瑪蒂娜·內林

1970
(USA) AMERICAN

馬丁娜·內爾林是一位美國抽象藝術家，她的動態且質感豐富的畫作喚起了充滿圖案、顏色、陰影和形狀的萬花筒世界。她在美國伊利諾伊州芝加哥生活和工作。

教育

Nehrling 於 1993 年獲得芝加哥藝術學院 (SAIC) 的美術學士學位，並於 2001 年獲得芝加哥大學的美術碩士學位。她曾擔任布拉德利大學 (Bradley University)、伊利諾伊州皮奧里亞 (Peoria, IL) 的訪問藝術家，芝加哥大學及芝加哥的哥倫比亞學院 (Columbia College)，同時也是 SAIC 的講師及湖森林學院 (Lake Forest College) 的講座教授。

科技

Nehrling 採用一種高度發展的、特立獨行的繪畫方法，涉及有條不紊地累積突兀的厚塗筆觸。使用純粹、不透明的顏色，她從作品中投射出大膽而生動的能量。每一筆精心放置的筆觸都緊緊抓住鄰近的筆觸，形成催眠般的形狀和形式，似乎在振動。銳利的邊緣和幾何形狀使作品感覺結構化且具建築感，而奢華地流淌的顏料則自由地滴落，背叛了對意外的擁抱和對人手的尊重。

靈感

Nehrling 被不和諧的力量所吸引，例如推與拉；計劃與隨機；以及塑料形式主義與奢華感受。儘管她在畫作中注入了建構的嚴肅感，Nehrling 卻不斷被實驗和未知的魅力所吸引。她列舉了如 Shinique Smith 和 Julie Mehretu 等當代藝術家作為靈感來源——這兩位藝術家同樣對於累積和混亂的視覺及心理效果感興趣。然而，Nehrling 也提到極簡主義藝術家 Ellsworth Kelly 作為影響，以及裝置藝術家 Jim Hodges 的「情感物質性」。這些元素共同的特點是二元力量之間不斷的互動。在看似矛盾的衝突中，她的畫作不斷堆疊，直到達到一種焦慮而謹慎的和諧音調。

藝術家聲明

“被色彩的形式複雜性所吸引，我沉醉於其情感的滑溜性，並享受挖掘其具爭議性的裝飾性。我編織視覺節奏——共鳴的、不和諧的、強健的、柔美的——以類似於水流和漩渦的模式，做筆記、列清單、像素化和繪製地圖。我使用多種不同的筆觸，因為它們的斷奏特質和圖形的直接性，並運用高度飽和的色彩，因為它的堅持、毫不道歉的歇斯底里、歡樂和瘋狂。藉著這種張力的語言，我探索在這裡的意義，或沉思冥想，或在豐富的慶祝、高亢的哀悼或喧鬧的叛逆中咆哮。”

她的作品被許多公共和機構收藏，包括：伊利諾伊州芝加哥的聯邦儲備銀行；加州格倫艾倫的班齊格酒莊家族的影像遺產；伊利諾伊州芝加哥的BMO哈里斯銀行；伊利諾伊州芝加哥的PNC銀行；以及紐約長老會醫院。

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