

Nehrling benytter en høyt utviklet, idiosynkratisk malemetode som involverer metodiske opphopninger av brå, impasto penselstrøk. Ved å bruke rene, ugjennomsiktige farger, projiserer hun en dristig og levende energi fra komposisjonene sine. Hvert nøye plassert strøk griper tak i naboen sin, og danner hypnotiske former og figurer som ser ut til å vibrere. De harde kantene og de geometriske formene får verket til å føles strukturert og arkitektonisk, mens overdådige, oser av maling drypper fritt, og avslører en omfavnelse av tilfeldigheten og en respekt for den menneskelige hånden.

inspirasjon

Nehrling tiltrekkes av disharmoniske krefter, som skyv versus trekk; planlegging versus tilfeldighet; og plastisk formalisme versus overdådig følelse. Til tross for den konstruerte følelsen av austeritet hun gir til maleriene sine, er Nehrling konstant tiltrukket av eksperimentering og tiltrekningen av det ukjente. Hun nevner blant sine inspirasjoner samtidige som Shinique Smith og Julie Mehretu—to kunstnere som også er interessert i de visuelle og psykologiske effektene av akkumulering og kaos. Likevel nevner Nehrling også minimalisten Ellsworth Kelly som en innflytelse, samt "den emosjonelle materialiteten" til installasjonskunstneren Jim Hodges. Det som alle disse elementene har til felles, er et rastløst samspill mellom dikotomiske krefter. Ut av tilsynelatende paradoksal disharmoni bygger maleriene hennes og bygger til en tone av engstelig, forsiktig harmoni oppnås.

Artisterklæring

"Frelst av den formelle kompleksiteten i farge, nyter jeg dens emosjonelle glidning og liker å grave i dens kontroversielle dekorativitet. Jeg vever visuelle rytmer—resonerende, disharmoniske, muskuløse, melodiøse—i mønstre som ligner strømmer og virvler, notatskriving, listeføring, pixellering og kartlegging. Jeg bruker flere distinkte penselstrøk for deres staccato-kvalitet og grafiske direktehet, og benytter høyt mettet kromatikk for dens insistering, dens uforbeholdne hysteri, dens glede og dens galskap. Med dette spennende språket utforsker jeg hva det betyr å være her, mediterende eller ramsalt feirende, høylytt klage, eller bråkete opprør."

Samlinger

Hennes verk finnes i mange offentlige og institusjonelle samlinger, inkludert de ved Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL; Imagery Estate of the Benziger Winery Family, Glen Ellen, CA; BMO Harris Bank, Chicago, IL; PNC Bank, Chicago, IL; og New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Solo Exhibitions

2018 Saudade, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2015 Vivid and Continuous, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2014 Martina Nehrling: Paintings, Hartman Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2013 Working From Home, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 In Defense of Wondering, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 What the Walls Heard, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL; Wonderstruck, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2008 Through a Purple Patch, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Echo, O’Connor Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL; Tangle, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Martina Nehrling: Paintings, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN; Recent Paintings, Prairie State College Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2004 Overlap, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL; Recent Paintings, CCAB Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2003 Martina Nehrling, Constancy, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Recent Paintings, McHenry County College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2001 New Paintings, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 Color Cure, Zinc Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2020 Tango / Despite / Alone, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2020 Summer Show, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY
2020 Small Wonders, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2019 Painted Biennial, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Resiliency, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2019 Soak. Stroke. Scratch, Melanee Cooper, Chicago, IL
2019 GIFC, an internationally traveling exhibition project by o-o LA
2018 To Carry, To Hold, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Over & Over, curated by Debra Kayes for Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2016 Celebrating 40, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2016 7-ply Project, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016 O+ Festival, Kingston, NY
2015 Humble Iterations, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2015 7-ply Project, Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
2015 Lucky Pierre Free University: The Sky Is Falling, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2015 (I’d Like to Suggest) LINGER ON, West Carroll Art Studios, Chicago, IL
2014 Summer 2014, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Call Me On Sunday, curated by Ursula Maria Probst, Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2014 Hoarding, Amassing and Excess, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2013 Chroma Exploda, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2013 Vortex of Color, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL
2013 Summer 2013, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Summer Invitational, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2012 Zg Gallery’s 10th Anniversary Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Color Schooled, Long View Gallery, Washington D.C.
2012 Ways of Making: Painting, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2011 125 Years of Collecting Celebration, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2011 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 20th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2010 A Selection From a Decade of Painting at the Department of Visual Arts (University of Chicago), DOVA Temporary, Chicago, IL
2009 Abnormal Formal 1, Kunz, Vis, Gonzalez, Chicago, IL
2009 Group Show, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Clusterf#*k!, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Painters & Sculptors Make Prints, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL
2008 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Winter Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Painters & Sculptors Make Prints, Edenfred, Madison, WI
2007 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 ArtFutura, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2006 (un)Natural History, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Faculty Exhibition, Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest, IL
2005 A Perfect 10, Prairie State College Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2005 Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Working Process, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Colorfixation, ab / wo Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2004 Pieces: Compositions of Accumulation, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 The Artists of A.R.T., Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2003 As Small as Possible, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Compendium, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Points of Departure, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
2003 Color Bias, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 The Big Picture Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 12” x 12”, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Cause and Effect, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, IL
2002 A Good Look, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Living Art 2, Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
2001 Small Treasures, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Wanderlust, Modified, Phoenix, AZ
2000 The Candy Show, 2430 Washtenaw, Chicago, IL
1999 Positive/Negative 14, Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
1999 CWCA Annual Members Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

Professional Experience

2016 Visiting Artist, First Year Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015 Visiting Artist, Research Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 Visiting Artist, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2012 – 2013 Exhibition Judge, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL; Panelist, High School Career Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Guest Juror, Myartcontest.com, Online International Art Competition; Mentoring Artist, Chicago Careers in the Arts Program Apprenticeship, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 - 2012 Visiting Artist, Chicago Careers in the Arts Program, and Office of Special Programs, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 Panelist, Next Step Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 - 2011 Adjunct Professor, Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s Chicago Arts Program, Chicago, IL
2009 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, IL; Guest Critic, Dominican University, River Forest, IL; Mentoring Artist, Independent Apprenticeship, Chicago, IL
2008 Guest Juror, Ragdale Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL; Presenting Artist, Artist’s Connect Lecture Series, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004 - 2005 Mentoring Artist, Cooperative Education Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 - 2009 Lecturer, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
2002 - 2006 Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001 - 2003 Artist in Residence, A.R.T. (Art Resources in Teaching), Chicago, IL
2001 Instructor, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2000 Visiting Artist, Visual Arts Project, Chicago, IL

Select Publications

Sophisticated Living “A Symphony in Color, An Interview with Artist Martina Nehrling”, by Jeffery Cohen, p. 22, July/August 2019
JenBroemel.com “Guest 6 / The Art of Improv with Martina Nehrling”, November 4, 2018
Artdaily.org “Martina Nehrling Opens Exhibition at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts”, February 14, 2018, link
MarkelFineArts.com “In Conversation With Martina Nehrling”, Interview by the gallery, March 1, 2016, link
EnglishRoom.com